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Norries Wilson Sport(s) Football Current position Title Head coach Team Columbia Record 17-43 Biographical details Place of birth Markham, Illinois Playing career 1985-88 Minnesota Position(s) Offensive Line Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1989-1990
1991-1992
1993
1995-1996
1997-1998
1999-2001
2002-2005
2006-presentMinnesota (GA)
NC Central (OL/TE)
Livingstone (DC)
Bucknell (OL)
Bucknell (OC)
Connecticut (OL)
Connecticut (OC)
ColumbiaHead coaching record Overall 17-43 Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Norries Wilson was the 18th head coach of the Columbia University football team, and the first African-American head football coach in the Ivy League.[1] He was relieved of his position by Columbia Athletic Director Diane Murphy on Sunday, November 20th 2011 following a 1-9 season[2] .
A 1989 graduate of the University of Minnesota, he was hired at Columbia following the 2005 season, during which the Lions finished 0-7 in the Ivy League, 2-8 overall.
Wilson finished his six seasons at Columbia with a record of 10-32 in Ivy League play and 17-43 overall.
With a victory over the Fordham Rams in the 2006 Liberty Cup, he became the first Columbia head football coach since Aldo T. "Buff" Donelli in 1957 to win his debut. When the Lions beat Georgetown the following week, he became the first since Hall of Famer Lou Little to start his career 2-0.
During his first season, Columbia ended a 16-game Ivy League losing streak with a 21-14 victory over Cornell. A 22-21 season-ending win at Brown gave the Lions their first consecutive league victories since 2003.
The Light Blue finished Wilson's inaugural campaign with those two league wins and a 5-5 record overall. It was the first time in a decade that the Lions had finished at .500, and it gave Wilson the highest career winning percentage among Columbia coaches since Charlie Crowley led the team to a 26-16-4 record from 1925 to 1929.
Wilson joined Columbia after four years as offensive coordinator at the University of Connecticut. In 2004, he was a finalist for the Frank Broyles Award as the nation's top assistant coach.
He also has coached at Bucknell University, Livingstone College, North Carolina Central University, and was a graduate assistant at Minnesota.
Wilson was a captain, two-year starter and three-year letterwinner for the Gophers. He also earned two letters in wrestling, and qualified for the NCAA Championships as a heavyweight.
Coaching record
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Rank# Columbia Lions (Ivy League) (2006–present) 2006 Columbia 5-5 2-5 6th 2007 Columbia 1-9 0-7 8th 2008 Columbia 2-8 2-5 6th 2009 Columbia 4-6 3-4 4th 2010 Columbia 4-6 2-5 6th 2011 Columbia 1-9 1-6 8th Columbia: 17-43 10-32 Total: 17-43 National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title †Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. References
- ^ Columbia Hires a Coach From UConn
- ^ Novak, Jake. "Error: no
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Columbia Lions head football coaches No coach (1870–1898) • George Sanford (1899–1901) • Bill Morley (1902–1905) • No team (1906–1914) • T. Nelson Metcalf (1915–1917) • Fred Dawson (1918–1919) • Frank "Buck" O'Neill (1920–1922) • Percy Haughton (1923–1924) • Paul Withington (1924) • Charles Crowley (1925–1929) • Lou Little (1930–1956) • Aldo Donelli (1957–1967) • Frank Navarro (1968–1973) • William Campbell (1974–1979) • Bob Naso (1980–1984) • Jim Garrett (1985) • Larry McElreavy (1986–1988) • Ray Tellier (1989–2002) • Bob Shoop (2003–2005) • Norries Wilson (2006–)
Current head football coaches of the Ivy League Phil Estes (Brown) • Norries Wilson (Columbia) • Kent Austin (Cornell) • Buddy Teevens (Dartmouth) • Tim Murphy (Harvard) • Al Bagnoli (Penn) • Bob Surace (Princeton) • Tom Williams (Yale)
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