Barry Streeter enters his 39th season as the head football coach at Gettysburg College in 2017. Streeter is not only the winningest and longest-tenured coach in program history, but he is also the longest-tenured current football coach in all of Division III. With a career record of 193-186-5, he ranks eighth in career victories among all current NCAA Division III football coaches, and he is tied for 26th in all-time Division III football coaching wins. In addition, Streeter ranks second in Centennial Conference (CC) history with 123 conference victories.
Streeter has molded the Bullets into one of the top offensive teams in the Centennial Conference and Division III. Since installing a unique set known as the “Spread Wing” in 2005, Gettysburg has led the Centennial Conference in total offense five times, rushing offense seven times, and passing offense twice. The Bullets have figured among the top-25 in Division III in rushing five times during the same stretch, and in 2009 Gettysburg finished fourth in Division III in total offense, averaging a school-record 493.1 yards per game. Streeter has led the team to a winning record nine times in the last 13 seasons and the team has finished among the top three teams in the conference five times during that time frame.
In the fall of 2015, the Bullets jumped out with five consecutive victories to open the year before finishing 7-3 overall and 6-3 in conference competition. The team set a new program and conference standard for rushing in the season opener with 574 yards against Bridgewater. Gettysburg finished as the conference leader with 245.1 rushing yards per game. The squad also finished second in the league in total yards per game (429.4) and passing touchdowns (25). Seven Bullets were named All-Centennial Conference.
In 2013, Gettysburg led the Centennial Conference in passing offense at 256.2 yards per game while also ranking second in total offense (459.2 ypg) and third in rushing offense (203.0 ypg). The Bullets also finished 26th nationally in total offense. In one of the team's top performances of the season, the Orange and Blue piled up 722 yards – a mark that ranks second in school history – in the team's season-opening win at Misericordia University.
In 2010, Gettysburg posted an outstanding offensive season, setting school records for points (394), touchdowns (53), and rushing touchdowns in a regular season (33). The Bullets also led the conference in scoring (39.4 ppg), total offense (464.1 ypg), and rushing offense (248.2 ypg) while finishing 13th in Division III in all three categories. In 2009, Gettysburg was fourth in Division III in total offense (493.1 ypg).
Streeter and the legendary Henry "Hen" Bream (104-69-12) are the only Gettysburg football coaches to surpass 100 career victories. The former picked up his 100th win when the Bullets closed out their 1994 season with a 52-20 triumph over Franklin & Marshall College. Midway through the 1995 campaign, the Bullets knocked off Muhlenberg College, 28-16, giving Streeter his 105th win and making him the all-time leader at Gettysburg.
Streeter joined the coaching staff at Gettysburg in 1975 as an assistant on Joseph Sabol’s football staff and as the head coach of the track & field program. On Feb. 3, 1978, he succeeded Sabol on the gridiron, becoming one of the youngest head football coaches ever at Gettysburg.
Starting with the 1980 season, when the Bullets fashioned a 6-3-1 record, he guided the program to winning records for eight consecutive years, the longest such streak in school history. In 1985, he guided Gettysburg to its third consecutive Centennial Conference Championship and its inaugural appearance in the NCAA Division III playoffs, advancing all the way to the national semifinals and finishing with an 11-1-1 record. His 1994 squad posted an 8-2 mark and set numerous conference records.
Streeter has coached the Bullets to a bevy of awards, including six Academic All-Americans, 21 All-Americans, three Centennial Conference Offensive Players of the Year, and 207 all-conference selections. One of his most accomplished student-athletes was
Paul Smith '00, who was a three-time All-American and set the NCAA Division III all-purpose yards record with 527 yards against Muhlenberg in 1999.
In his three seasons leading the track and field program, Streeter coached the Bullets to back-to-back Middle Atlantic Conference championships (1976-77) and 10 of his student-athletes achieved All-American status.
A 1971 graduate of Lebanon Valley College, Streeter earned two varsity letters as a tight end on the football team and two as a defenseman on the school’s lacrosse team. In 2003, he was inducted into Lebanon Valley's Hall of Fame. He was awarded a master’s degree in health and physical education from the University of Delaware in 1975 and was a graduate assistant on Tubby Raymond’s football staff at Delaware. Streeter became an astute student of the Delaware Wing-T, which is the basis for Gettysburg’s Spread Wing offense.
Streeter has two sons, Jason and Brandon, and two daughters, Kelly and Lindsey. Jason played football at Lehigh University, and Brandon - a current assistant football coach at 2016 NCAA Division I champion Clemson University - was a starting quarterback for Clemson. Streeter and his wife Patricia are residents of Spring Grove, Pa.
| Overall |
Conference |
| School |
Year |
Wins |
Losses |
Ties |
Pct. |
Wins |
Losses |
Ties |
Pct. |
Conf. Finish |
| Gettysburg |
1978 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0.500 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0.500 |
|
| Gettysburg |
1979 |
5 |
6 |
0 |
0.455 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0.500 |
|
| Gettysburg |
1980 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
0.650 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0.563 |
|
| Gettysburg |
1981 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
0.600 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
0.625 |
|
| Gettysburg |
1982 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
0.700 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
0.750 |
|
| Gettysburg |
1983 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
0.800 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
0.714 |
1st |
| Gettysburg |
1984 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
0.800 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0.857 |
1st |
| Gettysburg |
1985 |
11 |
1 |
1 |
0.885 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
0.929 |
1st |
| Gettysburg |
1986 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
0.600 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
0.714 |
3rd |
| Gettysburg |
1987 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
0.700 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0.571 |
4th |
| Gettysburg |
1988 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
0.400 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0.571 |
4th |
| Gettysburg |
1989 |
2 |
7 |
1 |
0.250 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
0.357 |
6th |
| Gettysburg |
1990 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
0.450 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0.571 |
5th |
| Gettysburg |
1991 |
2 |
7 |
0 |
0.222 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
0.286 |
7th |
| Gettysburg |
1992 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
0.600 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0.571 |
3rd |
| Gettysburg |
1993 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0.500 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0.571 |
3rd |
| Gettysburg |
1994 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
0.800 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0.857 |
2nd |
| Gettysburg |
1995 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0.550 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
0.500 |
5th |
| Gettysburg |
1996 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
0.300 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0.429 |
4th |
| Gettysburg |
1997 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
0.400 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
0.286 |
6th |
| Gettysburg |
1998 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
0.300 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
0.286 |
6th |
| Gettysburg |
1999 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
0.300 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
0.286 |
6th |
| Gettysburg |
2000 |
1 |
9 |
0 |
0.100 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
0.143 |
7th |
| Gettysburg |
2001 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
0.400 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0.167 |
6th |
| Gettysburg |
2002 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
0.400 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0.167 |
6th |
| Gettysburg |
2003 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0.500 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0.333 |
5th |
| Gettysburg |
2005 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
0.400 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0.500 |
3rd |
| Gettysburg |
2006 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0.500 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0.500 |
3rd |
| Gettysburg |
2007 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
0.545 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
0.625 |
3rd |
| Gettysburg |
2008 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0.500 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
0.625 |
4th |
| Gettysburg |
2009 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
0.300 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
0.375 |
5th |
| Gettysburg |
2010 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
0.600 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
0.556 |
5th |
| Gettysburg |
2011 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
0.600 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
0.667 |
3rd |
| Gettysburg |
2012 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
0.700 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
0.667 |
T-3rd |
| Gettysburg |
2013 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
0.400 |
3 |
6 |
0 |
0.333 |
T-6th |
| Gettysburg |
2014 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0.500 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
0.556 |
4th |
| Gettysburg |
2015 |
7 |
3 |
|
0.700 |
6 |
3 |
|
0.667 |
4th |
| Gettysburg |
2016 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
0.300 |
3 |
6 |
0 |
0.333 |
T-6th |
| Gettysburg |
2017 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
0.300 |
3 |
6 |
0 |
0.333 |
T-6th |
| Totals |
39 Years |
196 |
193 |
5 |
0.504 |
147 |
139 |
4 |
0.514 |
|
