Football

Corey Fillipovich was named Wilmington College's head football coach on Oct. 16, 2022. Fillipovich is in his second season as head football coach of the Quakers in 2023. He has spent the last five-plus seasons on the staff as the defensive coordinator and served as acting head coach for 10 games. He is also the program's academic coordinator.

During the 2022 season, Fillipovich led WC to a 3-1 start to the season with victories coming over Southern Virginia University, Capital University and Otterbein University. The only loss was a 13-12 defeat to Baldwin Wallace University, which went on to finish the season with a 7-3 record. The start marked WC's best since 2000, its first year in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC). Five individuals earned postseason awards including Itika Wynn Jr., Ace Taylor and Brandon Lemley garnering Second Team All-OAC recognition. Additionally, eight players were named Academic All-District from College Sports Communicators.

Despite stepping into the lead at an inconvenient time, Fillipovich orchestrated two wins to end the 2022 season including a 24-21 win over Capital University on Senior Day and a dramatic 37-33 triumph at Otterbein University in the season finale. Tavion Bryant, Tre'Quez Parks and Brandon Weaver represented the Quaker contingent to garner OAC honors with Second Team, Second Team and Honorable Mention distinction respectively. Parks left the program fourth all-time in tackles with 376.

Alongside then-Head Coach Bryan Moore, Fillipovich navigated a unique 2021 spring season that featured five games due ot the COVID-19 pandemic. His defensive staff engineered quite the improvement in nearly every statistical category including most notably: points allowed (41.4 to 27.6), yards allowed (438 to 309) and rushing yards allowed (197 to 86). That alongside mentoring Tavion Byrant, the Gene Slaughter Award winner as the league's best linebacker, Fillipovich was named the OAC Assistant Coach of the Year.

Fillipovich helped guide the Fightin' Quakers to their best season in a decade in 2019 that included snapping a 25-game losing streak to Ohio Northern University and winning consecutive games to end the season.

Nine individuals earned All-Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) under Fillipovich’s guidance. Most recently, both Tavion Bryant and Ameer Jackson garnered Second Team All-OAC honors in 2019. In addition, he aided Head Coach Bryan Moore in ending Wilmington’s 40-game OAC losing streak with a 37-30 overtime win against Capital University in 2017.

Prior to Wilmington, Fillipovich spent two seasons as the defensive coordinator at North Carolina Wesleyan. Prior to his two years with Battlin’ Bishops, Fillipovich spent 11 seasons at Heidelberg University including several years coaching with Moore. The last three seasons, he served as the co-defensive and recruiting coordinator.

During his tenure with the Student Princes, Fillipovich coached five All-OAC honorees, including All-American Matt Grieves, who was also an ESPN The Magazine District IV Academic selection. Grieves was one of three Heidelberg players to garner Academic All-Region status under his direction.

In his more than a decade of service, he had a plethora of duties, including the roles of camp director, junior varsity head coach and equipment manager, among others. He also boasts coaching experience at numerous Division I camps, including those at The Ohio State University, the University of Notre Dame, Indiana University, Kent State University, the University of Toledo, the University of Cincinnati, Bowling Green State University and Youngstown State University.

Fillipovich is a 2003 graduate of Muskingum College (University), where he earned a history degree. A three-year letter winner for the Muskies, he played multiple positions in the trenches – playing on both the offensive and defensive lines.

Prior to joining Heidelberg, he gained a year of coaching experience during the 2003 season as an assistant defensive line coach at his alma mater. He went on to receive his master's degree in education from Heidelberg in 2006.

Fillipovich resides in Wilmington with his wife, Andrea. The couple has a son, Henry and a daughter, Abbey.

Corey Fillipovich Season-By-Season Record

*Last updated - October 10th, 2023*