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Revision as of 20:36, 13 February 2016
The Main Portal
Welcome to the USAFA Rugby Alumni wiki, the place where you can find out about the history of rugby at the USAF Academy as told by the players, coaches, and fans who made the USAFA Rugby program what it is today. This wiki was designed for you to contribute and help us collect memories of all those great times we all had while being part of USAFA Rugby. This is a site dedicated to preserving the history of the Academy Rugby teams.
(If you get to a page where you have information or photos that should be included, please contact HarryFLaws@gmail.com to update those pages)
AFA Head Coaches
Women
- 1977 - 1980 Alan Osur
- 1980 - 1982 Dan Penny
- 1982 - 1983 Unknown
- 1983 - 1984 Gary Cox
- 1984 - 1985 Unknown
- 1985 - 1987 Tony Aretz, 80
- 1987 - 1989 C J Jones
- 1989 - 1992 Vern Avery
- 1992 - 1994 Craig Baltz
- 1994 - 2007 Alan Osur
- 2007 - 2010 Jill McQuade
- 2010 - 2013 Dustin George
- 2013 - 2014 Lisa Rosen
- 2014 - 2015 Vic Tise
- 2015 - Amy Rusert
Men
- 1968 - 1972 Alan Osur
- 1972 - 1975 Tex Byrd
- 1975 - 1977 Gordon Alderson, RAF
- 1977 - 1980 Alan Osur
- 1980 - 1983 Bob Horne, RAF
- 1983 - 1985 Bill Mulvenney, RAF
- 1985 - 1992 Vern Francis, 71
- 1992 - 1993 Mike Cartney, 81
- 1993 - 1996 Floyd Finley, 89
- 1996 - 1997 Gary Slack
- 1997 - 1998 Larry Coode
- 1998 - 2000 Matt Carroll
- 1999 - 2003 Rob Holder
- 2003 - 2005 Dan Marine, 96
- 2005 - 2007 Scott Gray
- 2007 - 2010 Andy McQuade
- 2010 - 2015 Joe Meuhlbauer
- 2015 - Denny Merideth, 73
Men
Click below to see a complete review of the specified season
| 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 |
| 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 |
| 1968 Fall | 1969 Spring |
Men's Team Awards
National Collegiate Tournaments
2004 Third in nation
2003 National Champions Beat Harvard 45-37 (Coach Holder)
2002 9th - 16th in nation lost to Ohio State in the sweet 16 at Cal Berkeley
2001 5th - 8th in the nation lost to Cal Berkeley in the elite 8, who went on to win
1998 5th - 8th in nation lost to Stanford in the elite 8
1995 Runners up National Champions lost to Cal Berkeley 48-16
1994 Third in nation beat Penn State
1993 Runners up National Champions lost to Cal Berkeley 36-6
1992 Third in nation beat Penn State
1991 lost finals in regionals
1990 National Champions beat Army, 18-12 (Coach Francis)
1989 National Champions beat Penn State 25-7 (Coach Francis)
1988 Third in nation beat Bowling Green
1987 Runners up National Champions lost to San Diego St, 10-9
1986 Third in nation Lost to Dartmouth; beat Bowling Green
1983 Runners up National Champions lost to Cal Berkeley, 13-3
1980 Runners up National Champions lost to Cal Berkeley, 15-9
1978 National Champions (pre USA Rugby tournaments) at Laramie (Coach Osur)
Alumni Newsletter
The Start of the Alumni Group began with mailing Newsletters as the mode of communication. To see the Newsletter Collection from 1972 to 1994, as well as current emailed updates, click here -> Alumni Newsletters
Click here to see the one attempt in 1985 (before the widespread use of word processors) to put our history on one place, the AFA Rugby Yearbook
Click here to see a list of Alumni Matches and Match Awards
In 2018, the Alumni Board organized a Celebration of 50 years of Club Rugby at the Academy, and kicked off a fund raising campaign to ensure sufficient and perpetual resourcing for both teams.
Featured Picture
Women
Click below to see a complete review of the specified season
| 1977 Fall | 1978 Spring | 1978 Fall | 1979 Spring |
Women's Team Awards
National Collegiate Tournaments
2007 Round of 8
2006 Round of 8
2005 Round of 8
2004 Round of 8
2003 National Champions, beat Illinois (Coach Osur)
2002 National Champions, beat Penn State (Coach Osur)
2001 Round of 8
2000 Round of 16
1999 Round of 16
1998 Fourth in nation, lost to Navy
1997 Third in nation
1996 Third in nation
1995 Third in nation
1994 National Champions, beat Boston College (Coach Baltz)
1993 Runners Up National Champions, losing to Connecticut
1992 Third in nation
1991 National Champions, beat Boston College (Coach Avery)
Things you can do
- If you'd like to contribute to the USAFA Rugby Alumni wiki, please click here to request an account.
- Already have an account and just getting started with the USAFA Rugby Alumni wiki? Check out the FAQs.
- Give a special thanks to Jim Woessner (72) who suggested at an alumni match that we ought to keep a history of each team by class, which started me hording all sorts of details and are now being loaded on to this site.
