Former Old Dominion coach Bobby Wilder is Tennessee Tech’s new football coach

Former Old Dominion coach Bobby Wilder was hired Sunday at Tennessee Tech’s new football coach.

Former Old Dominion coach Bobby Wilder was named Tennessee Tech football’s new coach Sunday night.

Wilder, 59, resigned at Old Dominion in 2019.

A formal press conference introducing Wilder as Tech’s new coach will be Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. at Hooper Eblen Center.

“I am fired up to be the head football coach at Tennessee Tech University,” Wilder said. “After spending this past weekend on campus and meeting so many Golden Eagles, I could feel the pride and the passion. Our program philosophy will be to aim high in everything we do. Our staff will recruit and develop the best people, students and athletes we can find.”

Wilder replaced Dewayne Alexander, who was fired on Nov. 21 after six seasons at Tech. The Golden Eagles ended the 2023 season with a 35-0 win over Tennessee State but were 4-7 for the second consecutive year.

Tech athletic director Mark Wilson said Wilder, because of his experience at Old Dominion, is capable of turning around the Golden Eagles program.

“Bobby has built a program from the ground up and won big while doing it,” Wilson said. “He checks every box that we put forward when we started this search. He boasts a pedigree of winning, has led his team to championships, his teams play an exciting, aggressive, offensive style of football with relentless defense and he is a natural leader. I am convinced coach Wilder brings all the expertise, leadership, discipline and passion to lead Tennessee Tech Football to the top of the league and to the NCAA playoffs.”

Wilder was hired at Old Dominion in 2007 to restart a program that had been dormant for nearly 70 years. In the Monarchs’ first season in 2009, the team finished 9-2, the best record ever for a first-year NCAA program in college…

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Author : The Tennessean

Publish date : 2023-12-04 04:00:56

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