Andrew Cronic is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, a position he assumed in December 2019. Cronic served as the head football coach at Reinhardt University in Waleska, Georgia from 2015 to 2016 and Lenoir–Rhyne University in Hickory, North Carolina from 2018 to 2019.[1]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Mercer |
| Conference | SoCon |
| Record | 28–17 |
| Playing career | |
| 1995–1997 | Georgia |
| Position(s) | Wide receiver |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1998 | West Georgia (GA/WR) |
| 1999–2001 | James Madison (WR/ARC) |
| 2002–2010 | Furman (WR/RB/TE/RC) |
| 2012–2014 | Reinhardt (AFC/OC/QB/RC) |
| 2015–2016 | Reinhardt |
| 2017 | Furman (OC) |
| 2018–2019 | Lenoir–Rhyne |
| 2020–present | Mercer |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 75–23 |
| Tournaments | 2–2 (NAIA playoffs) 4–2 (NCAA D-II playoffs) 1–1 (NCAA D-I playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 SAC (2018–2019) 1 MSC West Division (2016) | |
| Awards | |
| AFCA NCAA Division II COY (2018) | |
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA/STATS# | AFCA/Coaches° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reinhardt Eagles (Mid-South Conference) (2015–2016) | |||||||||
| 2015 | Reinhardt | 9–2 | 4–1 | 2nd (West) | L NAIA First Round | 10 | |||
| 2016 | Reinhardt | 13–1 | 5–0 | 1st (West) | W NAIA Semifinal | 3 | |||
| Reinhardt: | 22–3 | 9–1 | |||||||
| Lenoir–Rhyne Bears (South Atlantic Conference) (2018–2019) | |||||||||
| 2018 | Lenoir–Rhyne | 12–2 | 7–0 | 1st | W NCAA Division II Quarterfinal | 8 | |||
| 2019 | Lenoir–Rhyne | 13–1 | 8–0 | 1st | W NCAA Division II Quarterfinal | 4 | |||
| Lenoir–Rhyne: | 25–3 | 15–0 | |||||||
| Mercer Bears (Southern Conference) (2020–present) | |||||||||
| 2020–21 | Mercer | 5–6 | 5–3 | 4th | |||||
| 2021 | Mercer | 7–3 | 6–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 2022 | Mercer | 7–4 | 5–3 | T–3rd | 24 | 21 | |||
| 2023 | Mercer | 9–4 | 6–2 | T–2nd | L NCAA Division I Second Round | ||||
| Mercer: | 28–17 | 22–10 | |||||||
| Total: | 75–23 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
- ^ Baxley, Justin (December 20, 2019). "Mercer introduces new head football coach as 'man of integrity and character'". The Telegraph. Macon, Georgia. Retrieved December 26, 2019.