player_team coach_years overall_record player_years coach_team cfbdwid sport article_title name
wesleyan 1898 -- 1902 1903 27 -- 26 -- 2 1895 -- 1896 wesleyan nyu 3718 football robert p. wilson
 robert p. wilson
robert p. wilson

robert p. `` bert '' wilson was an american football player and coach .
he played football for wesleyan university and was captain of the school 's football team in 1896 .
after graduating , he served as wesleyan 's first head football coach from 1898 to 1902 .
in five years as wesleyan 's coach , wilson compiled a record of 25 -- 21 -- 2 .
in his first two years as the coach , wesleyan compiled records of 7 -- 3 and 7 -- 2 .
in the 17 years before wilson took over as the coach , wesleyan 's football team had never won seven games in a single season .
in 1903 , wilson became the head football coach at new york university -lrb- nyu -rrb- .
he served the sixth head football coach at nyu and held that position for one season , in 1903 , leading the nyu violets to a record of 2 -- 5 .
