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Andy Talley

American football player and coach (born 1943)

Field	Value
name	Andy Talley
birth_date
birth_place	Bryn Mawr, PA
player_years1	1963–1966
player_team1	Southern Connecticut State
player_positions	Defensive back
coach_years1	1967–1968
coach_team1	Simsbury HS (CT) (assistant)
coach_years2	1969
coach_team2	Springfield (DB)
coach_years3	1970–1972
coach_team3	Middlebury (OB)
coach_years4	1973–1978
coach_team4	Brown (OB)
coach_years5	1979–1983
coach_team5	St. Lawrence
coach_years6	1985–2016
coach_team6	Villanova
overall_record	257–155–2
tournament_record	11–10 (NCAA D-I-AA/FCS playoffs)
1–1 (NCAA D-III playoffs)
championships	1 NCAA Division I (2009)
2 ICAC (1982–1983)
2 Yankee (1989, 1991)
2 A-10 (1997, 2001)
2 CAA (2009, 2012)
awards	5× AFCA Regional Coach of the Year (1982, 1991, 1997, 2008–2009)
2× New York Sportswriters/ECAC Coach of the Year (1982, 1991)
2× AFCA National Coach of the Year (1997, 2009)
Eddie Robinson Award (1997)
A-10 Coach of the Year (1997)
coaching_records	Winningest coach in Villanova history
Winningest coach in CAA history
CFBHOF_id	2466
CFBHOF_year	2020

1–1 (NCAA D-III playoffs) 2 ICAC (1982–1983) 2 Yankee (1989, 1991) 2 A-10 (1997, 2001) 2 CAA (2009, 2012) 2× New York Sportswriters/ECAC Coach of the Year (1982, 1991) 2× AFCA National Coach of the Year (1997, 2009) Eddie Robinson Award (1997) A-10 Coach of the Year (1997) Winningest coach in CAA history Andrew J. Talley (born April 6, 1943) is a retired American football coach. He served as the head football coach at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York from 1979 to 1983 and Villanova University from 1985 to 2016, compiling a career college football coaching record of 257–155–2.

Talley was hired by Villanova in 1984 to revive the Wildcats football program, which had been dormant since 1980. In 1997, he won the AFCA Coach of the Year Award and the Eddie Robinson Award. Talley led his 2009 Villanova team to an NCAA Division I Football Championship. He is a 1967 graduate of Southern Connecticut State University, where he played college football as a defensive back. Talley was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2020.

Head coaching record

References

. (May 30, 1984). ["Talley out to rebuild at 'Nova"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/62380279/courier-post/). *[[Courier-Post]]*.
Jensen, Mike. (March 11, 2020). "Andy Talley named to College Football Hall of Fame". [[The Philadelphia Inquirer]].

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