Joe Tiller | |
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Sport(s) | Football |
Biographical details | |
Born | December 7, 1942 |
Place of birth | Toledo, Ohio |
Playing career | |
1961β1964 | Montana State |
Position(s) | Offensive tackle |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1965β1970 1971 1972β1973 1974β1982 1976 1983β1986 1987β1988 1989β1990 1991β1996 1997β2008 |
Montana State (OL/DL) Washington State (DL) Washington State (OC/OL) Calgary Stampeders (assistant) Calgary Stampeders (interim HC) Purdue (AHC/DC/DL) Wyoming (OC/OL) Washington State (AHC/OC/OL) Wyoming Purdue |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 126β92β1β.578 |
Bowls | 4β7 |
Statistics | |
College Football Data Warehouse | |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 WAC (1993) 1 Big Ten (2000) 1 WAC Pacific Division (1996) |
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Awards | |
Big Ten Coach of the Year (1997) |
Joe Tiller (born December 7, 1942) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Wyoming from 1991 to 1996 and Purdue University from 1997 to 2008, compliling a career college football record of 126β92β1. Tiller is known as one of the innovators of the spread offense.
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Tiller was born in Toledo, Ohio and attended Montana State University, where he played football and was a member of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity.
Tiller began his head coaching career at Wyoming, leading the Cowboys to a 39-30-1 record and one bowl appearance in six years. His best team was the 1996 unit, which notched a 10-2 record, but was left out of a bowl after losing to BYU in the inaugural WAC Championship game--to date, the last team to finish ranked in a major poll and not receive a bowl invitation while still being eligible to go. On the strength of that season, Tiller was hired by Purdue in 1997.
Tiller inherited a program that had only had two winning seasons in the previous 18 years. However, the Boilermakers made an immediate splash in the second game of his rookie season with a nationally-televised upset of Notre Dame. Tiller would go on to lead the Boilermakers to ten bowl berths in twelve years, most notably the 2001 Rose Bowl. Prior to Tiller's arrival in Purdue had played in only five bowl games, most recently the 1984 Peach Bowl. On September 20, 2008, in a game versus Central Michigan, Tiller won his 85th game at Purdue to become the winningest coach in school history, topping the previous mark set by Jack Mollenkopf (1956β1969).[1] Tiller's "basketball on grass" offense was well renowned for its ability to score and score effectively, befuddling opposing defenses. This was especially the case when Drew Brees ran the team from 1997 to 2000. His Purdue squads were shut out only once, by Penn State, in a 12β0 defeat at RossβAde Stadium on October 28, 2006.
Tiller retired following the 2008 season and was succeeded by former Eastern Kentucky University head coach Danny Hope.[2] In his final game as a head coach, the Purdue Boilermakers beat their in-state rival Indiana Hoosiers in their traditional season-ending Old Oaken Bucket Game by a score of 62 to 10 at RossβAde Stadium.
Tiller was the first coach to use the spread offense in the Big Ten Conference, although many others have since brought their own version of the spread, including Jim Tressel at Ohio State, Randy Walker at Northwestern, Rich Rodriguez at Michigan, and Ron Zook at Illinois. Under Tiller and his spread offense, Purdue annually had one of the top offenses in the Big Ten.
"You turned a lot of boys into men, I thank you for that."
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | APΒ° | ||
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Wyoming Cowboys (Western Athletic Conference) (1991β1996) | |||||||||
1991 | Wyoming | 4β6β1 | 2β5β1 | Tβ6th | |||||
1992 | Wyoming | 5β7 | 3β5 | Tβ7th | |||||
1993 | Wyoming | 8β4 | 6β2 | Tβ1st | L Copper | ||||
1994 | Wyoming | 6β6 | 4β4 | Tβ5th | |||||
1995 | Wyoming | 6β5 | 4β4 | 6th | |||||
1996 | Wyoming | 10β2 | 7β1 | 1st (Pacific) | 22 | 22 | |||
Wyoming: | 39β30β1 | 26β22β1 | |||||||
Purdue Boilermakers (Big Ten Conference) (1997β2007) | |||||||||
1997 | Purdue | 9β3 | 6β2 | Tβ2nd | W Alamo | 15 | 15 | ||
1998 | Purdue | 9β4 | 6β2 | 4th | W Alamo | 23 | 24 | ||
1999 | Purdue | 7β5 | 4β4 | Tβ6th | L Outback | 25 | |||
2000 | Purdue | 8β4 | 6β2 | Tβ1st | L Rose β | 13 | 13 | ||
2001 | Purdue | 6β6 | 4β4 | Tβ4th | L Sun | ||||
2002 | Purdue | 7β6 | 4β4 | Tβ5th | W Sun | ||||
2003 | Purdue | 9β4 | 6β2 | Tβ2nd | L Capital One | 19 | 18 | ||
2004 | Purdue | 7β5 | 4β4 | Tβ5th | L Sun | ||||
2005 | Purdue | 5β6 | 3β5 | 8th | |||||
2006 | Purdue | 8β6 | 5β3 | Tβ4th | L Champs Sports | ||||
2007 | Purdue | 8β5 | 3β5 | Tβ7th | W Motor City | ||||
2008 | Purdue | 4β8 | 2β6 | Tβ8th | |||||
Purdue: | 87β62 | 53β43 | |||||||
Total: | 126β92β1 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
β Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. Β°Rankings from final AP Poll. |
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