Category About Coach Wilder
What’s Bobby Wilder been up to?
It’s a question we get asked a lot, so it was time to track down the former ODU head football coach. NORFOLK, Va. — “I’m still in Hampton Roads. I’ve spent the last two years interviewing for jobs and it…
Old Dominion head football coach Bobby Wilder embraces his son Derek Wilder after an NCAA college football game against Virginia Tech, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, in Norfolk, Va. Old Dominion won 49 …
Old Dominion head football coach Bobby Wilder embraces his son Derek Wilder after an NCAA college football game against Virginia Tech, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, in Norfolk, Va. Old Dominion won 49-35. (AP Photo/Jason Hirschfeld) NORFOLK, Va. — This was…
Coach’s Corner: Old Dominion’s Bobby Wilder
In February 2007, Old Dominion tabbed longtime Maine assistant Bobby Wilder coach to lead its program into a new era. Nearly every new hire across college football is asked to do the same, but this request came with a twist:…
Bobby Wilder Experience
OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY 2007-presentHead Coach Since restarting its football team in 2009, Old Dominion has compiled a six-year total of 52 wins and only 20 losses and in its six years of play. 2009 FCS Independent 9-2 2010 FCS Independent…
Bobby Wilder led the Monarchs to the 2016 Popeyes Bahamas Bowl Championship, the first bowl game in school history.
The 2011 season also brought a host of accolades for the program. In addition to 11 Monarchs being honored as All-CAA student-athletes, senior defensive lineman Ronnie Cameron was named the CAA Defensive Player of the Year. Cameron and punter Jonathan…
Robert S. Wilder is an American football coach
Who most recently served as the head coach of the Old Dominion Monarchs football team. He was only the second coach all-time in the program’s history and the first since football’s rebirth at the school in the NCAA Division I…
Coach Bobby Wilder’s Remarks About Taylor Heinicke’s Success
The call often came out of nowhere in the middle of an Old Dominion football practice. “Sudden change!” coach Bobby Wilder would yell at the blow of his whistle. Quarterback Taylor Heinicke trotted toward Wilder and was told the situation:…
Bobby Wilder Went Out With all of the Class and Dignity That You Would Expect From Him
NORFOLK, Va. – It was an unusual and emotional event that left several bystanders, and one former Old Dominion University football coach, with tears running down their cheeks. After meeting with ODU athletic director Wood Selig and senior athletic director…
What ODU coach Bobby Wilder said about ECU
Old Dominion coach Bobby Wilder met with the local media in Norfolk on Monday for his weekly press conference. Along with talking about the Monarchs’ hard-fought loss to Virginia, Wilder also spoke about the upcoming East Carolina game. The kickoff…
Old Dominion University Football Coach Bobby Wilder on the new stadium
Old Dominion University Coach Bobby Wilder brought his team into the field at the new S.B. Ballard Stadium for the first time a couple of weeks ago. There were a lot of wide eyes. Coach Wilder has been touting the new…