Seton Hall fielded its first varsity football program from 1882 until cancellation in 1932 . The university later fielded a club football team from 1965 through 1972 . In 1972 , the football team won a national club championship . The next year , 1973 , it was reinstated as a varsity program competing at the Division III level as the university aligned its other varsity teams with the original Big East Conference in 1979 . Football was ultimately canceled in permanence after the 1981 season . During this final period of varsity football sponsorship , the team was coached by Ed Manigan
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Big East Conference (1979–2013)
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