Mike Whalen

Education

University

A native of Enfield, Connecticut, Whalen attended Enrico Fermi High School.

Career

He was a collegiate wrestler and football player at University. He was hired as the head football coach at in March 2010. Foreign football Whalen was All-CCIL on both offense and defense and an All-State honorable mention.

Whalen would go on to attend University in Middletown, Connecticut.

He was a four-year starter as an offensive lineman for the Cardinals football team before receiving his degree in 1983. He was also the captain of the wrestling team at, earning All-New England and All-American honors three times.

Whalen began his coaching career at Springfield College as a graduate assistant in football and wrestling. After receiving a master"s degree from Springfield in Physical Education, Whalen was hired as an assistant football coach at the University of Pennsylvania and was on the coaching staff of the undefeated 1986 Penn team

He next worked as an assistant coach at Lafayette and Colgate University, holding the position of associate head coach at Colgate.

He was an assistant football coach at College from 1996 to 2003, including three years as the team"s offensive coordinator. While working as an assistant football coach, Whalen also served as the school"s head wrestling coach from 1996 to 2004. In February 2004, he was hired as head football coach of the Ephs, succeeding College Football Hall of Fame inductee, Dick Farley.

Whalen served six years as " head coach (2004–2009) during which he compiled a record of 38–10 (792 winning percentage).

In 2006, he led to an undefeated, untied 8–0 record and the New England Small College Athletic Conference championship. He also led to four consecutive Little Three championships from 2005 through 2008.

While at College, Whalen had an undefeated 6–0 record against his alma mater, In March 2010, hired Whalen as its head football coach and assistant athletic director At the time, Whalen told reporters, "This would have never, ever, ever happened if I didn"t go here.

That was a big, big draw for me, to come home, to come back to and see if we can put this thing back on track." In his first year at, Whalen finished the year 4–4, losing close games to Middlebury, 24–21, and Trinity, 27–20, while also losing to Little Three rivals and Amherst.

Achievements

• He spent six years as the head football coach at College, where he won four consecutive Little Three football championships. As a senior, he was the State Class "LL" Heavyweight Wrestling Champion and placed 3rd at the State Open Championships. He took a postgraduate year at Loomis Chaffee, where he was the New England Preparatory Champion and 3rd in the National Preparatory Wrestling Championships while being named 1st team All-Preparatory and All-State in football. He was the first New England wrestler to win four consecutive New England championships.