Neil Wheelwright
Neil Wheelwright went 61–72–2 as a head coach, 1968–1980, at Colgate and Holy Cross. Share
- Record
- 61–72–2 career
- Seasons
- 13
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 1978 7–4
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Colgate | 5–5 | ||||
| 1969 | Colgate | 5–3–1 | ||||
| 1970 | Colgate | 5–6 | ||||
| 1971 | Colgate | 6–4 | ||||
| 1972 | Colgate | 5–4–1 | ||||
| 1973 | Colgate | 5–5 | ||||
| 1974 | Colgate | 4–6 | ||||
| 1975 | Colgate | 6–4 | ||||
| 1976 | Holy Cross | 3–8 | ||||
| 1977 | Holy Cross | 2–9 | ||||
| 1978 | Holy Cross | 7–4 | ||||
| 1979 | Holy Cross | 5–6 | ||||
| 1980 | Holy Cross | 3–8 |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against rivals | 13 | 4–9 | 31% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 49 | 29–18–2 | 61% |
| At home | 47 | 24–22–1 | 52% |
| On the road | 88 | 37–50–1 | 43% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 66 | 35–29–2 | 55% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 69 | 26–43 | 38% |
His own 135 games on file, 1968–1980, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmen Cozza 1968–1975 | 1–7 | Yale | 8 | |
| Jack Musick 1968–1974 | 1–6 | Cornell | 7 | |
| Joseph Yukica 1976–1980 | 4–1 | Boston College, Dartmouth | 5 | |
| Edward Doherty 1971–1975 | 3–1–1 | Holy Cross | 5 | |
| Frank Burns 1973–1979 | 1–4 | Rutgers | 5 | |
| Frederick Dunlap 1976–1980 | 1–4 | Colgate | 5 | |
| John Anderson 1976–1980 | 1–4 | Brown | 5 | |
| John Bateman 1968–1972 | 0–5 | Rutgers | 5 | |
| Len Jardine 1968–1971 | 3–1 | Brown | 4 | |
| Jake McCandless 1969–1972 | 2–2 | Princeton | 4 |
Neil Wheelwright’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Universityseries | 10 | 5–5 |
| Rutgersseries | 10 | 1–9 |
| Brownseries | 9 | 4–5 |
| Bucknellseries | 8 | 6–2 |
| Princetonseries | 8 | 4–4 |
| Lehighseries | 8 | 4–3–1 |
| Cornellseries | 8 | 2–6 |
| Yaleseries | 8 | 1–7 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958–61 | Hofstra | Assistant coach | |
| 1962–67 | Colgate | Backfield coach | |
| 1968–75 | Colgate | Head coach | |
| 1976–80 | Holy Cross | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Hal LaharColgate
Assistants who became head coaches
- Frank GanszKansas City Chiefs
- Bob DemingBuffalo
- Pete KuharchekRhein Fire
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Gansz | Colgate, 1968: assistant coach | Kansas City Chiefs | |
| Bob Deming | Colgate, 1973: defensive assistant | Buffalo | |
| Pete Kuharchek | Holy Cross, 1979–80: defensive backs coach | Rhein Fire |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.