Dickinson College

Brad Fordyce enters his ninth season as the head coach for the Red Devils, following his most successful season in 2023, going 6-4 and winning both rival games vs. Gettysburg and Franklin and Marshall.
 
The 28-25 win over Gettysburg in 2023 marks the seventh straight year the Red Devils, under coach Fordyce, has claimed the Little Brown Bucket. While the 19-17 thrilling victory over Franklin and Marshall claims back the Conestoga Wagon for the Red Devils. The Red Devils trailed by 7 points heading into the final quarter, but a field goal and a last second winning rush from Diante Ball clinched the win for the Red Devils, catapulting the Red Devils to a 5-1 start to the season.
 
A 1997 graduate of Springfield College with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science, Fordyce earned his master’s degree in education from McDaniel College in 2001. Following graduation, Fordyce served as a strength and conditioning intern at Navy and coached the wide receivers and defensive backs at C. Milton Wright High School. He then joined the staff at McDaniel, where he filled a number of roles over the next nine years. He began his tenure as the head strength and conditioning coach while also mentoring the linebackers on a team that won five straight Centennial Conference championships and produced three All-Americans in that position group.
 
Fordyce joined the Bucknell staff in the winter of 2014 and worked closely with the Bison linebackers, producing six All-Patriot League LBs while serving as the program’s recruiting coordinator. He spent the previous seven years as the defensive coordinator at Susquehanna University, where he helped lead the Crusaders to a Liberty League title and an NCAA playoff appearance in 2009. He also assisted with the punting, punt return and kickoff teams, all coming on the heels of nine seasons with McDaniel College.