Andy Talley
Andrew J. Talley (born April 6, 1943) is a retired American football coach. He served as the head football coach at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York from 1979 to 1983 and Villanova University from 1985 to 2016, compiling a career college football coaching record of 257–155–2. Talley was hired by Villanova in 1984 to revive the Wildcats football program, which had been dormant since 1980. In 1997, he won the AFCA Coach of the Year Award and the Eddie Robinson Award. Talley led his 2009 Villanova team to an NCAA Division I Football Championship. He is a 1967 graduate of Southern Connecticut State University, where he played college football as a defensive back. Talley was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2020.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 6, 1943 |
| Playing career | |
| 1963–1966 | Southern Connecticut State |
| Position(s) | Defensive back |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1967–1968 | Simsbury HS (CT) (assistant) |
| 1969 | Springfield (MA) (DB) |
| 1970–1972 | Middlebury (OB) |
| 1973–1978 | Brown (OB) |
| 1979–1983 | St. Lawrence |
| 1985–2016 | Villanova |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 257–155–2 |
| Tournaments | 11–10 (NCAA D-I-AA/FCS playoffs) 1–1 (NCAA D-III playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 NCAA Division I (2009) 2 ICAC (1982–1983) 2 Yankee (1989, 1991) 2 A-10 (1997, 2001) 2 CAA (2009, 2012) | |
| Awards | |
| 5× AFCA Regional Coach of the Year (1982, 1991, 1997, 2008–2009) 2× New York Sportswriters/ECAC Coach of the Year (1982, 1991) 2× AFCA National Coach of the Year (1997, 2009) Eddie Robinson Award (1997) A-10 Coach of the Year (1997) | |
| Records | |
| Winningest coach in Villanova history Winningest coach in CAA history | |
| College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 2020 (profile) | |