| Paul Castonia Year-By-Year Results |
| Year |
Overall Record |
Conference Record |
| 2025 |
8-2 |
7-2 |
| 2024 |
5-4 |
5-4 |
| 2023 |
4-6 |
4-4 |
| 2022 |
9-2 |
6-2 |
| 2021 |
5-5 |
5-3 |
| 2020 |
COVID |
COVID |
| 2019 |
6-4 |
4-4 |
| 2018 |
6-4 |
5-3 |
| 2017 |
9-2 |
7-1 |
| 2016 |
6-4 |
4-4 |
| 2015 |
2-8 |
1-7 |
| 2014 |
1-9 |
0-8 |
| 2013 |
2-8 |
1-7 |
| 2012 |
2-8 |
1-6 |
| 2011 |
4-6 |
2-5 |
| 2010 |
6-4 |
4-3 |
| 2009 |
8-3 |
6-1 |
| 2008 |
10-2 |
7-0 |
| 2007 |
9-1 |
6-1 |
| 2006 |
4-5 |
4-3 |
| 2005 |
4-6 |
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| 2004 |
1-8 |
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| 2003 |
0-10 |
0-6 |
| Totals |
111-111 |
79-74 |
Paul Castonia begins his 24th season atop the Plymouth State football program in 2026-27. Easily the longest tenured coach in program history, Castonia is also the program’s all-time leader in wins, the only coach in program history to surpass 100 career victories, and has led the team to five postseason appearances and three conference titles.
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Castonia coached the Panthers through their final season in the Freedom Football Conference in 2003, two years as a Division III Independent from 2004-05, seven years in the New England Football Conference (NEFC) from 2006-12, and helped usher Plymouth State into the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) in 2013.
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After winning just two MASCAC games through the team’s first three seasons in the league, Castonia led the Panthers to a 4-4 conference mark in 2016 and earned MASCAC Coach of the Year honors. A year later, the Panthers won seven straight league games to capture the program’s first MASCAC title and clinch a spot in the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament. Castonia repeated as Coach of the Year.
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He claimed his third MASCAC Coach of the Year honor after leading PSU to another regular-season crown after the Panthers finishing tied atop the league standings in 2025.
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Castonia’s teams have reached the postseason five times. The 2008 squad went a perfect 7-0 in the NEFC to reach the NCAA Tournament, while the Panthers have appeared in three Bowl games, capturing the New England Bowl title in 2022 and the ECAC North Atlantic Bowl title in 2007. The team also competed in the ECAC Northeast Bowl in 2009.
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Castonia inherited a team that was winless in 2002 but quickly turned things around. Beginning in 2007, the Panthers posted four straight winning seasons with a combined record of 33-10 and three consecutive postseason berths. PSU won the ECAC North Atlantic Bowl to finish 9-1 in 2007, followed with a 10-2 mark in 2008, winning the Bogan Division title, the NEFC Championship and an NCAA Tournament berth, and finished 8-3 in 2009 with a third straight postseason appearance.
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Following the NEFC run, the Panthers joined the MASCAC in 2013. After opening MASCAC play with three losing seasons, Castonia’s squad has finished .500 or better in league action every year since 2015, going 47-27 in conference games and 58-33 overall.
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The Joe Yukica Chapter of the National Football Foundation recognized Castonia's impact on New England college football in 2015, presenting him with the Andy Mooradian Award for Outstanding Contribution to Amateur Football. He was also named NEFC Boyd Division Coach of the Year in 2007 and New England Division II/III Coach of the Year in 2008.
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When Castonia arrived in 2003 as the 11th head coach in program history, he brought experience from previous coaching stops at the University of Rhode Island, University of Maryland, Hartwick College, Ferrum College, the University of Massachusetts Boston and Bryant University.
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His commitment to developing student-athletes extends beyond the field. During his tenure, 616 students have earned All-Academic honors, while another 65 have been inducted into the National Football Foundation (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society.
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Castonia is a 1986 graduate of Trinity College (Conn.) and earned a master’s degree from the University of Rhode Island in 1989. He and his wife, Leslie, reside in Ashland.
