Head Coach Dick Maloney

Four-time University Athletic Association Coach of the Year Dick Maloney enters his 13th year at the helm of the University of Chicago football program in 2006 as the winningest coach of Chicago's modern football era.

Since Maloney's arrival prior to the 1994 campaign, Chicago has captured three UAA championships (1998, 2000, 2005) and compiled a 61-49 overall record (.555).

A 32-year coaching veteran at the collegiate and professional levels, Maloney's .555 winning percentage ranks second all-time at Chicago, behind only the legendary Amos Alonzo Stagg.

Maloney's 61-49 career mark includes a 37-18 (.673) showing at Stagg Field -- the home of the Maroons since the program returned to NCAA Division III competition in 1969.

During Maloney’s 12-year tenure, Chicago has boasted seven All-Americans, five UAA Offensive Players of the Year, three UAA Defensive Players of the Year, two UAA Rookies of the Year, and two Aztec Bowl selections. Additionally, Chicago has collected a pair of NCAA Division III team statistical titles and has featured two individual national statistical leaders.

Featuring Aztec Bowl selection and UAA Defensive Player of the Year Rob Tamillow and the NCAA Division III interceptions leader, Colin Carrier, Chicago captured its third UAA championship with a 3-0 mark in league play in 2005. After starting the season 0-4, the Maroons won their final five games by a combined score of 173-23 en route to a 5-4 record. The 2005 campaign marked Chicago's sixth winning season in the past nine years.

In 2002, Maloney’s squad featured one of the most potent passing attacks in the NCAA Division III as the Maroons averaged 303.1 yards through the air, which ranked 10th in the nation. Led by three-time All-UAA quarterback Josh Dunn, who ranked 13th in Division III in total offense, and wideout Jim Raptis, who stood fourth in the country in receptions and 11th in receiving yards, Chicago averaged 425.9 yards of total offense, the 24th-most prolific total in the country.

In addition to the Maroons’ NCAA statistical leaders, several other players garnered national distinction during the 2002 campaign, including All-America tight end Mike Healy. Recognized by d3football.com, Healy became the fourth Chicago player to earn All-America honors during Maloney’s tenure. Healy was also one of four Maroons to earn NCAA Division III player of the week recognition in 2002.

Chicago fell one game shy of posting a sixth consecutive winning season in 2002 as it posted a 4-5 overall record. From 1997 to 2001, Maloney guided the Maroons to five straight winning seasons, a feat last accomplished by Stagg from 1911-15. Maloney led the Maroons to a 6-3 mark in 2001 as Chicago featured an explosive offense which produced more than 29 points and 416 yards per game.

En route to earning his third UAA Coach of the Year honor in 2000, Maloney engineered the Maroons to their second UAA title with a 4-0 mark in league play and a 7-2 overall record. Led by two-time All-America linebacker Dan Philips, Chicago featured the top rushing defense in the NCAA Division III.

Maloney earned his second UAA Coach of the Year award in 1998 after guiding the Maroons to their first-ever UAA championship with a 4-0 mark in league play to go along with a 7-2 overall record. The Maroons’ UAA crown marked the school’s first football conference title since it captured the Big Ten in 1924.

In 1995, Maloney directed Chicago to one of its most successful seasons in history. With a record of 8-2, the Maroons enjoyed their best modern era finish and first winning season since 1987 and enjoyed the school's winningest campaign since 1905. Maloney's club gained national distinction as it ranked sixth in the NCAA Division III in kickoff return average and boasted the nation's top kickoff return specialist in All-American Derrick Brooms.

Maloney made an immediate impact at Chicago in his debut season in 1994. Inheriting a team that had thrown for just 179 yards the previous year, Maloney's squad set 17 school passing marks en route to a 5-5 finish. Following the season, Maloney was chosen as the UAA Coach of the Year, the first Chicago football coach to gain that honor.

Before arriving at Chicago, Maloney served as the offensive line coach for the Canadian Football League's Ottawa Rough Riders from 1991-93. During his three-year tenure, the Rough Riders qualified for the CFL playoffs every season and twice boasted the league's top offensive lineman.

Prior to his arrival in Ottawa, Maloney gained 17 years of college coaching experience, including stints at a pair of Ivy League institutions. He served as offensive coordinator at the Penn from 1986-90 and offensive line coach at Dartmouth from 1982-85. Maloney spent five seasons (1977-81) as offensive line coach at Boston University and one year (1976) as an assistant coach at Boston College. He began his career in 1974 as a defensive line coach at Albany.

During his 29-year college coaching career, Maloney has served as head or assistant coach of nine conference champions, including an unbeaten Penn club in 1986. He has also coached 15 All-Americans and several players who went on to play in the National Football League.

The 10th coach in Chicago football history and the eighth of the school’s modern football era, Maloney is a 1974 graduate of the UMass-Boston, where he majored in elementary education. In 1980, he earned a master's degree in education from Albany.

Maloney resides in southwest suburban Plainfield with his wife, Carolyn. His son, Andrew, was a four-time football letterwinner at Chicago from 2001-04. A wide receiver, he garnered All-UAA recognition in 2004.

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