# American International Yellow Jackets football

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

Key to symbols in coaches list :
| General | General | Overall | Overall | Conference | Conference | Postseason | Postseason |
| No. | Order of coaches | 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 | C% | Conference winning percentage | | |
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage | | | | |

### 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 | 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 | 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 | 2020–2022 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0.250 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0.200 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | Lou Conte | 2023 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.273 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.250 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | Dainel Chipka | 2024–present | | | | 0 | – | | | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |

## Year-by-year results since 1973

| National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
| Season | Year | Head Coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Postseason | Final ranking |
| Season | Year | Head Coach | Association | Division | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | | | Postseason | Final ranking |
| Season | Year | Head Coach | Association | Division | Conference | Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | Postseason | Final ranking |
| American International Yellow Jackets |||||||||||||||
| 1973 | 1973 | Milt Piepul | NCAA | Division II | Independent | 5 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — |
| 1974 | 1974 | Milt Piepul | NCAA | Division II | Independent | 4 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — |
| 1975 | 1975 | Milt Piepul | NCAA | Division II | Independent | 8 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — |
| 1976 | 1976 | Bob Burke | NCAA | Division II | Independent | 6 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — |
| 1977 | 1977 | Bob Burke | NCAA | Division II | Independent | 5 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | – | — | — |
| 1978 | 1978 | Bob Burke | NCAA | Division II | Independent | 6 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | — | No. 9 |
| 1979 | 1979 | Bob Burke | NCAA | Division II | Independent | 6 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — |
| 1980 | 1980 | Bob Burke | NCAA | Division II | Independent | 8 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | No. 9 |
| 1981 | 1981 | Bob Burke | NCAA | Division II | Independent | 1 | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — |
| 1982 | 1982 | Bob Burke | NCAA | Division II | Independent | 4 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — |
| 1983 | 1983 | Alex Rotsko | NCAA | Division II | Independent | 4 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — |
| 1984 | 1984 | Alex Rotsko | NCAA | Division II | Independent | 4 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — |
| 1985 | 1985 | Alex Rotsko | NCAA | Division II | Independent | 8 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | No. 14 |
| 1986 | 1986 | Alex Rotsko | NCAA | Division II | Independent | 6 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — |
| 1987 | 1987 | Alex Rotsko | NCAA | Division II | Independent | 3 | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | – | — | — |
| 1988 | 1988 | Alex Rotsko | NCAA | Division II | Independent | 5 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — |
| 1989 | 1989 | Alex Rotsko | NCAA | Division II | Independent | 7 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | No. 19 |
| 1990 | 1990 | Alex Rotsko | NCAA | Division II | Independent | 7 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | No. 17 |
| 1991 | 1991 | Alex Rotsko | NCAA | Division II | Independent | 4 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | — | — |
| 1992 | 1992 | Alex Rotsko | NCAA | Division II | Independent | 4 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — |
| 1993 | 1993 | Bob LeCours | NCAA | Division II | Independent | 3 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — |
| 1994 | 1994 | Art Wilkins | NCAA | Division II | Independent | 3 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — |
| 1995 | 1995 | Art Wilkins | NCAA | Division II | Independent | 2 | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — |
| 1996 | 1996 | Art Wilkins | NCAA | Division II | Independent | 6 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | — | — |
| 1997 | 1997 | Art Wilkins | NCAA | Division II | EFC | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1st (Bay State) | 8 | 0 | 0 | L EFC Championship | — |
| 1998 | 1998 | Art Wilkins | NCAA | Division II | EFC | 7 | 4 | 0 | T–1st (Bay State) | 7 | 2 | 0 | L EFC Championship | — |
| 1999 | 1999 | Art Wilkins | NCAA | Division II | EFC | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1st (Bay State) | 8 | 1 | 0 | W EFC Championship | — |
| 2000 | 2000 | Art Wilkins | NCAA | Division II | EFC | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1st (Central) | 8 | 1 | 0 | W EFC Championship | — |
| 2001 | 2001 | Art Wilkins | NCAA | Division II | NE-10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | T–2nd | 8 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 2002 | 2002 | Art Wilkins | NCAA | Division II | NE-10 | 5 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 2003 | 2003 | Art Wilkins | NCAA | Division II | NE-10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 2004 | 2004 | Art Wilkins | NCAA | Division II | NE-10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 2005 | 2005 | Art Wilkins | NCAA | Division II | NE-10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 2006 | 2006 | Art Wilkins | NCAA | Division II | NE-10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5th | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 2007 | 2007 | Art Wilkins | NCAA | Division II | NE-10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | T–2nd | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 2008 | 2008 | Art Wilkins | NCAA | Division II | NE-10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 7 | 0 | 0 | L Super Regional First Round | No. 25 |
| 2009 | 2009 | Art Wilkins | NCAA | Division II | NE-10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 2010 | 2010 | Art Wilkins | NCAA | Division II | NE-10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–1st | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 2011 | 2011 | Art Wilkins | NCAA | Division II | NE-10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | T–3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 2012 | 2012 | Art Wilkins | NCAA | Division II | NE-10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 7 | 1 | 0 | L NE-10 Championship | — |
| 2013 | 2013 | Art Wilkins | NCAA | Division II | NE-10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | T–1st | 8 | 1 | 0 | L Super Region 1 First Round | — |
| 2014 | 2014 | Art Wilkins | NCAA | Division II | NE-10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1st | 8 | 1 | 0 | L NE-10 Championship | — |
| 2015 | 2015 | Art Wilkins | NCAA | Division II | NE-10 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 2016 | 2016 | Art Wilkins | NCAA | Division II | NE-10 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7th | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2017 | 2017 | Art Wilkins | NCAA | Division II | NE-10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–8th | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| 2018 | 2018 | Art Wilkins | NCAA | Division II | NE-10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | T–9th | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| 2019 | 2019 | Art Wilkins | NCAA | Division II | NE-10 | 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 | Kris Kulzer | NCAA | Division II | NE-10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2023 | 2023 | Lou Conte | NCAA | Division II | NE-10 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2024 | 2024 | Daniel Chipka | NCAA | Division II | NE-10 | | | 0 | | | | 0 | — | — |