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Nick Fletcher
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In 2009 head coach Nick Fletcher enters his 10th season at the helm of the Big Red football program and will look to continue to build a program which has won 24 games over the last five seasons.
In 2008, the Big Red ground game racked up 203 yard per contest which led the North Coast Athletic Conferece. Denison finished the 2008 campaign with a 6-4 mark, which matches their
best overall record (also achieved in 1990 and 2004) since their North
Coast Athletic Conference championship team in 1986. The Big Red
accomplished their second winning season under Fletcher
by playing well down the stretch and winning five of their final six contests. Denison finished tied for third in conference with a 4-3 league record.
In 2007, the Denison rushing attack averaged 191.3 yards rushing per game which was the most by a Big Red team since 1992. They posted a 3-2 record at home and won three of their last four games to close out the 2007 campaign at 4-6.
In 2006 the DU ground game averaged 185.6 yards rushing per game and against Kenyon College, two Denison backs rushed for over 200 yards rushing for the first time in school history. The accomplishment was noted by ESPN's Behind the Polls show and the Big Red offensive line were named to the D3football.com National Team of the Week for opening holes which led to the 455 yard rushing day.
In 2004 Fletcher guided the Big Red to their first winning season since 1991 and a tie for fourth place in the North Coast Athletic Conference standings. The offense averaged 334.3 yards per game and the senior-laden defense allowed only 14.5 points in Denison's six victories.
Before coming to Denison, Fletcher directed the Eureka College football program for five years. In 1995, he led the Red Devils to a 9-1 record, earning an Illini-Badger Conference championship in his first season at the helm. He is a two-time Illini-Badger Conference Coach of the Year (1995, 1997) and had collected a career collegiate coaching record of 27-22 prior to arriving in Granville.
Fletcher's football coaching career also includes a two-year stint with Siena College in Loudonville, N.Y., and ten years with Carmel (N.Y.) High School where he served as an assistant between 1978 and 1987, and as head coach from 1988 through 1991.
Fletcher holds a bachelor of science degree in natural sciences from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore (1976) and a master of science degree in education from Western Connecticut State University in Danbury (1985). He has also completed course work in a master of science program in biochemistry at New York Medical College.
As an undergraduate at Johns Hopkins, Fletcher was a member of the Blue Jay football program for three seasons and was a standout in the classroom, earning the distinction of "Top Physics Student" in 1976.
In addition to his coaching responsibilities, Fletcher is an assistant professor in Denison's department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation.
Fletcher, 54, is a native of Chappaqua, N.Y. He is the father of two children: Craig, 21; and Casey, 18. Fletcher and his wife, Janet, live in nearby Gahanna.