Bob Surace

Robert J. Surace (pronounced ; born April 25, 1968) is an American college football coach. He is currently the head coach at Princeton University, a position he has held since the 2010 season. Surace was the head football coach at Western Connecticut State University from 2000 to 2001. He had worked as an assistant coach in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the National Football League (NFL).

Early life Surace was born on April 25, 1968, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, grew up in Millville, New Jersey and attended Millville Senior High School, where his father, Tony Surace, was a longtime football and baseball coach. He attended Princeton University, where he played on the football team from 1987 to 1989 as a center. In 1989, the Ivy League named Surace to the All-Ivy team. He graduated in 1990. Surace's wife Lisa was a former soccer player at Princeton, and practiced psychology in Cincinnati. The couple have a son, A.J., who is a Quarterback at Rutgers and a daughter, Allison.

Coaching career Surace began coaching in 1990 as the running backs coach at Springfield College. While there, he earned a Master of Arts degree in sports management. In 1993, he was the offensive line coach at the Maine Maritime Academy. In 1994, he was an assistant coach under Forrest Gregg for the Shreveport Pirates of the Canadian Football League. In 2000, Surace was promoted to head coach. In his second season, he led the Colonials to the Freedom Football Conference championship and the second round of the NCAA Division III Championship playoffs. Surace then joined the staff of the Cincinnati Bengals in the National Football League. From 2002 to 2003, he was an offensive staff assistant, and from 2004 to 2009, an assistant offensive line coach. In his first season, Princeton finished with a 1–9 record.

Head coaching record

Coaching tree Several of Bob Surace's former assistant coaches have gone on to become head coaches themselves. The list is as follows:

James Perry - Bryant (2017–2018), Brown (2019–present) Andrew Aurich - Harvard (2024–present) Mike Willis - Marist (2024–present)