Sean McDonnell

Sean Patrick McDonnell (born October 15, 1956) is an American football coach and former player. He has been the head football coach at the University of New Hampshire since 1999. From August 2019 to March 2020, McDonnell took a leave of absence for medical reasons, with associate head coach Ricky Santos acting as interim head coach for the 2019 season.

McDonnell won Eddie Robinson Award 2005 and 2014, which is given annually to the top head coach in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). He lives in Durham, New Hampshire.

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	TSN
New Hampshire Wildcats (Atlantic 10 Conference)
1999	New Hampshire	5–6	3–5	T–6th
2000	New Hampshire	6–5	4–4	T–4th
2001	New Hampshire	4–7	2–7	10th
2002	New Hampshire	3–8	2–7	10th
2003	New Hampshire	5–7	3–6	T–8th
2004	New Hampshire	10–3	6–2	1st	L Division I-AA Quarterfinal	6
2005	New Hampshire	11–2	7–1	T–1st	L Division I-AA Quarterfinal	5
2006	New Hampshire	9–4	5–3	T–2nd	L FCS Playoffs Quarterfinal	6
New Hampshire:		53–42	32–35
New Hampshire Wildcats (Colonial Athletic Association)
2007	New Hampshire	7–5	4–4	T–2nd	L FCS Playoffs First Round	14
2008	New Hampshire	10–3	6–2	1st	L FCS Playoffs Quarterfinal	8
2009	New Hampshire	10–3	6–2	1st	L FCS Playoffs Quarterfinal	10
2010	New Hampshire	8–5	5–3	T–4th	L FCS Playoffs Quarterfinal	7
2011	New Hampshire	8–4	6–2	T–2nd	L FCS Playoffs Second Round	11
2012	New Hampshire	8–4	6–2	T–2nd	L FCS Playoffs Second Round	13
2013	New Hampshire	10–5	6–2	T–2nd	L FCS Playoffs Semifinal	5
2014	New Hampshire	12–2	8–0	1st	L FCS Playoffs Semifinal	3
2015	New Hampshire	7–5	5–3	T–4th	L FCS Playoffs First Round
2016	New Hampshire	8–5	6–2	T–2nd	L FCS Playoffs Second Round	17
2017	New Hampshire	9–5	5–3	T–4th	L FCS Playoffs Quarterfinal
2018	New Hampshire	4–7	3–5	9th
2019	New Hampshire
New Hampshire:		101–53	66–30
Total:		154–95
Rankings from final TSN Poll.

On medical leave