Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Athletics

Dick Maloney, a 43-year coaching veteran, joined the RPI staff as the defensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator in the summer of 2013.

In his fifth season as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach in Troy, the “Tough Guy” defense under his tutelage has improved each season. The past two seasons, the unit - consistently among the best in the Liberty League - has been ranked in several Division III Top 25 statistical categories with the 2015 defense finishing 13th nationally in scoring defense. The next season, the Engineers allowed only 15 points per game, leading to a ranking of 18th in the country. Four student-athletes earned All-Liberty League First Team accolades.

Maloney, whose career has spanned the collegiate and professional levels, was the head coach at the University of Chicago prior to joining Rensselaer's staff.

He mentored the Maroons for 19 seasons before announcing his retirement in June 2013. Maloney was a five-time University Athletic Association (UAA) Coach of the Year with four UAA titles, the last coming in 2010. During that final championship season, he guided Chicago to an 8-2 record, matching the school record for wins in a single season in the program's modern football era. He stands second all-time in Chicago annals, trailing only the legendary Amos Alonzo Stagg, with a career record of 94-82 for a .534 winning percentage.

Maloney coached eight All-Americans, six UAA Offensive Players of the Year, three UAA Defensive Players of the Year, seven UAA Rookies of the Year and two Aztec Bowl selections. From 1997 to 2001, he guided the Maroons to five straight winning seasons, a feat not accomplished by Chicago since 1911-15. Maloney's teams claimed a pair of NCAA Division III team statistical titles and featured three individual national statistical leaders.

Maloney has walked the sidelines at every level of collegiate football. He was the offensive coordinator at the University of Pennsylvania from 1986-90, and the offensive line coach at Dartmouth College from 1982-85. He spent five seasons as the offensive line coach at Boston University from 1977-81 and was an assistant coach at Boston College in 1976.

He coached football and wrestling at Maryville College in Tennessee in 1975 after beginning his career in the Capital District, serving as the defensive line coach at the University at Albany in 1974.

Prior to his appointment at Chicago, Maloney was the offensive line coach for the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League from 1991-93. He helped the team to the playoffs in all three seasons, coaching two consecutive Offensive Linemen of the Year honorees.

Maloney has served as a head or assistant coach for 11 conference champions, including an undefeated Penn team in 1986 and Rensselaer in 2015. He has mentored 15 All-Americans across his career, along with several players who went on to play in the NFL.

A 1974 graduate of the University of Massachusetts – Boston, Maloney earned a bachelor's degree in elementary education. He received his master's degree in education from Albany in 1980.

Updated September 2017