Career
On December 6, 2013, Temple University announced it is dropping seven intercollegiate sports, including the baseball program The 2014 season will be its last. Wheeler played for Penn State for four years before being drafted in the 31st round of the 1994 MLB Draft by the California Angels.
He played briefly in the minors before turning to coaching.
Wheeler began his coaching career at William & Mary, where he served as an assistant to head coach Jim Farr, the program"s all-time winningest coach. Upon Farr"s departure, Wheeler moved to Penn for one season before accepting an assistant position at Richmond.
Eventually adding recruiting coordinator to his coaching duties, the Spiders posted 29 wins in 2011, his final season on the staff Prior to the 2012 season, Wheeler accepted his first head coaching position at Temple.
The Owls have struggled in two seasons and will begin play in the stronger American Athletic Conference in 2014.