Type: | NCAA Division III |
Year: | 2024 |
Number Of Teams: | 240 |
Preseason Ap: | Cortland |
Championship: | Shell Energy Stadium Houston, TX January 4, 2025 |
The 2024 NCAA Division III football season will be the component of the 2024 college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States. The regular season will begin on September 1 and end on November 16. This will be the 51st season that the NCAA has sponsored a Division III championship.
Cortland were the defending national champions.
The season's playoffs will be played between November 23 and January 4, 2025, culminating in the national championship—also known as the Stagg Bowl—at Turner Stadium in Humble, Texas.[1]
Team | Former conference | New conference | ||
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Hilbert Hawks | Independent | Empire 8 | [2] | |
Castleton Spartans | ECFC | MASCAC | [3] | |
Calvin Knights | New program | MIAA | [4] | |
Austin Kangaroos | ASC | SCAC | [5] | |
Centenary Gentlemen | Restarted program | SCAC | [6] | |
Lyon Scots | Independent | SCAC | [7] | |
McMurry War Hawks | ASC | SCAC | [8] | |
Texas Lutheran Bulldogs | ASC | SCAC | [9] | |
Sul Ross Lobos | ASC | LSC (NCAA D-II) | [10] | |
Defiance Yellow Jackets | HCAC | MSFA (NAIA) | [11] | |
Birmingham–Southern Panthers | SAA | School closed | [12] | |
Maine Maritime Mariners | Restarted program | Independent | [13] |
See main article: 2024 NCAA Division III football rankings.
See also: List of NCAA Division III Football Championship appearances by team.
* - Host team
This is restricted to coaching changes that took place on or after May 1, 2024, and will include any changes announced after a team's last regularly scheduled games but before its playoff games.
School | Outgoing coach | Date | Reason | Replacement | Previous position | |
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TCNJ | Casey Goff | May 7, 2024 | Hired as head coach for Brooke HS (WV)[15] [16] | Eric Jendryaszek[17] (interim) | TCNJ offensive line coach (2022–2023) | |
Castleton | Tony Volpone | May 9, 2024 | Resigned[18] | Tyler Higley (interim; named full-time on June 13)[19] | Castleton defensive coordinator (2022–2023) | |
Westfield State | Pete Kowalski | May 21, 2024 | Retired[20] | Lou Conte[21] | American International head coach (2023) | |
Chicago | Todd Gilcrist Jr. | July 5, 2024 | Resigned[22] | Max Andrews (interim) | Chicago offensive line coach (2023) | |
Otterbein | Tommy Zagorski | July 12, 2024 | Resigned[23] | Jake Schaefer (interim) | Otterbein offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach (2023) | |
Southwestern (TX) | Joe Austin | July 26, 2024 | Retired[24] | Bill Kriesel[25] (interim) | Southwestern (TX) associate head coach, defensive coordinator, and defensive backs coach (2023) | |
Worcester State | Adam Peloquin | August 6, 2024 | Resigned[26] | Zach Besaw (interim) | Worcester State defensive backs coach (2020–2023) |