Robert P. Wilson

Robert P. Wilson
Playing career
Sport(s)	Football
1895–1896	Wesleyan
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1898–1902	Wesleyan
1903	NYU
Head coaching record
Overall	27–26–2

Robert P. "Bert" Wilson was an American football player and coach. He played football for Wesleyan University and was captain of the school's football team in 1896.^[1] After graduating, he served as Wesleyan's first head football coach from 1898 to 1902. In five years as Wesleyan's coach, Wilson compiled a record of 25–21–2.^[2] In his first two years as the coach, Wesleyan compiled records of 7–3 and 7–2. In the 17 years before Wilson took over as the coach, Wesleyan's football team had never won seven games in a single season.^[3] In 1903, Wilson became the head football coach at New York University (NYU).^[4] He served the sixth head football coach at NYU and held that position for one season, in 1903, leading the NYU Violets to a record of 2–5.^[5]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall
Wesleyan Cardinals (Independent) (1898–1902)
1898	Wesleyan	7–3
1899	Wesleyan	7–2
1900	Wesleyan	5–4
1901	Wesleyan	3–6–1
1902	Wesleyan	3–6–1
Wesleyan:		25–21–2
NYU Violets (Independent) (1903)
1903	NYU	2–5
NYU:		2–5
Total:		27–26–2

References

↑ "Wesleyan's Football Season Starts". The New York Times. September 16, 1900. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
↑ "ALL-TIME COACHING RECORDS". Wesleyan University. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
↑ "131 SEASONS OF WESLEYAN FOOTBALL". Wesleyan University. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
↑ "FOOTBALL SEASON WELL STARTED; Colgate Played West Point to a Standstill – Neither Team Scored – Columbia Scored 10 Against Wesleyan – Yale's Easy Victory – Indians' Large Score". The New York Times. September 23, 1903. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
↑ The Ultimate Guide to College Football, James Quirk, 2004

External links

Robert P. Wilson at the College Football Data Warehouse

Wesleyan Cardinals head football coaches

No coach (1881–1897)
Robert P. Wilson (1898–1902)
Howard R. Reiter (1903–1909)
Larry Vorhis (1910–1911)
Jake High (1912)
Danny Hutchinson (1913)
Richard E. Eustis (1914–1915)
Dan Kenan (1916)
Edgar Fauver (1917)
Emil Liston (1918–1919)
Dan Kenan (1920)
Edgar Fauver (1921)
John Martin (1922–1924)
Sam H. Hill (1925–1926)
Bill Wood (1927–1929)
Andy Oberlander (1930–1933)
Jack Blott (1934–1940)
Wes Fesler (1941–1942)
Norm Daniels (1945–1963)
Donald Russell (1964–1970)
Bill MacDermott (1971–1986)
Kevin Spencer (1987–1991)
Frank Hauser (1992–2009)
Mike Whalen (2010–2014)
Dan DiCenzo (2015– )

NYU Violets head football coaches

Unknown (1873–1893)
John A. Hartwell (1894)
Unknown (1895–1897)
Frank H. Cann (1898)
James Ogilvie (1899)
Nelson B. Hatch (1900)
W. H. Rorke (1901–1902)
Robert P. Wilson (1903)
Dave Fultz (1904)
Marshall Mills (1905)
Douglas Church (1906)
Herman Olcott (1907–1912)
Jake High (1913)
Thomas T. Reilley (1914–1915)
Richard E. Eustis (1916)
Francis P. Wall (1917)
Appleton A. Mason (1918)
John Longwell (1919)
Frank Gargan (1920–1921)
Tom Thorp (1922–1924)
Chick Meehan (1925–1931)
Howard Cann (1932–1933)
Mal Stevens (1934–1941)
No team (1942–1943)
John J. Weinheimer (1944–1946)
Edward Mylin (1947–1949)
Hugh Devore (1950–1952)

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