Colgate University Athletics

Stan Dakosty is in his second season with the Raiders. Last season he worked with the tight ends, and this season will also tutor the fullbacks.

He came back to his alma mater from Amherst College, where he had been coaching the running backs for two years.

He began is coaching career while an undergraduate at Colgate serving as a student assistant and assistant video coordinator in 2003, before working with the tight ends in 2004. As a student assistant in 2003, Colgate won the Patriot League championship and advance to the title contest of the Division I-AA playoffs while posting a 15-1 record.

Dakosty played two years of varsity football for the Raiders, helping them to the 2002 Patriot League championship, before he suffered a series of career-ending injuries.

Dakosty, 25 years old, was born January 2, 1983 in Hazelton, Pennsylvania. He graduate from Colgate in 2005 with a degree in history and educational studies. Last year, while on the Amherst staff he earned a master¹s degree in education and social studies teachers certification at the University of Massachusetts.