Sammy McCorkle

Biography

Sammy McCorkle, who had been on Buddy Teevens’ staff since the head coach’s return to Hanover in 2005, was filling in as the interim head coach for the 2023 season following Teevens’ bicycle accident in March of 2023 and subsequent passing on Sept. 19. On Oct. 19 of 2023, McCorkle had the interim tag removed as he became the Robert L. Blackman Head Football Coach. McCorkle enters his third season in 2025. In 2024, the Big Green won their second straight Ivy League Championship, sharing the title with Columbia and Harvard, and fourth in the last five seasons. Dartmouth began the season 6-0, beginning with a convincing 45-13 win over Fordham then five straight wins by four points or fewer. In that stretch was a historic comeback win at Yale. Despite trailing 30-7 late in the third quarter and 37-16 midway through the fourth, the Big Green scored touchdowns with 7:30, 6:34 and 1:22 remaining in regulation before topping Yale in overtime, 44-43. In the season finale, Dartmouth dominated Brown, 56-28, to help earn a share of the championship and up the program’s leading Ivy League Championship total to 22. The Big Green had 15 All-Ivy honorees in 2024, including Defensive Player of the Year Ejike Adele and Special Teams Player of the Year Owen Zalc. Adele became the Big Green’s first Bushnell Cup winner since the Big Green won back-to-back Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2018 (Isiah Swann) and 2019 (Jack Traynor). Adele was also later named a College Sports Communicators fi

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