Yesterday Williams College of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) announced the appointment of Mark Raymond as the new Head Coach of the Ephs Football Program. This comes as bit of a surprise given Raymond's successful 2015 Co-Liberty League Championship season, LL Coaching Staff of the Year award and NCAA playoff appearance by Saint Lawrence University.
Raymond had been HC for the Saints since 2010 and over those six seasons Raymond compiled a 31-30 record, including a 23-8 run over the last three seasons. Although Raymond was 1-5 against Hobart during his tenure, but the last two seasons the Saints vs. Statesmen matchups were classics. Hobart has won the last two games by a combined four points, both games coming down to the final seconds.
This is the third coaching change in the LL since the announcements of Union HC John Audino's resignation and Springfield HC Mike DeLong's retirement. Who will take over the SLU program remains to be seen but the timing is tough for the Saints given Early Decision letters have already gone out and Regular Decision admissions letter don't go out for another month or two. My early guess is that Assistant HC and OC Dan Puckhaber is the likely successor to Raymond given his tenure (joined Raymond's staff as an OL coach before getting promoted to OC in 2012) and familiarity with the institution and it's players.
A link to both the Berkshire Eagle and the Williams Athletics Press Release have more on this developing story.
I'll be back next week with some recruiting news.
In the meantime, thanks for reading and go 'Bart!
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