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Wheeling Cardinals football | |
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First season | 2019 |
Athletic director | Carrie Hanna |
Head coach |
Zac Bruney 6th season, 20–27 (.426) |
Stadium | Bishop Schmitt Field (capacity: 3,000) |
Year built | 2014 |
Location | Wheeling, West Virginia |
NCAA division | Division II |
Conference | MEC |
All-time record | 20–27 (.426) |
Colors | Cardinal and black
[1] |
Mascot | Cardinal |
Website | wucardinals.com |
The Wheeling Cardinals football team represents Wheeling University in college football at the NCAA Division II level. The Cardinals are members of the Mountain East Conference (MEC), fielding its team in the MEC since 2019. The Cardinals play their home games at Bishop Schmitt Field in Wheeling, West Virginia. [2]
Their head coach is Zac Bruney, who took over the position for the team's inaugural 2019 season. [3]
General | Overall | Conference | Postseason [A 1] | ||||
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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] |
No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | O% | CW | CL | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | NC | Awards |
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1 | Zac Bruney [7] | 2019–present | 47 | 20 | 27 | 0.426 | 18 | 25 | 0.419 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | Postseason | Final ranking | ||||||
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Overall | Conference | |||||||||||||
Win | Loss | Finish | Win | Loss | ||||||||||
Wheeling Cardinals | ||||||||||||||
2018 | 2018 | Zac Bruney | Club | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
2019 | 2019 | NCAA | Division II | MEC | 1 | 10 | T–9th | 1 | 9 | — | — | |||
2020–21 | 2019 | 2 | 2 | T–3rd (North) | 2 | 2 | — | — | ||||||
2021 | 2021 | 5 | 6 | T–6th | 5 | 5 | — | — | ||||||
2022 | 2022 | 7 | 4 | T–4th | 6 | 4 | — | — | ||||||
2023 | 2023 | 5 | 5 | T–7th | 4 | 5 | — | — | ||||||
2024 | 2024 | — | — |