University of Maine Athletics

Cosgrove, the winningest coach in University of Maine football history, spent 23 years at the helm of the Black Bears program and earned all-conference honors as a quarterback during his four-year (1974-77) playing career at Maine. Cosgrove, who tallied 123 wins as head coach, is a three-time Eddie Robinson National Coach of the Year finalist and a three-time conference coach of the year. Cosgrove guided the Black Bears to five NCAA berths and captured three conference titles, including back-to-back Atlantic-10 crowns in 2001 and 2002. In 2001, Cosgrove was named the American Football Monthly I-AA National Coach of the Year, after leading Maine to a 9-3 mark and advancing to the second round of the NCAA FCS Playoffs. In 2011 and 2013, Cosgrove was rewarded as the New England Football Writers' FCS Coach of the Year. Under his direction, the Black Bears earned their first-ever victories over Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) competition with wins at Mississippi State (2004) and at UMass (2013).