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American football and lacrosse coach

Mike Toop
Playing career
Football
1973–1976	Merchant Marine

Position(s)	Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1977–1981	Chaminade HS (NY) (assistant)
1982	Holy Cross HS (NY) (assistant)
1983–1984	Albany (assistant)
1985–1986	Union (NY) (assistant)
1987–1991	Colgate (assistant)
1992–1998	Penn (DC)
1999–2000	Connecticut (DC)
2001–2004	Davidson
2005–2021	Merchant Marine
Lacrosse
1985–1987	Union (NY)
1988–1991	Colgate

Head coaching record
Overall	87–108 (football) 57–28 (lacrosse)
Bowls	3–0

Mike Toop is a retired American football and lacrosse coach. He served as the head football coach at the United States Merchant Marine Academy in King's Point, New York, from 2005 until his retirement in 2021, and at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina, from 2001 to 2004. He also coached men's lacrosse at Union College in Schenectady, New York, from 1985 to 1987 and Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, from 1988 to 1991.

Football coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Davidson Wildcats (Pioneer Football League) (2001–2004)
2001	Davidson	5–4	1–2	3rd (south)
2002	Davidson	7–3	2–1	2nd (south)
2003	Davidson	3–8	1–2	T–2nd (south)
2004	Davidson	2–7	1–2	T–3rd (south)
Davidson:		17–22	5–7
Merchant Marine Mariners (Liberty League) (2005–2016)
2005	Merchant Marine	3–7	2–5	6th
2006	Merchant Marine	3–7	1–5	6th
2007	Merchant Marine	1–9	1–6	T–6th
2008	Merchant Marine	3–7	2–5	7th
2009	Merchant Marine	4–6	2–5	T–6th
2010	Merchant Marine	4–6	3–3	T–3rd
2011	Merchant Marine	3–7	2–4	T–5th
2012	Merchant Marine	5–5	3–4	T–4th
2013	Merchant Marine	4–4	1–4	8th
2014	Merchant Marine	2–8	0–7	8th
2015	Merchant Marine	3–6	2–5	T–6th
2016	Merchant Marine	5–4	4–3	T–3rd
Merchant Marine Mariners (New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference) (2017–2021)
2017	Merchant Marine	6–4	4–3	4th	W ECAC Chapman Bowl
2018	Merchant Marine	8–2	5–2	T–2nd	W New England
2019	Merchant Marine	6–3	5–2	T–3rd
2020–21	Merchant Marine	1–0	0–0	N/A
2021	Merchant Marine	9–1	5–1	2nd	W New England
Merchant Marine:		70–86	24–35
Total:		87–108

v t e Davidson Wildcats head football coaches
No coach (1896–1899) John A. Brewin (1900–1903) Bob Williams (1904–1905) Robert S. Graham & John Beverly Pollard (1906–1907) John Nathan Levine (1908) Floyd M. Simmons (1909–1910) Edwin W. Holladay (1911) W. T. Cook (1912–1913) Bob Fetzer (1914) Bill Fetzer (1915–1918) Pete Crayton (1919) H. M. Grey (1920–1922) William L. Younger (1923–1931) Williams Newton (1932–1935) Gene McEver (1936–1943) No team (1944–1945) William Story (1946–1947) Lefty Jamerson (1948–1949) Crowell Little (1950–1951) Bill Dole (1952–1964) Homer Smith (1965–1969) Dave Fagg (1970–1973) Ed Farrell (1974–1984) Vic Gatto (1985–1989) Dave Fagg (1990–1992) Tim Landis (1993–1999) Joe Susan (2000) Mike Toop (2001–2004) Tripp Merritt (2005–2012) Brett Hayford # (2012) Paul Nichols (2013–2017) Scott Abell (2018–2024) Saj Thakkar (2025– ) # denotes interim head coach

# denotes interim head coach

v t e Merchant Marine Mariners head football coaches
Earl Brown (1945) William Reinhart (1946–1949) John Baker (1950) Clem Stralka (1951–1957) Harry Wright (1958–1963) Chuck Mills (1964) George Paterno (1965–1968) Drew Tallman (1969–1970) George Paterno (1971–1975) Clive Rush (1976) Pete Carmichael (1977–1980) Dennis Barrett (1981–1990) Charlie Pravata (1991–2002) Tim McNulty (2003–2004) Mike Toop (2005–2021) Jameson Croall (2022– )