Denny Creehan: Retired HFC/AD

Dennis Creehan (born August 16, 1949) is an American gridiron football coach. He was most recently the athletic director at Alderson Broaddus University from 2011 to 2019.

Creehan served as the head football coach at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (1979–1984), San Francisco State University (1990), the University of South Dakota (1992–1996), West Virginia Wesleyan College (2009–2010), and Alderson Broaddus (2012–2016). He is the only coach to have ever earned Coach of the Year awards in four conferences. He was a coach in The Spring League in 2017 and 2018. In October 2018, he was announced as the linebackers coach for the Salt Lake Stallions of the Alliance of American Football. Creehan took a leave of absence from Alderson Broaddus to accommodate the coaching position; the university named Carrie Bodkins his permanent replacement in May 2019

Biographical details
Born August 16, 1949 (age 74)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma mater Duquesne University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1971–1973 Keystone Oaks HS (PA) (assistant)
1974 Pittsburgh (GA)
1975 Carnegie Mellon (OC)
1976–1978 Edinboro (DC)
1979–1984 Edinboro
1985–1986 Edmonton Eskimos (DL/ST)
1987–1989 California (LB)
1990 San Francisco State
1991 Edmonton Eskimos (DL/ST)
1992–1996 South Dakota
1997 Arkansas State (DC)
1998–2000 Rutgers (DC)
2001–2002 Duke (ILB/ST)
2003 Army (OLB/ST)
2004–2007 Calgary Stampeders (DC)
2008 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (DC)
2009–2010 West Virginia Wesleyan
2012–2016 Alderson Broaddus
2017 The Spring League
2019 Salt Lake Stallions (LB)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2011–2019 Alderson Broaddus
Head coaching record
Overall 109–81–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 PSAC Western Division (1982, 1984)
1 GMAC (2016)
Awards
PSAC Coach of the Year (1982)
NCC Coach of the Year (1993)
WVIAC Coach of the Year (2010)
GMAC Coach of the Year (2016)