Thomas H. Bell
# Thomas H. Bell

Thomas H. Bell (born August 2, 1944) is an American football and lacrosse coach. He served as the head football coach at Plymouth State University (1972–1975), the University of New Haven (1976–1982), the United States Coast Guard Academy (1986–1992), and Macalester College (1994–1997), compiling a career college football record of 95–102–6. Bell was also the head men's lacrosse coach at New Haven from 1979 to 1980, tallying a mark of 4–18.

## Coaching career

Bell was the head football coach for the Coast Guard Bears located in New London, Connecticut. He held that position for seven seasons, from 1986 until 1992. His coaching record at Coast Guard was 38 wins and 28 losses. Bell took over mostly losing football programs and was able to transform them into winners. During his career he was able to change the fortunes of Plymouth State University, the University of New Haven and the United States Coast Guard Academy.

## Head coaching record

### College football

| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Plymouth State Panthers (New England Football Conference) (1972–1975) ||||||
| 1972 | Plymouth State | 4–2–1 | 3–1–1 | 2nd |
| 1973 | Plymouth State | 6–2 | 3–2 | 2nd |
| 1974 | Plymouth State | 7–1–1 | 5–1–1 | 2nd |
| 1975 | Plymouth State | 6–4 | 5–3 | T–4th |
| Plymouth State: | Plymouth State: | 23–9–2 | 16–7–2 | |
| New Haven Chargers (New England Football Conference) (1976–1980) ||||||
| 1976 | New Haven | 1–8 | 1–7 | T–8th |
| 1977 | New Haven | 3–6 | 3–5 | 7th |
| 1978 | New Haven | 6–3 | 5–3 | T–3rd |
| 1979 | New Haven | 8–0–1 | 8–0–1 | 1st |
| 1980 | New Haven | 6–3–1 | 6–2–1 | 2nd |
| New Haven Chargers (NCAA Division II independent) (1981–1982) ||||||
| 1981 | New Haven | 4–4–2 | | |
| 1982 | New Haven | 4–6 | | |
| New Haven: | New Haven: | 32–30–4 | 23–17–2 | |
| Coast Guard Bears (NCAA Division III independent) (1986–1991) ||||||
| 1986 | Coast Guard | 4–5 | | |
| 1987 | Coast Guard | 6–2 | | |
| 1988 | Coast Guard | 9–1 | | |
| 1989 | Coast Guard | 5–4 | | |
| 1990 | Coast Guard | 4–5 | | |
| 1991 | Coast Guard | 6–3 | | |
| Coast Guard Bears (Freedom Football Conference) (1992) ||||||
| 1992 | Coast Guard | 1–8 | 1–6 | 8th |
| Coast Guard: | Coast Guard: | 35–28 | 1–6 | |
| Macalester Scots (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1994–1997) ||||||
| 1994 | Macalester | 0–10 | 0–9 | 10th |
| 1995 | Macalester | 1–9 | 0–9 | 10th |
| 1996 | Macalester | 3–7 | 2–7 | T–7th |
| 1997 | Macalester | 1–9 | 0–9 | 10th |
| Macalester: | Macalester: | 5–35 | 2–34 | |
| Total: | Total: | 95–102–6 | | |
| National championship  Conference title  Conference division title or championship game berth ||||||
