The Castleton Spartans football team represents Vermont State University Castleton in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Spartans are members of the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC), fielding its team in the NJAC since 2025. The Spartans play their home games at Dave Wolk Stadium in Castleton, Vermont.
Their head coach is Tyler Higley, who took over the position for the 2024 season as interim head coach.
The Spartans are currently the only public university in Vermont with varsity football, as the University of Vermont discontinued their varsity football team in 1974.
Because it is Division III, Vermont is still the only state besides Alaska where the state university does not award any athletic scholarships for football.
Conference affiliations Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (2009–2023) Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (2024) New Jersey Athletic Conference (2025–present)
Championships Conference championships Castleton claims 1 conference title, which came in 2012.
2012† Eastern Collegiate Football Conference 7–4 6–1 Marc Klatt † Co-champions
Postseason games Bowl games Castleton has participated in one bowl game, and has a record of 0–1. 2012 Marc Klatt ECAC Bowl St. John Fisher L 7–63
List of head coaches Key
Coaches + List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records and conference records, No. Name Season(s) GC OW OL O% CW CL C% 1 Rich Alercio 2009–2010 18 8 10 6 7 2 Marc Klatt 2011–2013 31 12 19 9 12 3 Tony Volpone 2014–2023 88 41 47 32 26 4 Tyler Higley (interim) 2024–present 0 0 0 0 0
Year-by-year results National championsConference championsBowl game berthPlayoff berth SeasonYearHead coachAssociationDivisionConferenceRecordPostseasonFinal rankingOverallConferenceWinLossFinishWinLossCastleton Spartans 2009 2009Rich AlercioNCAADivision IIIECFC 3 6 6th 1 5— — 2010 2010 5 4 T–2nd 5 2— — 2011 2011Marc Klatt 4 6 5th 3 4— — 2012 2012 7 4 T–1st 6 1Conference co-champions— 2013 2013 1 9 8th 0 7— — 2014 2014Tony Volpone 7 3 T–2nd 7 3— — 2015 2015 7 3 T–3rd 5 2— — 2016 2016 4 6 T–3rd 4 3— — 2017 2017 6 4 3rd 5 2— — 2018 2018 2 8 T–5th 1 5— — 2019 2019 2 7 T–3rd 2 3— —Season canceled due to COVID-19 2021 2021Tony VolponeNCAADivision IIIECFC 6 4 3rd 4 2—— 2022 2022 5 5 2nd 4 2—— 2023 2023 2 7 5th 0 4—— 2024 2024Tyler HigleyMASCAC ——
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