Rick Willis

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Rick Willis
Current position
TitleVice president for student recruitment
Team Wartburg
Conference ARC
Biographical details
Born (1966-02-04) February 4, 1966 (age 59)
Camanche, Iowa, U.S.
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)
Football
1988–1989 Illinois (GA)
1990–1996 Wittenberg (DC)
1997–2005 Wartburg
2008–2020Wartburg
Baseball
1991–1996 Wittenberg
Softball
2003 Wartburg
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2005–2021 Wartburg
2021–present Wartburg (VP)
Head coaching record
Overall185–46 (football)
150–85 (baseball)
38–10 (softball)
TournamentsFootball
10–11 (NCAA D-III playoffs)
Softball
6–3 (NCAA D-III tournament)
Baseball
2–2 (NCAA D-III tournament)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
11 IIAC/ARC (1999, 2002–2004, 2008, 2010, 2013–2014, 2017–2019)
Softball
NCAA Regional Champion (2003)
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 college administrator and former football, baseball, and softball coach. He was the athletic director at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, from 2005 to 2021, before transitioning to vice president for student recruitment. [1] Willis served two stints as the head football coach at Wartburg, from 1997 to 2005 and again from 2008 to 2021, compiled a record of 185–46. He was succeeded in 2021 by his former player and defensive coordinator Chris Winter. He was the head baseball coach at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio from 1991 to 1996, amassing a record of 150–85. Willis also coached the softball team at Wartburg for one season, in 2003, tallying a mark of 38–10 and reaching the Division III Women's College World Series.

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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. [2]

Head coaching record

Football

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs D3#
Wartburg Knights (Iowa Conference)(1997–2005)
1997 Wartburg7–35–3T–3rd
1998 Wartburg9–19–12nd
1999 Wartburg10–110–01stL NCAA Division III Second Round
2000 Wartburg9–19–12nd
2001 Wartburg8–27–22nd
2002 Wartburg10–28–1T–1stL NCAA Division III Second Round
2003 Wartburg11–18–01stL NCAA Division III Second Round 4
2004 Wartburg8–36–2T–1stL NCAA Division III First Round
2005 Wartburg7–36–23rd
Wartburg Knights (Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference / American Rivers Conference)(2008–2020)
2008 Wartburg 10–37–11stL NCAA Division III Quarterfinal 10
2009 Wartburg6–45–33rd
2010 Wartburg 10–18–01stL NCAA Division III First Round 12
2011 Wartburg 8–26–2T–2nd
2012 Wartburg 6–44–3T–2nd
2013 Wartburg 9–36–11stL NCAA Division III Second Round 15
2014 Wartburg 12–17–01stL NCAA Division III Quarterfinal 4
2015 Wartburg 9–16–12nd24
2016 Wartburg 6–45–34th
2017 Wartburg 12–18–01stL NCAA Division III Quarterfinal 10
2018 Wartburg 8–37–11stL NCAA Division III First Round
2019 Wartburg 10–27–1T–1stL NCAA Division III Second Round 14
2020–21 No team—COVID-19
Wartburg:185–46144–28
Total:185–46
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

Baseball

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Wittenberg Tigers (North Coast Athletic Conference)(1991–1996)
1991Wittenberg 25–1616–74th
1992Wittenberg 25–1614–62nd
1993Wittenberg 16–187–9T–5th
1994Wittenberg 29–1211–54th NCAA Regional
1995Wittenberg 27–1314–94th
1996Wittenberg 26–1016–32nd
Wittenberg:150–8578–39
Total:150–85

Softball

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Wartburg Knights (Iowa Conference)(2003)
2003Wartburg 38–1014–32nd NCAA Division III College World Series
Wartburg:38–1014–3
Total:38–10

References

  1. ↑ Nelson, Jim (July 1, 2021). "Wartburg College's Rick Willis stepping into new role at school". The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier . Cedar Falls, Iowa . Retrieved December 3, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Wartburg hires football coach". Iowa City Press-Citizen . Iowa City, Iowa. January 29, 1997. p. 1B. Retrieved January 8, 2020– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
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