Dennis Creehan (born August 16, 1949) is an American

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coach. He was most recently the

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Alderson Broaddus University Alderson Broaddus University (AB) is a private Baptist university in Philippi, West Virginia. It is affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA. It was formed in 1932 as Alderson–Broaddus College by the union of two Baptist institutions: ...

from 2011 to 2019. Creehan served as the head football coach at

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(1979–1984),

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(1990), the

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(1992–1996),

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(2009–2010), and Alderson Broaddus (2012–2016). He is the only coach to have ever earned Coach of the Year awards in four conferences. He was a coach in

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in 2017 and 2018. In October 2018, he was announced as the linebackers coach for the

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of the

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. Creehan took a leave of absence from Alderson Broaddus to accommodate the coaching position; the university named Carrie Bodkins his permanent replacement in May 2019.

Head coaching record

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Alderson Broaddus profile
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