Tennessee Tech (FCS) has found a new leader after recently parting ways with Dewayne Alexander after six seasons.
To replace Alexander, Tennessee Tech is turning to a former FBS head coach.
Bobby Wilder, who led Old Dominion for 11 seasons, has been tabbed to lead the program.
Wilder made an immediate impact with the Monarchs prior to being hired prior to the 2009 season, going 9-2 and 8-3 in his first two seasons while still at the FCS level before jumps to 10-3 and 11-2 in years three and four as members of the ultra-tough Colonial Athletic Association.
In 2013 he led ODU during their transition to the FBS level as an independent to an 8-4 mark.
Those records are impressive by themselves, but what makes them even more impressive is that prior to Wilder's arrival, ODU hadn't played football in nearly 70 years.
In his first four seasons playing as an independent and in one of the toughest FCS conferences in college football, Wilder went a remarkable 46-14.
Their first season as an FBS member, the Monarchs finished bowl eligible (but were not selected for a bowl game) at 6-6.
Just three years later, during their third season as an FBS member, Wilder led the program to a 10-3 mark and a win in the Bahamas Bowl.
The following three seasons saw slides to 5-7, 4-8 and then 1-11 before he and the program parted ways.
He left ODU with a record of 77-56 overall.
Wilder has spent the few seasons season doing small-scale private training for quarterbacks.
He takes over a program that is poised to add a new stadium project and football operations center "on the horizon" according to the school's release of the news.
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