The American International Yellow Jackets football team represents American International College in college 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.

Their head coach is Daniel Chipka, who took over the position for the 2024 season as an interim.

Conference affiliations since 1973 NCAA Division II independent (1973–1996) Eastern Football Conference (1997–2000) Northeast-10 Conference (2001–present)

List of head coaches Key

Coaches

+ List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards 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 Bill 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 – – – – – – – – – – 9 Bob Burke 1976–1982 66 36 28 2 – – – – – – – – – – 10 Alex Rotsko 1983–1992 101 52 46 3 – – – – – – – – – – 11 Bob LeCours 1993 10 3 7 – – – – – – – – – – 12 Art Wilkins 1994–2019 269 151 118 129 72 0 0 2 0 4 5 2× NE-10 Coach of the Year (2008, 2013) 13 Kris Kulzer 2020–2022 20 5 15 3 12 0 – – – – – – 14 Lou Conte 2023 11 3 8 2 6 0 – – – – – – 15 Dan Chipka 2024–present 21 6 15 5 10 0 – – – – – –

Year-by-year results since 1973 National championsConference championsBowl game berthPlayoff berth SeasonYearHeadcoachAssociationDivisionConferenceRecordPostseasonFinal rankingOverallConferenceWinLossTieFinishWinLossTieAmerican International Yellow Jackets 1973 1973Milt PiepulNCAADivision IIIndependent 5 4 0 – – – – — — 1974 1974 4 5 0 – – – – —— 1975 1975 8 1 0 – – – – —— 1976 1976Bob Burke 6 3 0 – – – – — — 1977 1977 5 4 1 – – – – — — 1978 1978 6 2 1 – – – –—No. 9 1979 1979 6 3 0 – – – –—— 1980 1980 8 2 0 – – – –—No. 9 1981 1981 1 8 0 – – – –—— 1982 1982 4 6 0 – – – –—— 1983 1983Alex Rotsko 4 7 0 – – – –—— 1984 1984 4 6 0 – – – –—— 1985 1985 8 2 0 – – – –—No. 14 1986 1986 6 4 0 – – – –—— 1987 1987 3 5 2 – – –– —— 1988 1988 5 5 0 – – ––—— 1989 1989 7 3 0 – –– –—No. 19 1990 1990 7 3 0 ––––—No. 17 1991 1991 4 5 1 – –––—— 1992 1992 4 6 0 – –––—— 1993 1993Bob LeCours 3 7 0 – –– –—— 1994 1994Art Wilkins 3 7 0 – – ––—— 1995 1995 2 8 0 – – –– —— 1996 1996 6 4 0 – – ––—— 1997 1997EFC 8 4 0 1st (Bay State) 8 00 L EFC Championship— 1998 1998 7 4 0 T–1st (Bay State) 7 20L EFC Championship— 1999 1999 10 2 0 1st (Bay State) 8 10 W EFC Championship— 2000 2000 9 3 0 1st (Central) 8 10 W EFC Championship— 2001 2001NE-10 8 2 0 T–2nd 8 20—— 2002 2002 5 6 0 T–5th 5 50 —— 2003 2003 5 4 0 5th 5 40—— 2004 2004 5 4 0 5th 5 40—— 2005 2005 5 4 0 5th 5 40—— 2006 2006 6 4 0 5th 6 30 —— 2007 2007 7 3 0 T–2nd 7 20—— 2008 2008 9 2 0 1st 7 00L Super Regional First RoundNo. 25 2009 2009 5 5 0 7th 3 50 —— 2010 2010 6 4 0 T–1st 6 20 —— 2011 2011 6 4 0 T–3rd 5 30 —— 2012 2012 7 3 0 2nd 7 10 L NE-10 Championship— 2013 2013 9 3 0 T–1st 8 10L Super Region 1 First Round— 2014 2014 8 3 0 1st 8 10L NE-10 Championship— 2015 2015 4 7 0 7th 4 50 —— 2016 2016 4 7 0 7th 3 60 —— 2017 2017 2 8 0 T–8th 2 70—— 2018 2018 1 8 0 T–9th 1 80 —— 2019 2019 4 6 0 7th 3 50 ——Season canceled due to COVID-19 2021 2021Kris KulzerNCAADivision IINE-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 60—— 2024 2024Dan Chipka 4 7 0 T–6th 3 50—— 2025 2025 2 8 0 6th 2 50——

Notes

See also American International Yellow Jackets

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