Asa Gordon "Ace" Wiley Jr. (1911 – March 11, 1995) was an

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and

wrestling Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves di ...

coach. Wiley was the head football coach at Waynesburg College—now known as

Waynesburg University Waynesburg University is a private Christian university in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, United States. It was established in 1850 and offers undergraduate and graduate programs in more than 70 academic concentrations. The university enrolls aroun ...

—in

Waynesburg, Pennsylvania Waynesburg is a borough in Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. The population was 4,001 at the 2020 census. It is located about south of Pittsburgh. The region around Waynesburg is underlaid with several layers o ...

, serving for the 1946 season and compiling a record of 0–7–1.

Biography

Gordon was born in

Wind Ridge, Pennsylvania Wind Ridge is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Richhill Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located along Pennsylvania Route 21, west of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, Wayn ...

. He attended Waynesburg College, where he captained the football team in 1932 and graduated in 1933. He subsequently earned master's degree from the

University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The university is composed of seventeen undergraduate and graduate schools and colle ...

. Gordon was a schoolteacher and coached wrestling and other sports in Wind Ridge, Waynesburg, and

Greensburg, Pennsylvania Greensburg is a city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. The population was 14,976 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Located southeast of Pittsburgh, Greensburg is a part of the Greater Pittsbu ...

Head coaching record

College football

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