Rick Willis Explained

Rick Willis
Current Title:Vice president for student recruitment
Current Team:Wartburg
Current Conference:ARC
Birth Date:4 February 1966
Birth Place:Camanche, Iowa, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1984–1987
Player Team2:Cornell (IA)
Player Sport3:Baseball
Player Years4:1985–1988
Player Team4:Cornell (IA)
Player Positions:Defensive back (football)
Second baseman (baseball)
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1988–1989
Coach Team2:Illinois (GA)
Coach Years3:1990–1996
Coach Team3:Wittenberg (DC)
Coach Years4:1997–2005
Coach Team4:Wartburg
Coach Years5:2008–2020
Coach Team5:Wartburg
Coach Sport6:Baseball
Coach Years7:1991–1996
Coach Team7:Wittenberg
Coach Sport8:Softball
Coach Years9:2003
Coach Team9:Wartburg
Admin Years1:2005–2021
Admin Team1:Wartburg
Admin Years2:2021–present
Admin Team2:Wartburg (VP)
Overall Record:185–46 (football)
150–85 (baseball)
38–10 (softball)
Tournament Record:Football
10–11 (NCAA D-III playoffs)
Softball
6–3 (NCAA D-III tournament)
Baseball
2–2 (NCAA D-III tournament)
Championships:Football
11 IIAC/ARC (1999, 2002–2004, 2008, 2010, 2013–2014, 2017–2019)
Softball
NCAA Regional Champion (2003)
Awards:Football
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.

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

Softball

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Notes and References

  1. News: Nelson . Jim . Wartburg College's Rick Willis stepping into new role at school . . . July 1, 2021 . December 3, 2023 .
  2. News: . Wartburg hires football coach . . . January 29, 1997 . 1B . January 8, 2020 . .