2023 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

The 2023 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team will represent Appalachian State University during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mountaineers are led by fourth-year head coach Shawn Clark. Appalachian State plays their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium on the school's Boone, North Carolina, campus, and compete as a member of the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference.

2023 Appalachian State Mountaineers football
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record0–0 (0–0 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorFrank Ponce (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorScot Sloan (1st season)
Home stadiumKidd Brewer Stadium
(capacity: 30,000)
2023 Sun Belt Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
Appalachian State  0 0   0 0  
Coastal Carolina  0 0   0 0  
Georgia Southern  0 0   0 0  
Georgia State  0 0   0 0  
James Madison*  0 0   0 0  
Marshall  0 0   0 0  
Old Dominion  0 0   0 0  
West Division
Arkansas State  0 0   0 0  
Louisiana  0 0   0 0  
Louisiana–Monroe  0 0   0 0  
South Alabama  0 0   0 0  
Southern Miss  0 0   0 0  
Texas State  0 0   0 0  
Troy  0 0   0 0  
Championship: December 2023
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
  • * – Ineligible for postseason play due to FCS-to-FBS transition rules
As of May 13, 2023
Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Mountaineers finished the 2022 season 6–6, 3–5 in Sun Belt play to finish in fith place in the East Division.[1]

Offseason

Coaching changes

On November 28, 2022, defensive coordinator Dale Jones left the program.[2]

On January 13, 2023, the Mountaineers hired Scot Sloan to be their defensive coordinator.[3]

Schedule

The football schedule was announced February 24, 2023.[4]

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 2Gardner–Webb*
September 9at North Carolina*
September 16East Carolina*
  • Kidd Brewer Stadium
  • Boone, NC
September 23at Wyoming*
September 30at Louisiana-Monroe
October 10Coastal Carolina
  • Kidd Brewer Stadium
  • Boone, NC
October 21at Old Dominion
October 28Southern Miss
  • Kidd Brewer Stadium
  • Boone, NC
November 4Marshall
  • Kidd Brewer Stadium
  • Boone, NC (rivalry)
November 11at Georgia State
November 18at James Madison
November 25Georgia Southern
  • Kidd Brewer Stadium
  • Boone, NC (rivalry)
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "2022 Appalachian State Mountaineers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  2. Smith, Ethan. "Jones out as Mountaineers defensive coordinator". The Appalachian. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  3. "Sloan Returns to App State as Defensive Coordinator". AppState Football. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  4. "2023 Appalachian State Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
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