Greetings gentlemen!
The HoF committee has been hard at work in selecting this quarter's nominees for the Wilkinson Hall of Fame, joining Pete, EZ, Bkdries, OP and our newest inductee in November, Gators_06. .
Below are the bios to help you decipher which coach is the most deserving of being elected. To vote, simply send a sitemail to Chetty1963 with the coach of your choice by
Wednesday, February 28th at 10pm EST.
Congrats to the nominees, and best of luck!
0BigZeke0: The committee is excited to announce that Zeke gets his first nomination for the Wilkinson Hall of Fame. And when you take a look at his record at Colorado-Mines, you understand why.
D2 is where Zeke made a name for himself, he's heading into his 43rd season, all with one school. In his 42 seasons at Colorado-Mines, he has won the RMAC in all but three seasons, and has a total of 9 NCs and 12 title game appearances. While increased competition in D2 has caused a title drought in the last 13 seasons, Zeke still has had top ten finishes in 7 of the last 10 seasons. His most amazing stretch at Mines was seasons 101-105, where Zeke went 92-1, and won 4 NC's in 5 seasons. Prior to Colorado-Mines, Zeke manned the helm at Nichols, where he won 24 CC's in 34 seasons there.
0BigZeke0 resume:
· Overall Record: 1146-122 -- Win %: 90.3% / NC's: 9 (12 app's) / CC's: 63
· D2 Record: 675-51 -- W%: 90.5% / NC's: 9 (12 app's) / CC's: 49
· D3 Record: 471-71 -- W%: 86.9% / NC's: 0 (0 app's) / CC's: 49
Cfbfan18: Cfbfan18 receives his fourth nomination for the Wilkinson Hall of Fame. We're fortunate to have Cfbfan to keep things lively in both the forums and coaches corner. While many play nice-nice, Cfbfan is not afraid to call out his fellow coaches if he feels they aren't meeting expectations.
But, Cfb is far from "all talk". He's got the goods too. While a good portion of the year requires him to disengage from GD, he can turn it on and when you least expect it, he pulls off a B1G championship and a run at the title. Since season 133 when Cfb's Notre Dame squad fell to its lowest rank at #38, he has reeled off 2 B1G championships, 5 top 10 finishes and two title game appearances.
Cfbfan18's resume:
· Overall Record: 925-229 -- Win %: 80.1% / NC's: 10 (15 app's) / CC's: 28
· D1A Record: 471-152 -- Win %: 75.6% / NC's: 4 (8 app's) / CC's: 13
· D1AA Record: 404-54 -- Win %: 88.2% / NC's: 6 (7 app's) / CC's: 14
Miami_jefe: Jefe receives his 4th nomination for the Wilkinson Hall of Fame. Jefe remains the only coach nominated for enshrinement into the Wilk HOF based on a D3 resume, but that's about to change soon as his FIU resume is building nicely.
During his time at D3, Jefe began his coaching career in season 29 at Ohio Wesleyan. Somewhere around season 43, the light turned on, where he won CC's in all but one season in an 18-season span. From there, he elevated his game into the stratosphere in D3, winning 19 NC's in 22 appearances, and CC's in 32 consecutive season at Menlo. Since moving up after season 134, Jefe made a quick stop at Virginia Union, before taking on Florida International, where he is heading into his fourth season, and has taken this rebuilt to two consecutive top 20 finishes. Given he will have all his own guys this recruiting season, we expect FIU to be a player very soon in D1AA.
Miami_jefe's resume:
· Overall Record: 1042-128 -- Win %: 89.0% / NC's: 19 (21 app's) / CC's: 51
- D3 Record: 986-112 -- W%: 89.8% / NC's: 19 (21 app's) / CC's: 49