Marietta College Athletics

Andy Waddle begins his twelfth season at the helm of the Marietta College football program in 2024. Waddle is the 29th head coach in program history.

Waddle earned his second OAC Coach of the Year honor after leading the Pioneers to an 8-2 record in 2023. The eight wins were the most since Marietta went 8-1-1 in 1995 and was just the third time the Pioneers reached eight wins in a season. The program record for wins is 9 and was set in 1906 when MC went 9-1. The Pioneers have finished .500 or better in six of the last seven seasons.

Marietta finished the COVID-shortened 2021 spring season with a 3-2 overall record marking four straight seasons with a final record of .500 or better. The best string of finishes since 1966-69 when the Pioneers went 4-4-1, 4-4-1, 7-2 and 8-1 under head coach Joe McDaniel.

Waddle was named OAC Coach of the Year after leading the Pioneers to a 6-4 overall and 5-4 league record in 2017. Marietta’s first winning season in 11 years. In 2018, the Pioneers won their first six games of the season en route to a 7-3 campaign, the best season for Marietta since going 7-3 in 1996.

Under Waddle’s guidance, the Pioneers have earned 85 All-OAC selections including 32 first team picks, 19 All-Region and 19 All-American selections. In addition, the Navy Blue and White has had three Academic All-America honorees. Four Pioneers have earned OAC Player of the Year awards during Waddle's tenure. Running back Rocger Walker was 2016 Bob Packard Award winner as the conference's offensive back of the year. Drake Neuberger earned the 2020 Paul Hoernemann Award as the defensive lineman of the year. Neuberger shared the Hoernemann Award with fellow Pioneer Kyle Gallagher in 2021. Chance Knight was the Hoernemann winner in 2023.

With nearly 25 years of collegiate coaching experience at three different institutions, Waddle brings a wealth of knowledge and a resume of success to the Pioneer program.

Waddle starts his twelfth season at Marietta after spending eight seasons at Wittenberg University. He joined the Tiger staff in 2005 as the defensive secondary coach and was promoted to defensive coordinator a year later.

Wittenberg won four North Coast Athletic Conference championships and made four NCAA playoff appearances in the seven seasons while Waddle ran the defense. Waddle then was named the Marietta College head football coach in December of 2012.

Waddle’s 2009 Wittenberg defense led all divisions of the NCAA in total defense and scoring defense. The Tigers allowed opponents just 189.9 yards and 8.85 points per game as Wittenberg tied the school record for wins with 12.

Waddle began his coaching career in 2003 at Mansfield University (Pa.) as the defensive backs coach. The NCAA Division II Mountaineers went 8-3, a six-game improvement over the previous season, and recorded the first winning season in nearly 30 years.

In 2004, Waddle moved to Division III Maryville College (Tenn.) where he coached the defensive secondary. The Scots improved dramatically winning as many games in 2004 as they had in the previous three seasons combined. Defensively, Maryville made a 17-point and 140-yard per game improvement.

An All-NCAC defensive back, Waddle played for two North Coast Athletic Conference championship teams and made three NCAA playoff appearances at Wittenberg. He spent two seasons at the University of Findlay prior to transferring to Wittenberg. Waddle was red-shirted during the Oilers’ 1997 NAIA national championship season and was a starter the following year.

Waddle received a Bachelor’s of Arts Degree in Sociology from Wittenberg University in 2003. He completed a Master’s Degree in Executive Leadership from Liberty University in 2014.

A native of Enon, Ohio, Waddle and his wife Kerry Jean are the proud parents of daughter Hopelyn and son Spencer. The Waddles are involved with the Be The Match Bone Marrow Registry and have raised nearly $20,000 while registering 1,000 potential bone marrow donors.

Waddles's Coaching Honors:
Ohio Athletic Conference Coach of the Year: 2017, 2023
 

Year	School	Overall Record	OAC Record
2013	Marietta	1-9	1-8
2014	Marietta	2-9	1-8
2015	Marietta	2-8	2-7
2016	Marietta	3-7	3-6
2017	Marietta	6-4	5-4
2018	Marietta	7-3	6-3
2019	Marietta	5-5	4-5
2020*	Marietta	3-2	3-2
2021	Marietta	4-6	4-5
2022	Marietta	6-4	5-4
2023	Marietta	8-2	7-2
2024	Marietta	8-3	7-2
Career	12 years	55-61 .474	48-56 .462

* Played spring semester of 2021 due to COVID-19
All-Time Marietta College Football Coaching Records