J. Wilder Tasker

J. Wilder Tasker

Tasker pictured in The Colonial Echo 1924, William & Mary yearbook
Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born	June 25, 1887(1887-06-25)
Place of birth	Richmond, Maine
Died	March 14, 1974(1974-03-14) (aged 86)
Place of death	Kilmarnock, Virginia
Playing career
1905?–1908? 1908?–1909?	Syracuse Union (NY)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football 1921–1922 1924–1927 1931–1937 Basketball 1921–1922 1923–1928 Baseball 1922–1923 1924–1928 1932–1937	Connecticut William & Mary Rutgers Connecticut William & Mary Connecticut William & Mary Rutgers
Head coaching record
Overall	67–52–11 (football) 64–49 (basketball) 88–108–4 (baseball)
Statistics
College Football Data Warehouse

Joshua Wilder Tasker (June 25, 1887 – March 14, 1974) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Connecticut (1921–1922), The College of William & Mary (1923–1927), and Rutgers University (1931–1937), compiling a career college football record of 67–52–11.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Tasker was also the head coach for the William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team from 1923 to 1928.^[4] He led the program to a 50–39 record during his five years as coach (a .561 win percentage).^[4]

1 Head coaching record
- 1.1 Football
2 References
3 External links

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Connecticut Aggies (Independent) (1921–1922)
1921	Connecticut	3–2–3
1922	Connecticut	2–6–1
Connecticut:		5–8–4
William & Mary Indians (Independent) (1923–1927)
1923	William & Mary	7–3
1924	William & Mary	5–2–1
1925	William & Mary	7–4
1926	William & Mary	7–3
1927	William & Mary	4–5–1
William and Mary:		30–17–2
Rutgers Scarlet Knights (Middle Three Conference) (1931–1937)
1931	Rutgers	4–3–1	1–1	2nd
1932	Rutgers	6–3–1	2–0	1st
1933	Rutgers	6–3–1	2–0	1st
1934	Rutgers	5–3–1	2–0	1st
1935	Rutgers	4–5	2–0	1st
1936	Rutgers	1–6–1	0–1	T–2nd
1937	Rutgers	5–4	1–1	2nd
Rutgers:		31–27–5	10–3
Total:		66–52–11
National championship Conference title Conference division title

References

^ Connecticut Huskies football media guide, page 7. Accessed March 26, 2008.
^ Rutgers Football - Coaches Records. Accessed March 26, 2008.
^ William & Mary football history - Media Guide 2007, page 22. Accessed March 26, 2008.
^ ^a ^b William & Mary men's basketball history - Media Guide 2007-08. Accessed March 24, 2008.

External links

J. Wilder Tasker at the College Football Data Warehouse

Connecticut Huskies head football coaches

No coach (1896–1897)
E. S. Mansfield (1898)
T. D. Knowles (1899–1901)
Edwin O. Smith (1902–1905)
George E. Lamson (1906–1907)
W. F. Madden (1908)
S. F. G. McLean (1909)
M. F. Claffey (1910)
Leo Hafford (1911)
A. J. Sharadin (1912)
P. T. Brady (1913)
Dave Warner (1914)
John F. Donahue (1915–1916)
No team (1917–1918)
Roy Guyer (1919)
Ross Swartz (1920)
J. Wilder Tasker (1921–1922)
Sumner Dole (1923–1933)
J. Orlean Christian (1934–1942)
No team (1943)
J. Orlean Christian (1944–1949)
Arthur Valpey (1950–1951)
Robert Ingalls (1952–1963)
Rick Forzano (1964–1965)
John Toner (1966–1970)
Robert Casciola (1971–1972)
Larry Naviaux (1973–1976)
Walt Nadzak (1977–1982)
Tom Jackson (1983–1993)
Skip Holtz (1994–1998)
Randy Edsall (1999–2010)
Paul Pasqualoni (2011– )

Connecticut Huskies men's basketball head coaches

No coach (1900–1915)
John F. Donahue (1915–1919)
M. R. Schwartz (1919–1921)
J. Wilder Tasker (1921–1922)
Roy Guyer (1922–1923)
Sumner Dole (1923–1927)
Louis Alexander (1927–1931)
John Heldman (1931–1935)
J. Orlean Christian # (1935–1936)
Don White (1936–1945)
Blair Gullion (1945–1946)
Hugh Greer (1946–1963)
George Wigton # (1963)
Fred Shabel (1963–1967)
Burr Carlson (1967–1969)
Dee Rowe (1969–1977)
Dom Perno (1977–1986)
Jim Calhoun (1986–)

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Connecticut Huskies head baseball coaches

No coach (1896–1898)
T. D. Knowles (1899–1901)
Edwin O. Smith (1902–1905)
George E. Lamson (1906–1907)
John Sullivan (1909–1910)
James Nicholas (1911)
No coach (1912)
Robert Edger (1913)
Charles A. Reed (1914)
J. J. Donovan (1915)
D. E. Chase (1916)
John J. Donahue (1917)
No team (1918)
Roy Guyer (1919)
William Mellor (1920)
Ross Swartz (1921)
J. Wilder Tasker (1922–1923)
Sumner Dole (1924–1935)
J. Orlean Christian (1936–1961)
Larry Panciera (1962–1979)
Andy Baylock (1980–2003)
Jim Penders (2004–)

William & Mary Indians / Tribe head football coaches

No coach (1893)
John W. Wright (1894)
No team (1895)
Bill Armstrong (1896)
W. J. King (1897–1898)
William H. Burke (1899)
W. J. King (1900)
No coach (1901–1902)
H. J. Davall (1903)
J. Merrill Blanchard (1904–1905)
H. W. Withers (1906)
James H. Barry (1907)
George E. O'Hearn (1908–1909)
J. Merrill Blanchard (1910)
William J. Young (1911–1912)
Dexter W. Draper (1913–1915)
Samuel H. Hubbard (1916)
Herbert J. Young (1917)
Vernon Geddy (1918)
James G. Driver (1919–1920)
Bill Fincher (1921)
Bill Ingram (1922)
J. Wilder Tasker (1923–1927)
Branch Bocock (1928–1930)
John Kellison (1931–1934)
Thomas Dowler (1935)
Branch Bocock (1936–1938)
Carl M. Voyles (1939–1942)
No team (1943)
Rube McCray (1944–1950)
Marvin Bass (1951–1952)
Jack Freeman (1953–1956)
Milt Drewer (1957–1963)
Marv Levy (1964–1968)
Lou Holtz (1969–1971)
Jim Root (1972–1979)
Jimmye Laycock (1980– )

William & Mary Indians / Tribe men's basketball head coaches

J. Merrill Blanchard (1905–1906)
H. W. Withers (1906–1907)
F. M. Crawford (1907–1911)
William J. Young (1911–1913)
Dexter W. Draper (1913–1916)
Samuel H. Hubbard (1916–1917)
Herbert J. Young (1917–1918)
Vernon Geddy (1918–1919)
James G. Driver (1919–1923)
J. Wilder Tasker (1923–1928)
L. Tucker Jones (1928–1929)
John Kellison (1929–1934)
Thomas Dowler (1934–1937)
John Kellison (1937–1939)
Dwight Steussey (1939–1943)
Rube McCray (1943–1945)
Sam B. Holt (1945–1946)
Richard F. Gallagher (1946–1947)
Barney Wilson (1947–1951)
H. Lester Hooker (1951–1952)
Boydson Baird (1952–1957)
Bill Chambers (1957–1966)
Warren Mitchell (1966–1972)
Ed Ashnault (1972–1974)
George Balanis (1974–1977)
Bruce Parkhill (1977–1983)
Barry Parkhill (1983–1987)
Chuck Swenson (1987–1994)
Charlie Woollum (1994–2000)
Rick Boyages (2000–2003)
Tony Shaver (2003–)

William & Mary Indians / Tribe head baseball coaches

No coach (1902–1904)
J. Merrill Blanchard (1905–1906)
James H. Barry (1907)
H. B. White (1908)
George E. O'Hearn (1909–1910)
Frederick R. Savage & William J. Young (1911)
Unknown (1912–1913)
Dexter W. Draper (1914–1916)
Samuel H. Hubbard (1917)
Bathurst Peachy (1918)
Vernon Geddy (1919)
James G. Driver (1920–1923)
J. Wilder Tasker (1924–1928)
Herbert J. Young (1929–1930)
John Kellison (1931–1934)
Bill Scott (1935–1937)
John Kellison (1938)
Rube McCray (1939–1941)
Albert H. Werner (1941–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Sam B. Holt (1946)
Richard F. Gallagher (1947)
Marvin Bass (1948)
Orlin Rogers (1949)
Howard Smith (1950–1951)
H. Lester Hooker (1952)
Eric Tipton (1953–1957)
Ed Derringe (1958–1959)
Joe Agee (1960–1964)
Maynard Weber (1965)
H. Lester Hooker (1966–1970)
Bo Rein (1971)
George Pearce (1972)
Les Roes (1973)
Tony Zontini (1974)
Ed Jones (1975–1978)
Maynard Weber (1979–1981)
Ed Jones & Maynard Weber (1982)
Ed Jones (1983–1985)
Joe Breeden (1986–1987)
Chris Rankin (1988)
Bill Harris (1989–1992)
Jim Farr (1993–2005)
Frank Leoni (2006– )

Rutgers Scarlet Knights head football coaches

No coach (1869–1870)
No team (1871)
No coach (1872–1890)
William A. Reynolds (1891)
No coach (1892–1894)
H. W. Ambruster (1895)
John Pendleton (1896–1897)
William Van Dyck Jr. (1898–1899)
Michael Daly (1900)
Arthur Robinson (1901)
Harry Van Hovenberg (1902)
Oliver D. Mann (1903)
A. E. Hitchner (1904)
Oliver D. Mann (1905)
Frank Gorton (1906–1907)
Joseph Smith (1908)
Herman Pritchard (1909)
Howard Gargan (1910–1912)
George Sanford (1913–1923)
John Wallace (1924–1926)
Harry Rockafeller (1927–1930)
J. Wilder Tasker (1931–1937)
Harvey Harman (1938–1941)
Harry Rockafeller (1942–1945)
Harvey Harman (1946–1955)
John Stiegman (1956–1959)
John Bateman (1960–1972)
Frank R. Burns (1973–1983)
Dick Anderson (1984–1989)
Doug Graber (1990–1995)
Terry Shea (1996–2000)
Greg Schiano (2001– )

Rutgers Scarlet Knights head baseball coaches

No coach (1870–1906) Frank Gorton (1907) Frank Cox (1908–1911) Walter Brodie (1912–1915) Chaz Piez (1916–1917) Frank Cox (1918–1925) Fred Jacklitsch (1926–1931) J. Wilder Tasker (1932–1937) Charles A. Ward (1938–1949) George Case (1950–1960) Matt Bolger (1961–1983) Fred Hill (1984– )

Persondata
Name	Tasker, J. Wilder
Alternative names
Short description	American football, basketball, and baseball coach
Date of birth	c. 1887
Place of birth	Richmond, Maine
Date of death	March 14, 1974
Place of death	Kilmarnock, Virginia

J. Wilder Tasker

Contents

Head coaching record

Football

References

External links