J. Wilder Tasker
Joshua Wilder Tasker (June 25, 1887 – March 14, 1974) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Connecticut (1921–1922), the College of William & Mary (1923–1927), and Rutgers University (1931–1937), compiling a career college football record of 67–52–11. Wilder was also the head basketball coach at Connecticut during the 1921–22 season and at William & Mary from 1923 to 1928, tallying a career college basketball mark of 64–49. In addition he served as the head baseball coach at Connecticut (1922–1923), William & Mary (1924–1928), and Rutgers (1932–1937), amassing a  career college baseball record of 88–108–4. Coaching career. Tasker was the head coach for the William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team from 1923 to 1928. He led the program to a 50–39 record during his five years as coach (a .561 win percentage). Later life and death. After leaving from coaching, Tasker ran an insurance business in Orange, New Jersey. He retired in the 1960s and moved to Kilmarnock, Virginia, where he died at his home, on March 14, 1974. Head coaching record. Baseball. The following table depicts Tasker's record as head baseball coach at Connecticut. J. Wilder