John Wiley
	Position: Associate Head Coach/Inside Linebackers Birthdate: 11/06/1961 Alma Mater: East Texas State, 1984

John Wiley is in his third season on Ruffin McNeill's staff as East Carolina's associate head coach.

Wiley, who also handles a direct position coaching role with the Pirate inside linebackers, closed out an illustrious 19-year tenure at Appalachian State that included seven SoCon titles and 12 FCS post-season appearances when joined the ECU program on Jan. 25, 2010.

The architect of a Mountaineer defensive unit that produced 87 All-Southern Conference performers and played a integral role in three Football Championship Subdivision National Championships, Wiley quickly went to work in his new surroundings and played a key role orchestrating a turnaround that ranked among the best nationally in 2011.

Despite inheriting an empty positional cupboard upon his arrival, Wiley helped seniors Dustin Lineback and Melvin Patterson to 119 and 94-tackle seasons, respectively.

Those efforts paled in comparison to what was in store a year later as one of Wiley's top pupils, Jeremy Grove, became one of the most decorated rookie tacklers in school history. The latter earned Freshman All-America honors from four publications and was selected Conference USA Freshman-of-the-Year after setting a Pirate first-year record with a team-leading 122 stops, an average of 11.1 per game - good for 10th among all FBS players.

Wiley's knowledge and guidance during the implementation of the Pirates' new 3-4 scheme prior to the 2011 campaign allowed ECU to jump 64 places in the FBS total defense rankings when the dust settled in December, allowing 102. 5 fewer yards per game than the previous season.

After capturing FCS national titles in 2005, 2006 and 2007, Appalachian State rolled to a combined 16-0 league mark in 2008 and 2009. The Mountaineers advanced to the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Division I playoffs in `08 before falling in the semifinals in `09 and concluding the season with a No. 3 national rank.

In addition to the 87 all-league selections, Wiley also mentored seven ASU defensive backs who earned All-America honors, including 2008 and 2009 consensus first-team pick Mark LeGree who netted a combined 17 interceptions during those respective campaigns. A total of eight Mountaineers were chosen Southern Conference Defensive Player-of-the-Year under Wiley's leadership, while five were developed into NFL Draft picks.

Wiley, 50, opened his career at Texas in 1987 where he helped the Longhorns to a Bluebonnet Bowl appearance as a defensive backs coach. After another season in Austin and two campaigns at Appalachian State, Wiley worked with the secondary and special teams units at Iowa Wesleyan in 1991 and helped the Tigers to a No. 5 NAIA ranking and national playoff appearance. A year later, he served on the Valdosta (Ga.) State staff in the same capacity, helping the Blazers to a Top 20 national ranking in NCAA Division II before re-joining the Mountaineer program in 1993.

Wiley was a three-year football letterman at East Texas State University and part of the Lions' 1983 Lone Star Conference championship team before earning a bachelor's degree in 1984.

A native of Texas City, Texas, Wiley is married to the former Kelly Ponder and the couple are the parents of three children - daughter Megan and sons Jax and Luke.