Rick Willis

Rick Willis
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Wartburg (football)
Conference	ARC
Record	185–46
Biographical details
Born	February 4, 1966 (age 58); Camanche, Iowa
Playing career
Football
1984–1987	Cornell (IA)
Baseball
1985–1988	Cornell (IA)
Position(s)	Defensive back (football); Second baseman (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988–1989	Illinois (GA)
1990–1996	Wittenberg (DC)
1997–2005	Wartburg
2008–present	Wartburg
Baseball
1991–1996	Wittenberg
Softball
2003	Wartburg
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2005–present	Wartburg
Head coaching record
Overall	185–46 (football); 150–85 (baseball); 38–10 (softball)
Tournaments	Football; 10–11 (NCAA D-III playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Football; 11 IIAC/ARC (1999, 2002–2004, 2008, 2010, 2013–2014, 2017–2019)
Awards
	Football; 5× IIAC Coach of the Year (1999, 2010, 2013–2014, 2017); ; Baseball; NCAC Coach of the Year (1996)

Rick Willis (born February 4, 1966) is an American football coach, college athletics administrator, and former baseball and softball coach. He is the head football coach at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, a position he held from 1997 to 2005 and resumed again in 2008. He has also been the athletic director at Wartburg since 2005. Willis served as the head baseball coach at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio from 1991 to 1996, compiling a record of 150–85. He also coached the softball team at Wartburg for one season in 2003, tallying a mark of 38–10.

Willis was born in Camanche, Iowa. He attended Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, where he played football and baseball, earning all-conference honors in both sports.^[1]

Head coaching record

Football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	D3^#
Wartburg Knights (Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1997–2005)
1997	Wartburg	7–3	5–3	T–3rd
1998	Wartburg	9–1	9–1	2nd
1999	Wartburg	10–1	10–0	1st	L NCAA Division III Second Round
2000	Wartburg	9–1	9–1	2nd
2001	Wartburg	8–2	7–2	2nd
2002	Wartburg	10–2	8–1	T–1st	L NCAA Division III Second Round
2003	Wartburg	11–1	8–0	1st	L NCAA Division III Second Round	4
2004	Wartburg	8–3	6–2	T–1st	L NCAA Division III First Round
2005	Wartburg	7–3	6–2	3rd
Wartburg Knights (Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference / American Rivers Conference) (2008–present)
2008	Wartburg	10–3	7–1	1st	L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal	10
2009	Wartburg	6–4	5–3	3rd
2010	Wartburg	10–1	8–0	1st	L NCAA Division III First Round	12
2011	Wartburg	8–2	6–2	T–2nd
2012	Wartburg	6–4	4–3	T–2nd
2013	Wartburg	9–3	6–1	1st	L NCAA Division III Second Round	15
2014	Wartburg	12–1	7–0	1st	L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal	4
2015	Wartburg	9–1	6–1	2nd		24
2016	Wartburg	6–4	5–3	4th
2017	Wartburg	12–1	8–0	1st	L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal	10
2018	Wartburg	8–3	7–1	1st	L NCAA Division III First Round
2019	Wartburg	10–2	7–1	T–1st	L NCAA Division III Second Round	14
Wartburg:		185–46	144–28
Total:		185–46
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

Baseball

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Wittenberg Tigers (North Coast Athletic Conference) (1991–1996)
1991	Wittenberg	25–16	16–7	4th
1992	Wittenberg	25–16	14–6	2nd
1993	Wittenberg	16–18	7–9	T–5th
1994	Wittenberg	29–12	11–5	4th
1995	Wittenberg	27–13	14–9	4th
1996	Wittenberg	26–10	16–3	2nd
Wittenberg:		150–85	78–39
Total:		150–85

References

^ "Wartburg hires football coach". Iowa City Press-Citizen. Iowa City, Iowa. January 29, 1997. p. 1B. Retrieved January 8, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .

External links

Wartburg football profile

[1] "Wartburg hires football coach". Iowa City Press-Citizen. Iowa City, Iowa. January 29, 1997. p. 1B. Retrieved January 8, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .

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