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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…
Head Coaching Record
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs TSN# Coaches’° Old Dominion Monarchs (NCAA Division I FCS independent) (2009–2010) 2009 Old Dominion 9–2 2010 Old Dominion 8–3 Old Dominion Monarchs (Colonial Athletic Association) (2011–2012) 2011 Old Dominion 10–3 6–2 T–2nd L NCAA…
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…
Old Dominion coach Bobby Wilder’s success rooted in Madison
While impressive, it’s not that Bobby Wilder built the Old Dominion University football program from scratch that stands out. It’s that Wilder essentially did it twice, in 10 years. First, when he transformed the Monarchs from an idea when he…
Bobby Wilder aims High, and Old Dominion continues its Rise
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…
Bobby Wilder Named Football Coach at ODU Virginia
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…