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American International Yellow Jackets football
College football team
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]
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| American International Yellow Jackets football | |
|---|---|
| First season | 1934 |
| Athletic director | Jessica Chapin |
| Head coach | Lou Conte 2nd season, 3–8 (.273) |
| 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 |
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Their head coach is Lou Conte, who took over the position for the 2023 season.[3]
- NCAA Division II independent (1973–1996)
- Eastern Football Conference (1997–2000)
- Northeast-10 Conference (2001–present)
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| 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] | ||||
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Coaches
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| 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–present | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.273 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.250 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
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| National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
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| 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[10] | ||||
| 1979 | 1979 | 6 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||
| 1980 | 1980 | 8 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | No. 9[11] | ||||
| 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[12] | ||||
| 1986 | 1986 | 6 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||
| 1987 | 1987 | 3 | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||
| 1988 | 1988 | 5 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||
| 1989 | 1989 | 7 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | No. 19[13] | ||||
| 1990 | 1990 | 7 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | No. 17[14] | ||||
| 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[15] | No. 25[16] | ||||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
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- 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.
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