First Season at Ball State (2011)

13th Year as a Football Coach in 2013
Alma Mater:  Taylor '00;  Master's - Virginia '05

Recruiting Areas:
Southwest Indiana
Central Ohio
Missouri
Illinois (Southern)
Junior Colleges

Coaching Experience:
William & Mary, assistant coach, 2001 (Spring)
Central Connecticut State, assistant coach, 2001-03
Virginia, graduate assistant, 2004-05
Liberty, assistant coach, 2006-08
Virginia, assistant coach, 2009
Richmond, assistant coach, 2010
Ball State, assistant coach, 2011-Present

NOTES:  Tutored Nathan Ollie to All-Mid-Ameican Conference Third Team honors in 2012 . . . spent the 2010 season as the defensive line coach at Richmond and helped the Spiders to a 6-5 overall record, including an overtime victory over seventh ranked Elon, which was coached by Ball State head coach Pete Lembo . . . tutored defensive lineman Martin Parker to All-America honors at Richmond in 2010 . . . coached defensive lineman Nate Collins at Virginia, who was an All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection, played in the East-West Shrine Game and is a member of the National Football League's Jacksonville Jaguars . . . While at Liberty, he coached the defensive line and served as special teams coordinator . . . he coached five Liberty student-athletes who received All-America recognition and helped the Flames to two Big South Conference Championships . . . as a graduate assistant at Virginia, he helped the Cavaliers to a 2005 Music City Bowl appearance and the 2004 MPC Computers Bowl . . . spent three seasons as the defensive line coach and special teams coordinator at Central Connecticut State under the tutelage of former Ball State head coach Paul Schudel (1985-94).

Personal Information:

Date of Birth:  May 6, 1978, in Carlisle, Pa.
Marital Status:  Single
High School:  Eastbrook H.S. (Class of '96) in Marion, Ind.
College:  Taylor '00;  Master's - Virginia '05

NOTES:  A three-time all-conference student-athlete at Taylor University in Upland, Ind., located about 25 minutes north of Muncie . . . team captain as a senior . . . two-time NAIA All-American at defensive end . . . two-time Academic All-Conference . . . spent the 2000 season as a student assistant at Taylor . . . played at Taylor for his father, Steve Wilt, who was the head football coach at Taylor (1994-2005) and spent the 2010 season as an assistant coach at Malone University.