The American International Yellow Jackets football team represents American International College in college football at the NCAA Division II level. The Yellow Jackets are members of the Northeast-10 Conference, fielding its team in the NE-10 since 2001. The Yellow Jackets play their home games at Ronald J. Abdow Field in Springfield, Massachusetts.[2]
| American International Yellow Jackets football | |
|---|---|
| First season | 1934 |
| Athletic director | Jessica Chapin |
| Head coach | Daniel Chipka 1st season, 0–0 (–) |
| Stadium | Ronald J. Abdow Field (capacity: 4,000) |
| Year built | 2009 |
| Field surface | FieldTurf |
| Location | Springfield, Massachusetts |
| NCAA division | Division II |
| Conference | NE-10 |
| Past conferences | NCAA Division II independent (1973–1996) Eastern Football Conference (1997–2000) |
| All-time record | 267–232–5 (.535) |
| Playoff appearances | 2 |
| Playoff record | 0–2 |
| Conference titles | 5 |
| Division titles | 4 |
| Colors | Black, white, and gold[1] |
| Mascot | Yellowjacket |
| Website | aicyellowjackets.com |
Their head coach is Daniel Chipka, who took over the position for the 2024 season as an interim.[3]
Conference affiliations since 1973
edit- NCAA Division II independent (1973–1996)
- Eastern Football Conference (1997–2000)
- Northeast-10 Conference (2001–present)
List of head coaches
editKey
edit| General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Order of coaches[A 2] | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
| DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
| CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
| NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties[A 3] | C% | Conference winning percentage | ||
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage[A 4] | ||||
Coaches
edit| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russ Peterson | 1934–1940 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | William Moge | 1941–1942 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Henry A. Johnson | 1946 | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | George Wood | 1947 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | Henry A. Butova | 1948, 1952–1955 | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | Thomas Gannon | 1949–1951 | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | Gayton Salvucci | 1956–1970 | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | Milt Piepul | 1971–1975 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0.630 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | Bob Burke | 1976–1982 | 66 | 36 | 28 | 2 | 0.561 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10 | Alex Rotsko | 1983–1992 | 101 | 52 | 46 | 3 | 0.530 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | Bob LeCours | 1993 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0.300 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12 | Art Wilkins[7] | 1994–2019 | 269 | 151 | 118 | 0 | 0.561 | 129 | 72 | 0 | 0.642 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2× NE-10 Coach of the Year (2008, 2013) |
| 13 | Kris Kulzer[8] | 2020–2022 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0.250 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0.200 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | Lou Conte[9] | 2023 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.273 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.250 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | Dainel Chipka[10] | 2024–present | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Year-by-year results since 1973
edit| National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
| Season | Year | Head Coach |
Association | Division | Conference | Record | Postseason | Final ranking | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Conference | |||||||||||||
| Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | ||||||||
| American International Yellow Jackets | ||||||||||||||
| 1973 | 1973 | Milt Piepul | NCAA | Division II | Independent | 5 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — |
| 1974 | 1974 | 4 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 8 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||
| 1976 | 1976 | Bob Burke | 6 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | |||
| 1977 | 1977 | 5 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||
| 1978 | 1978 | 6 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | — | No. 9[11] | ||||
| 1979 | 1979 | 6 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||
| 1980 | 1980 | 8 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | No. 9[12] | ||||
| 1981 | 1981 | 1 | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||
| 1982 | 1982 | 4 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||
| 1983 | 1983 | Alex Rotsko | 4 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | |||
| 1984 | 1984 | 4 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||
| 1985 | 1985 | 8 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | No. 14[13] | ||||
| 1986 | 1986 | 6 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||
| 1987 | 1987 | 3 | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||
| 1988 | 1988 | 5 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||
| 1989 | 1989 | 7 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | No. 19[14] | ||||
| 1990 | 1990 | 7 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | No. 17[15] | ||||
| 1991 | 1991 | 4 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||
| 1992 | 1992 | 4 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||
| 1993 | 1993 | Bob LeCours | 3 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | |||
| 1994 | 1994 | Art Wilkins | 3 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | |||
| 1995 | 1995 | 2 | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||
| 1996 | 1996 | 6 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||
| 1997 | 1997 | EFC | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1st (Bay State) | 8 | 0 | 0 | L EFC Championship | — | |||
| 1998 | 1998 | 7 | 4 | 0 | T–1st (Bay State) | 7 | 2 | 0 | L EFC Championship | — | ||||
| 1999 | 1999 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1st (Bay State) | 8 | 1 | 0 | W EFC Championship | — | ||||
| 2000 | 2000 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1st (Central) | 8 | 1 | 0 | W EFC Championship | — | ||||
| 2001 | 2001 | NE-10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | T–2nd | 8 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2002 | 2002 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2003 | 2003 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2004 | 2004 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2005 | 2005 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2006 | 2006 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5th | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2007 | 2007 | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2008 | 2008 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 7 | 0 | 0 | L Super Regional First Round[16] | No. 25[17] | ||||
| 2009 | 2009 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2010 | 2010 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–1st | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2011 | 2011 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2012 | 2012 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 7 | 1 | 0 | L NE-10 Championship | — | ||||
| 2013 | 2013 | 9 | 3 | 0 | T–1st | 8 | 1 | 0 | L Super Region 1 First Round | — | ||||
| 2014 | 2014 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1st | 8 | 1 | 0 | L NE-10 Championship | — | ||||
| 2015 | 2015 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2016 | 2016 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2017 | 2017 | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–8th | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2018 | 2018 | 1 | 8 | 0 | T–9th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2019 | 2019 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| Season canceled due to COVID-19 | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2021 | Kris Kulzer | NCAA | Division II | NE-10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–7th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2022 | 2022 | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2023 | 2023 | Lou Conte | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2024 | 2024 | Daniel Chipka | 0 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
Notes
edit- ^ Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.[4]
- ^ A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
- ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[5]
- ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Logo Usage & Brand Standards Manual (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 28, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
- ^ "RONALD J. ABDOW FIELD".
- ^ "AIC Names Daniel Chipka as Interim Head Football Coach". May 23, 2024.
- ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
- ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
- ^ "Embrace the Journey: AIC's Art Wilkins, NE10 Football Wins Leader, Retires from Coaching". December 11, 2019.
- ^ "AIC Removes Interim Tag; Kulzer Named Head Coach of Football". November 23, 2021.
- ^ "American International College names new head football coach". WWLP. January 12, 2023. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
- ^ "AIC Names Daniel Chipka as Interim Head Football Coach – Exciting Future Ahead". BVM Sports. May 23, 2024. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
- ^ "NCAA Top Ten Division II". Arizona Daily Star. Tucson, Arizona. November 16, 1978. p. G-6. Retrieved July 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Division II Poll". The Palm Beach Post. West Palm Beach, Florida. November 20, 1980. p. D8. Retrieved June 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "NCAA Division II poll". Tallahassee Democrat. Tallahassee, Florida. November 28, 1985. p. 2E. Retrieved July 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Div. II Poll". Muncie Evening Press. Muncie, Indiana. November 7, 1989. p. 12. Retrieved July 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Div. II Poll". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 7, 1990. p. C14. Retrieved July 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sixth-Seeded Seton Hill Tops Third-Seeded AIC 14-7". AICYellowjackets.com. American International College Athletics. November 15, 2008. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
- ^ "AFCA Division II Coaches Poll Final". Star-Gazette. Elmira, New York. December 17, 2008. p. 2B. Retrieved July 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
