BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- On Saturday, September 16 prior to the first home football game of the 2023 season, Moravian University dedicated the Scot Dapp Football Suite to honor long time Head Football Coach Scot Dapp.
Thomas R. '90 & Kimberly Deischer '91 Ike generously contributed to renovate the existing football offices into an updated suite for the Greyhounds coaching staff.
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Dapp finished his coaching career in 2010 with a 24-year record of 144-103-1 before going on to serve as Moravian's Director of Athletics & Recreation until 2015. His win over McDaniel College on September 8, 2007 was his 123rd victory surpassing the total of legendary coach, Rocco Calvo. When he retired, Scot's .583 winning percentage ranked him among the top 50 active Division III coaches.
Dapp's teams strung together 11 consecutive winning seasons (1988-1998) which is the longest streak in school history. His Hounds were Middle Atlantic Conference Champions in 1988; Commonwealth League Champions in 1993 and they made post-season trips to the NCAA playoffs in both of those seasons. The 1988 team was the first football team in Greyhound history to advance to the NCAA playoffs. Dapp-coached teams also earned post-season berths in five ECAC Championship games (2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, and 2010); winning ECAC Championships in 2005 and 2010. He also received Coach of the Year accolades from the Middle Atlantic Conference in 1988, 1993, and 1997.
During his years as Moravian's football coach, Dapp became very active in national issues for Division III and served for three years as the Chairman of the Division III Football Council. His national involvement took on even greater responsibilities when, in 1999, he was elected to the Board of Trustees for the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). The AFCA has over 10,000 registered members made up of coaches from all levels of the game. Six years after being named to the Board, Dapp was elected as the President of the AFCA making him only the fifth Division III coach to hold that position in the 83-year history of the Association.
In 2002, Coach Dapp was recognized by the All-American Football Foundation with the John Vaught Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding performance in his profession. That same organization also honored him in 2007 with the Outstanding Association President Award. In 2006, he received the John Whitehead Award at the Nike Coach of the Year Clinic for his contribution to the game of football. In 2008, Scot was inducted into the Boyertown High School Football Hall of Fame.
From 2010 through 2012, Scot served on two NCAA Committees: the Football Rules Committee and the Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports Committee. In 2011 and 2012 he was the Chair of the Football Rules Committee.
Dapp also served as a member of the teaching faculty in Moravian's Physical Education Department and was an assistant coach for the Greyhound Women's Softball team from 1994-2004.
Dapp is a 1973 graduate of West Chester University earning a BS in Health & Physical Education. After three years of teaching in the Boyertown Area School District, he entered graduate school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill receiving a Master's Degree in Physical Education in 1977. That same year he also received certification as an athletic trainer by the National Athletic Trainers Association. Prior to his arrival at Moravian College in 1987, Dapp had previous coaching stints at Delaware State College (assistant coach, 1986); Susquehanna University (assistant football & Head Baseball Coach, 1979-1985); and Kutztown University (assistant coach, 1977-78).
