| American International Yellow Jackets football | |
|---|---|
| First season | 1934 |
| Athletic director | Jessica Chapin |
| Head coach | Daniel Chipka 1st season, 0–0 (–) |
| Stadium | Ronald J. Abdow Field (capacity: 4,000) |
| Year built | 2009 |
| Field surface | FieldTurf |
| Location | Springfield, Massachusetts |
| NCAA division | Division II |
| Conference | NE-10 |
| Past conferences | NCAA Division II independent (1973–1996) Eastern Football Conference (1997–2000) |
| All-time record | 267–232–5 (.535) |
| Playoff appearances | 2 |
| Playoff record | 0–2 |
| Conference titles | 5 |
| Division titles | 4 |
| Colors | Black, white, and gold[1] |
| Mascot | Yellowjacket |
| Website | aicyellowjackets.com |
The American International Yellow Jackets football team represents American International Collegeincollege football at the NCAA Division II level. The Yellow Jackets are members of the Northeast-10 Conference, fielding its team in the NE-10 since 2001. The Yellow Jackets play their home games at Ronald J. Abdow Field in Springfield, Massachusetts.[2]
Their head coach is Daniel Chipka, who took over the position for the 2024 season as an interim.[3]
| General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Order of coaches[A 2] | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
| DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
| CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
| NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties[A 3] | C% | Conference winning percentage | ||
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage[A 4] | ||||
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| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russ Peterson | 1934–1940 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | William Moge | 1941–1942 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Henry A. Johnson | 1946 | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | George Wood | 1947 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | Henry A. Butova | 1948, 1952–1955 | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | Thomas Gannon | 1949–1951 | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | Gayton Salvucci | 1956–1970 | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | Milt Piepul | 1971–1975 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0.630 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | Bob Burke | 1976–1982 | 66 | 36 | 28 | 2 | 0.561 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10 | Alex Rotsko | 1983–1992 | 101 | 52 | 46 | 3 | 0.530 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | Bob LeCours | 1993 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0.300 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12 | Art Wilkins[7] | 1994–2019 | 269 | 151 | 118 | 0 | 0.561 | 129 | 72 | 0 | 0.642 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2× NE-10 Coach of the Year (2008, 2013) |
| 13 | Kris Kulzer[8] | 2020–2022 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0.250 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0.200 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | Lou Conte[9] | 2023 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.273 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.250 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | Dainel Chipka[10] | 2024–present | 0 | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
| Season | Year | Head Coach |
Association | Division | Conference | Record | Postseason | Final ranking | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Conference | |||||||||||||
| Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | ||||||||
| American International Yellow Jackets | ||||||||||||||
| 1973 | 1973 | Milt Piepul | NCAA | Division II | Independent | 5 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — |
| 1974 | 1974 | 4 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 8 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||
| 1976 | 1976 | Bob Burke | 6 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | |||
| 1977 | 1977 | 5 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||
| 1978 | 1978 | 6 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | — | No. 9[11] | ||||
| 1979 | 1979 | 6 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||
| 1980 | 1980 | 8 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | No. 9[12] | ||||
| 1981 | 1981 | 1 | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||
| 1982 | 1982 | 4 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||
| 1983 | 1983 | Alex Rotsko | 4 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | |||
| 1984 | 1984 | 4 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||
| 1985 | 1985 | 8 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | No. 14[13] | ||||
| 1986 | 1986 | 6 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||
| 1987 | 1987 | 3 | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||
| 1988 | 1988 | 5 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||
| 1989 | 1989 | 7 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | No. 19[14] | ||||
| 1990 | 1990 | 7 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | No. 17[15] | ||||
| 1991 | 1991 | 4 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||
| 1992 | 1992 | 4 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||
| 1993 | 1993 | Bob LeCours | 3 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | |||
| 1994 | 1994 | Art Wilkins | 3 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | |||
| 1995 | 1995 | 2 | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||
| 1996 | 1996 | 6 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — | ||||
| 1997 | 1997 | EFC | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1st (Bay State) | 8 | 0 | 0 | L EFC Championship | — | |||
| 1998 | 1998 | 7 | 4 | 0 | T–1st (Bay State) | 7 | 2 | 0 | L EFC Championship | — | ||||
| 1999 | 1999 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1st (Bay State) | 8 | 1 | 0 | W EFC Championship | — | ||||
| 2000 | 2000 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1st (Central) | 8 | 1 | 0 | W EFC Championship | — | ||||
| 2001 | 2001 | NE-10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | T–2nd | 8 | 2 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2002 | 2002 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2003 | 2003 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2004 | 2004 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2005 | 2005 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2006 | 2006 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5th | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2007 | 2007 | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2008 | 2008 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 7 | 0 | 0 | L Super Regional First Round[16] | No. 25[17] | ||||
| 2009 | 2009 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2010 | 2010 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–1st | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2011 | 2011 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2012 | 2012 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 7 | 1 | 0 | L NE-10 Championship | — | ||||
| 2013 | 2013 | 9 | 3 | 0 | T–1st | 8 | 1 | 0 | L Super Region 1 First Round | — | ||||
| 2014 | 2014 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1st | 8 | 1 | 0 | L NE-10 Championship | — | ||||
| 2015 | 2015 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2016 | 2016 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2017 | 2017 | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–8th | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2018 | 2018 | 1 | 8 | 0 | T–9th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2019 | 2019 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| Season canceled due to COVID-19 | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2021 | Kris Kulzer | NCAA | Division II | NE-10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–7th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2022 | 2022 | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | ||||
| 2023 | 2023 | Lou Conte | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2024 | 2024 | Daniel Chipka | 0 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
