HEAD COACH: Barry Wulf

Coming into his inaugural season as head coach, Barry Wulf brings more Wilmington College experience than any other first-year coach in school history. Wulf was an assistant coach for the Quakers for six straight seasons and eight seasons total in addition to playing four years as a tight end and punter for the Green and White.

Wulf¹s career at WC started in 1991, playing under former coach Mike Wallace. At WC, he was a four-year letterman for the Quakers. He holds the single season school record for punting average, averaging 38.5 yards per punt as a senior, ending his career with the most punts and punt yardage in school history, records that have since been eclipsed by just one other punter. His 35.6 career punting average is the sixth highest in school history and his 74 yard punt against Thomas More in 1994 still stands as the longest punt in school history.

After graduating from WC, Wulf spent a semester as a graduate assistant while he finished his undergraduate degree. ³I needed an extra semester to finish my degree, and some of the coaches that were very influential with me asked me to come out as a student assistant,² said Wulf. ³After the first month, I realized that coaching is what I wanted to do.²

Wulf stayed a second year before moving to Oklahoma State University in the Big 12 as a graduate assistant. He helped coach the offensive line for the Cowboys, helping the squad to an appearance in the 1997 Alamo Bowl. Also while at OSU, he met and coached with current WC defensive coordinator Brian Yauger.

He came back to Wilmington in 1999 as an assistant football coach, and stayed in that capacity until May. While as an assistant coach, he coached on both sides of the ball in addition to being the special teams coordinator. In February of 2005, Wulf was named as head coach at Wilmington.

³Last season I was given the opportunity to be the defensive coordinator,² said the first-year head coach. ³Every year down the road as a coach, you continue to learn more and more. That is what coaching is all about, learning and getting better‹finding ways to make your team better.²

Wulf knows that this is a special opportunity for him, not just being a collegiate head coach, but also being the head coach of his alma mater. ³This is an opportunity that I am excited for,² said Wulf. ³Anytime you become the head coach of your alma mater, it is something special. It is kind of cliché, but there are a lot of people out there that bleed Green, including me.²

Although a winning season is something that Wulf and every coach strives for, he knows that there are other things involved with a football program that are more important for the development of a student athlete. ³Our football philosophy is teaching the kids that football is just a game, and we are trying to teach the kids life lessons,² said the first-year head coach. ³Playing football is just a segment of their educational experience here at Wilmington, although it is an important segment. Our program is interested in the development of the overall human being‹we are all teachers, it just happens that my staff and I teach a game, and we can teach a lot of life lessons through this game. Hard work, perseverance, and teamwork are the types of things we want the kids to know about when they leave the program.²

Originally from Cincinnati and a high school graduate of Anderson High School, Wulf and his wife, Deirdre, reside in Wilmington with their son, Davis, and daughter, Breianna.

Head Football Coach: Barry Wulf
Years at WC: 1
Overall Record at WC: First Year
Alma Mater (YR): Wilmington ('95)
2004 Record: 3-7
2004 OAC Record (Place): 3-6 (8th)
Office Phone: (937) 382-6661 ext. 251
Mailing Address: Pyle Box 1246, Wilmington College, Wilmington, OH 45177
E-Mail: barry_wulf@wilmington.edu