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American football player and coach (born 1943)

Andy Talley
Biographical details
Born	(1943-04-06) April 6, 1943 (age 81)
Playing career
1963–1966	Southern Connecticut State

Position(s)	Defensive back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1967–1968	Simsbury HS (CT) (assistant)
1969	Springfield (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)

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.

Biography

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.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	TSN/STATS
St. Lawrence Saints (Independent College Athletic Conference) (1979–1983)
1979	St. Lawrence	3–6	1–3	4th
1980	St. Lawrence	5–4	1–3	T–4th
1981	St. Lawrence	5–4	2–2	T–3rd
1982	St. Lawrence	10–1	4–0	1st	L NCAA Division III Semifinal
1983	St. Lawrence	5–3–1	3–0–1	1st
St. Lawrence:		28–18–1	11–8–1
Villanova Wildcats (NCAA Division III independent) (1985–1986)
1985	Villanova	4–0
1986	Villanova	8–1
Villanova Wildcats (NCAA Division I-AA independent) (1987)
1987	Villanova	6–4
Villanova Wildcats (Yankee Conference) (1988–1996)
1988	Villanova	5–5–1	4–4	T–3rd
1989	Villanova	8–4	6–2	T–1st	L NCAA Division I-AA First Round
1990	Villanova	6–5	5–3	T–2nd
1991	Villanova	10–2	7–1	T–1st	L NCAA Division I-AA First Round
1992	Villanova	9–3	6–2	2nd	L NCAA Division I-AA First Round
1993	Villanova	3–8	1–7	6th (Mid-Atlantic)
1994	Villanova	5–6	2–6	5th (Mid-Atlantic)
1995	Villanova	3–8	2–6	5th (Mid-Atlantic)
1996	Villanova	8–4	6–2	T–2nd (Mid-Atlantic)	L NCAA Division I-AA First Round	12
Villanova Wildcats (Atlantic 10 Conference) (1997–2006)
1997	Villanova	12–1	8–0	1st (Mid-Atlantic)	L NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal	1
1998	Villanova	6–5	4–4	T–2nd (Mid-Atlantic)
1999	Villanova	7–4	6–2	3rd
2000	Villanova	5–6	3–5	7th
2001	Villanova	8–3	7–2	T–1st		20
2002	Villanova	11–4	6–3	3rd	L NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal	4
2003	Villanova	7–4	5–4	T–4th		25
2004	Villanova	6–5	3–5	4th (South)
2005	Villanova	4–7	2–6	6th (South)
2006	Villanova	6–5	5–3	2nd (South)
Villanova Wildcats (Colonial Athletic Association) (2007–2016)
2007	Villanova	7–4	5–3	T–3rd (South)
2008	Villanova	10–3	7–1	2nd (South)	L NCAA Division I Quarterfinal	6
2009	Villanova	14–1	7–1	T–1st (South)	W NCAA Division I Championship	1
2010	Villanova	9–5	5–3	T–3rd	L NCAA Division I Semifinal	3
2011	Villanova	2–9	1–7	10th
2012	Villanova	8–4	6–2	T–1st	L NCAA Division I First Round	16
2013	Villanova	6–5	5–3	4th
2014	Villanova	11–3	7–1	2nd	L NCAA Division I Quarterfinal	7
2015	Villanova	6–5	5–3	T–4th
2016	Villanova	9–4	6–2	T–2nd	L NCAA Division I Second Round	11
Villanova:		229–137–1	142–93
Total:		257–155–2
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth
Rankings from final Sports Network Poll.