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Bob Ritter

  • Title
    Assistant Athletic Director
  • Phone
    802.443.5681
  • Email
    ritter@middlebury.edu
  • Alma Mater
    Middlebury '82
  • Years at Middlebury
    37

Bob Ritter ’82 transitioned into an Assistant Athletic Director role in December 2022 after serving as the Michael G. Heinecken Head Coach for 22 seasons.
 
AT MIDDLEBURY

  • Coaching record
  • 3x NESCAC Championships (2007, 2013, 2019)
  • 3x All-Americans
  • 3x NFL rookie camp attendees
  • Guided program to first 9-0 season in NESCAC history (2019)
  • Stephen Hauschka ‘07 played in back-to-back NFL Super Bowls (2014, 2015), winning a Super Bowl ring on February 2, 2014 while kicking for the Seattle Seahawks 
  • McCallum Foote ‘14 was a finalist for the Gagliardi Trophy and also received an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship 
AWARDS & HONORS
  • 2022 New England Football Writers George C. Carens Award
  • 3x NESCAC Coach of the Year (2007, 2013, 2019)
  • 2x Gridiron Club of Boston Coach of the Year (2014, 2019)
  • 2007 finalist for the AFCA Coach of the Year Award 
COACHING RESUME
  • Assistant Athletic Director - Middlebury College (2022-present)
  • Michael G. Heinecken Head Coach of Football - Middlebury College (2000-2022)
  • Assistant men’s lacrosse coach - Middlebury College (1995-2023)
  • Assistant football coach - Middlebury College (1995-2000)
  • Assistant football coach - Tufts University (1989-1995)
  • Men’s lacrosse head coach - Tufts University (1989-1995)
  • Head women’s ice hockey coach - Middlebury College (1983-1987)
  • Assistant football coach/defensive coordinator - Middlebury College (1982-1988)
  • Assistant men's lacrosse coach - Middlebury College (1982-1988)
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
  • Bachelor’s Degree - Economics - Middlebury College (1982)
ATHLETIC CAREER
  • Member of the Middlebury College football team
  • Member of the Middlebury College men's lacrosse team
  • Captain of the lacrosse program during his senior season in 1982

The full history for the Middlebury football program can be found here

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