The 2014 Football Mountain Lions were the first team in program history to win a playoff game. In fact, Concord won two playoff contests and advanced to the NCAA Division II Semifinals. It was the first regional championship for CU since 2006 when men's golf won the regional title. The team in 2014, coached by Garin Justice, won the Mountain East Conference Championship by winning 13 games by an average margin of 23.5 points. On the squad was MEC Offensive Player of the Year Calvinaugh Jones who was also one of six All-American on the team along with Andy Ellington, Derrick Johnson, Rustin Mayorga, Coleman Osborne and TJ Smith. During Concord's record-setting season, quarterback Brian Novak was also named a Harlon Hill Finalist—the award given out to the best NCAA Division II Player.