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Bob Wagner
American football coach

Bob Wagner

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American football coach
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Male
Place of birth
Newark, Licking County, Ohio, U.S.A.
Age
77 years
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Biography

Robert C. Wagner (born May 16, 1947) is a former American football coach. He was the head coach at the University of Hawaii from 1988 to 1995 and led the Rainbow Warriors to their first top 20 finish in 1992.

Wagner graduated from Wittenburg University in 1969. He started as an assistant coach at Gallipolis High School in Ohio in 1969. In 1971, he became head coach at River View High School in Warsaw, Ohio and led the team to its then-best season ever at 8–2. He left River View after one season to become defensive coordinator at Muskingum University. In 1975, Wagner became assistant coach at the College of Wooster, then became an assistant at the University of Washington under Don James in 1976.

Wagner became an assistant coach at Hawaii in 1977 under Larry Price, then was promoted to defensive coordinator under Dick Tomey in 1983. Wagner took over the head coaching position in 1988 when Tomey left to become head coach at Arizona. While head coach at Hawaii, Wagner led the Rainbow Warriors to their first WAC title in 1992. During most of Wagner's tenure at Hawaii, his offensive coordinator was current Georgia Tech head coach Paul Johnson. Despite Wagner's overall success, he was let go after a 4–8 season in 1995, and replaced by former Bill Walsh assistant, Fred von Appen.

Wagner was out of coaching for a few years, but after the 1997 season ended, Wagner agreed to take over the defensive coordinator position for TCU under new coach Dennis Franchione. However, his old mentor Dick Tomey called, asking if he wanted to take over an assistant position on his staff. Wagner gladly accepted and ended up coaching inside linebackers for Arizona.

Wagner served as the athletic director for Kamehameha Schools-Hawaii on the Big Island for ten years, from 2002 to 2012.

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffsCoaches#AP°
Hawaii Rainbow Warriors (Western Athletic Conference) (1987–1995)
1987Hawaii5–73–56th
1988Hawaii9–35–3T–3rd
1989Hawaii9–3–15–2–13rdL Aloha
1990Hawaii7–54–45th
1991Hawaii4–7–13–55th
1992Hawaii11–26–2T–1stW Holiday2020
1993Hawaii6–63–58th
1994Hawaii3–5–10–810th
1995Hawaii4–82–6T–7th
Hawaii:58–49–331–40–1
Total:58–49–3
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title
  • #Rankings from final Coaches Poll.
  • °Rankings from final AP Poll.

Coaching tree

Assistant coaches under Bob Wagner who became NCAA head coaches:

  • Trent Miles: Indiana State (2008–2012), Georgia State (2013–2016)
  • Jeff Monken: Georgia Southern (2010–2013), Army (2014–present)
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