Cornell Sprint Football

Cornell Sprint Football has since 1936 provided the opportunity for “average sized” guys to play the game they love as an intercollegiate varsity sport.  However, they quickly realize that it is so much more than just playing four more years of football.  They immediately become part of the Sprint Football Family that consists of players, managers, alumni, and coaches that become friends for life. 

Quick Facts

  • First non-service team to defeat Army or Navy; the first non-service team to win the league

  • Cumulative GPA: 3.617

  • Launched at Cornell University in 1937

  • Over 1,500 program alumni

  • 65-member squad

Often players and alumni are blood relatives

Coaches are always prominently featured in our memories

For our players, Sprint helps them balance the academic workload and campus life for future success

Sprint Football Alumni Board Mission Statement

Assure the existence of Cornell Sprint Football in perpetuity.

CSFA Board of Directors: 20 alumni focused on: alumni engagement; fundraising; mentoring/job networking; University relations and player recruiting/team culture.

Sprint Football Board of Directors September 2022

Class                              Director

1968                              Mike Hall

1968                              Jerry Levitz

1969                              Eric Davis

1971                              Jay Carter – President

1973                              Mark Clemente

1975                              Jim Seeley

1978                              Jonathan Clemente

1981                              Duane Dyson

1981                              Jim Ricotta

1988                          Dave Zittel

Class                            Director

1991                              John Tassone

1995                             Joshua Hamilton

2000                           Louie Reformina

2002                           Sunil Gupta – Chair, Alumni Engagement

2005                           Billy Snider – Chair, Fund Raising

2006                           Alec Macaulay

2007                            John Samuel

2007                            Jackie Carter McGuinn

2013                             Will Edmonds – Chair, Mentoring

2017                             Daniel Ferguson – Chair, Player Recruitment

1993 Evan Williams


Head Coach – Terry Cullen

Sprint Football Leagues

For more information about the Sprint Football Leagues go to: sprintfootball.com for the CSFL website that Cornell plays in; and go to midwestsprintfootball.com for the new league created in 2022 that expands the reach of collegiate sprint football.