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New Tech head football coach Wilder aiming Golden Eagles high

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Bobby Wilder lifted up the whistle Tennessee Tech Director of Athletics Mark Wilson handed him before he was introduced on Wednesday as the Golden Eagles’ new head football coach.

He looked at it and grinned, a wash of relief coming across his face.

“I’ve missed this,” Wilder told the assembly at the Hooper Eblen Center’s Eagles’ Nest.

How could he not? After a short time away from coaching – but not too far away from the game – standing in front of some of Tennessee Tech’s most loyal supporters laying out his vision for the Golden Eagles’ future success, it truly felt like home.

When he made the decision on Sunday to become the program’s 13th head coach since it began varsity play in 1922, he had plenty of reasons to accept.