Joe Tiller

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**Joe Tiller**
School as a player

Date of birth	December 7, 1942
Place of birth	Toledo, Ohio
Sport	Football
College	Purdue University
Title	Head coach
Record with Team	67-43
Overall Record	106-73-1
Championships won	1993 WAC Championship 2000 Big Ten Championship
Coaching Stats	College Football DataWarehouse
1961-65	Montana State University
Position	Offensive Tackle
Schools as a coach
1991-96 1997-Present	University of Wyoming Purdue University

Joe Tiller (b. December 7, 1942 in Toledo, Ohio) has been the head football coach at Purdue University since 1997. Before coming to Purdue, Tiller was the head coach for the University of Wyoming football program. A Montana State University graduate and native of Toledo, Ohio, Tiller is known mostly for a spread offense or West Coast offense system first devised by Jack Elway. While at Purdue, Tiller has coached such famous Boilermakers as New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees and Chicago Bears quarterback Kyle Orton.

Since his taking over the Purdue football program, Tiller and his Boilermakers had earned nine bowl game berths in ten years. In 2005 the team finished 5-6 and did not reach a bowl game, but did rebound in 2006 to reach a bowl again. Prior to his arrival, Purdue had played in only five bowl games, its last at the 1984 Peach Bowl.

[edit] Purdue in Bowl Games under Joe Tiller (3-5)

1997 Builders Square Alamo Bowl: defeated Oklahoma State, 33-20
1998 Builders Square Alamo Bowl: defeated Kansas State, 37-34
2000 Outback Bowl: lost to Georgia, 28-25 (OT)
2001 Rose Bowl presented by AT&T: lost to Washington, 34-24
2001 Wells Fargo Sun Bowl: lost to Washington State, 33-27
2002 Wells Fargo Sun Bowl: defeated Washington, 34-24
2004 Capital One Bowl (Florida Citrus Bowl): lost to Georgia, 34-27 (OT)
2004 Vitalis Sun Bowl: lost to Arizona State, 27-23
2006 Champs Sports Bowl: will play Maryland

[edit] Some of the Tiller Era Boilermakers Currently in the NFL

Ian Allen, OT, Arizona Cardinals
Akin Ayodele, LB, Jacksonville Jaguars
Drew Brees, QB, New Orleans Saints
Kelly Butler, OT, Detroit Lions
Rosevelt Colvin, LB, New England Patriots **
Gilbert Gardner, LB, Indianapolis Colts
Brandon Gorin, OT, Arizona Cardinals **
Nick Hardwick, C, San Diego Chargers
Michael Hawthorne, FS, St. Louis Rams
Landon Johnson, LB, Cincinnati Bengals
Niko Koutouvides, LB, Seattle Seahawks
Matt Light, OT, New England Patriots ***
Joe Odom, LB, Chicago Bears
Chike Okeafor, DE, Arizona Cardinals
Chukky Okobi, OL, Pittsburgh Steelers
Kyle Orton, QB, Chicago Bears
Shaun Phillips, LB, San Diego Chargers
Jacques Reeves, CB, Dallas Cowboys
Stuart Schweigert, FS, Oakland Raiders
Craig Terrell, DT, Seattle Seahawks
Rob Ninkovich, DE, New Orleans Saints
Bernard Pollard, DE, Kansas City Chiefs

* denotes number of World Championships won at the Super Bowl.

Preceded by: Jim Colletto	Purdue Boilermakers Football Coach 1997–	Succeeded by: current

Purdue Boilermakers Head Football Coaches
Berg • Reisner • Hare • Ames • Balliet • Hammond • Church • Jamison • Best • Cutts • Hernstein • Witham • Turner • Speik • Horr • Smith • O'Donnell • Scanlon • Dietz • Phelan • Kizer • Elward • Burnham •Isbell • Holcomb • Mollenkopf • DeMoss • Agase • Young • Burtnett • Akers • Colletto • Tiller

Wyoming Cowboys Head Football Coaches
Hess • Soule • McMurray • Ehlman • Dean • Excelby • Thacker • Corbett • Dietz • McLaren • Rhodes • Witte • Hunt • Blanchard • Oakes • Wyatt • Dickens • Devaney • Eaton • Shurmur • Akers • Lewis • Dye • Kincaid • Erickson • Roach • Tiller • Dimel • Koenning • Glenn