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The 2023 Stony Brook Seawolves football team represented
Stony Brook University as a member of the
Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference
The Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference, formerly the Colonial Athletic Association Football Conference, branded as CAA Football, is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate ...
(CAA Football) during the
2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season
The 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season, part of college football in the United States, is organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level. The regular seas ...
. Led by 18th-year head coach
Chuck Priore
Chuck Priore (born February 17, 1960) is an American football coach and former player. He is the current head football coach at Stony Brook University, a position he has held since the 2006 season. Priore served the head football coach at Trinity C ...
the Seawolves compiled an overall record of 0–10 with a mark of 0–8 in conference play, placing last out of 15 teams in the CAA. Stony Brook played home games at
Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
The Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium is the main stadium for Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York, Stony Brook, New York (state), New York, United States. Construction began in 2000 at a cost of approximately $22 million. With a capacity of 12 ...
in
Stony Brook, New York.
Prior to the season, the Colonial Athletic Association rebranded to the Coastal Athletic Association to reflect both the expansion and modernization of the league.
Coming off a program-worst 2–9 season, Stony Brook completed a winless season for the first time in 2023 to set a new program low, having lost 19 of its last 21 games.
Defensive coordinator
Bryan Collins died before the season started on July 8, 2023 from a sudden cardiac event. Matt Hachmann was promoted to defensive coordinator in the wake of Collins' death.
Stony Brook's game against
Morgan State on October 7 was canceled three days prior to the contest because of a mass shooting that occurred on the Morgan State campus. There was an active manhunt on campus for an at-large shooter, who was not arrested until October 12.
After an 0–10 season, the first winless season in Stony Brook history, Priore was fired two days after the team's last game, on November 13. He finished with a record of 97–101 over 18 years as Stony Brook's head coach.
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The Stony Brook Seawolves football program is the collegiate football team that represents Stony Brook University at the NCAA Division I level. The program participates in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision and currently competes ...