| Teamname: | Wheeling Cardinals football |
| Athleticdirector: | Carrie Hanna |
| Headcoach: | Zac Bruney |
| Headcoachyear: | 5th |
| Hcwins: | 20 |
| Hclosses: | 27 |
| Stadium: | Bishop Schmitt Field |
| Stadiumbuilt: | 2014 |
| Stadcapacity: | 3,000 |
| Location: | Wheeling, West Virginia |
| Ncaadivision: | II |
| Conference: | MEC |
| Atwins: | 20 |
| Atlosses: | 27 |
| Mascotdisplay: | Cardinal |
| Websitename: | wucardinals.com |
| Websiteurl: | https://wucardinals.com/sports/football |
The Wheeling Cardinals football team represents Wheeling University in college football at the NCAA Division II level. The Cardinals are members of the Mountain East Conference (MEC), fielding its team in the MEC since 2019. The Cardinals play their home games at Bishop Schmitt Field in Wheeling, West Virginia.[1]
Their head coach is Zac Bruney, who took over the position for the team's inaugural 2019 season.[2]
| Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | O% | CW | CL | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | NC | Awards | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zac Bruney[3] | 2019–present | 47 | 20 | 27 | 18 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | Postseason | Final ranking | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Conference | |||||||||||||
| Win | Loss | Finish | Win | Loss | ||||||||||
| Wheeling Cardinals | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 2018 | Zac Bruney | Club | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2019 | 2019 | NCAA | Division II | MEC | 1 | 10 | T–9th | 1 | 9 | — | — | |||
| 2020–21 | 2019 | 2 | 2 | T–3rd (North) | 2 | 2 | — | — | ||||||
| 2021 | 2021 | 5 | 6 | T–6th | 5 | 5 | — | — | ||||||
| 2022 | 2022 | 7 | 4 | T–4th | 6 | 4 | — | — | ||||||
| 2023 | 2023 | 5 | 5 | T–7th | 4 | 5 | — | — | ||||||
| 2024 | 2024 | — | — | |||||||||||