UMass Minutemen football
| UMass Minutemen football | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| |||
| First season | 1879; 147 years ago | ||
| Athletic director | Ryan Bamford | ||
| General manager | Jared Osumah | ||
| Head coach | Joe Harasymiak 1st season, 0–12 (.000) | ||
| Location | Amherst, Massachusetts | ||
| Stadium | Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (capacity: 17,000) | ||
| NCAA division | Division I FBS | ||
| Conference | MAC | ||
| Colors | Maroon and white | ||
| All-time record | 582–661–50 (.469) | ||
| Bowl record | 0–0 (–) | ||
| NCAA Division I FCS championships | |||
| 1998 | |||
| Conference championships | |||
| Yankee: 1960, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1990 A-10: 1998, 1999, 2003, 2006 CAA: 2007 | |||
| Consensus All-Americans | 1 | ||
| Rivalries | Boston College (rivalry) UConn (rivalry) Buffalo (rivalry) | ||
| Uniforms | |||
| Fight song | Fight Mass | ||
| Mascot | Sam the Minuteman | ||
| Marching band | The Power and Class of New England | ||
| Outfitter | Adidas | ||
| Website | UMassAthletics.com | ||
The UMass Minutemen football team represents the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The Minutemen compete as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). Since 1965, their home games have been played at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium on the university's campus in Amherst, Massachusetts.
UMass began play in 1879 and have since appeared in three FCS National Championship games, winning the title in 1998. The Minutemen began a two-year Football Bowl Subdivision transition period in 2011, becoming bowl eligible in 2013. UMass began its FBS tenure as an associate member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) but left the conference after the 2015 season rather than become a full member. Afterwards, the Minutemen competed as an independent, however in February 2024 the UMass athletics department announced that they would rejoin the MAC as a full member, effective July 1, 2025.
UMass named Joe Harasymiak as their next head football coach on December 4, 2024.