

Growing up in Madison, Maine, where his father ran an Exxon station and his mother a local restaurant, Bobby Wilder knew by his 13th birthday that he wanted to be a football coach. When his schedule allowed, Wilder would pump…
Old Dominion’s Bobby Wilder warned fellow college football coaches during a national TV interview Friday morning that they’d better start listening to players and how they are reacting to recent police shootings or risk seeing their teams divided. “When I…
Old Dominion University football coach Bobby Wilder has a billboard with the heading of “Choices” in his team’s locker room, featuring articles about people who have made both good and bad choices. His team’s philosophy is “Aim High,” and that…
Bobby Wilder tried to listen patiently Friday morning as Old Dominion University athletic director Jim Jarrett described his offer to become the Monarchs’ first football coach since 1940. But he couldn’t contain himself. “I interrupted and said, ‘Dr. Jarrett, you…