(1962-04-15) April 15, 1962 (age 62) Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Playing career
1980–1983
Southern Colorado
Position(s)
Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991–1998
Northwestern (RB/ST)
1999–2000
Colorado (RB/ST)
2001–2005
Colorado (TE/ST)
2006–2007
UCLA (TE/ST)
2008–2022
CSU Pueblo
Head coaching record
Overall
133–37
Tournaments
9–8 (NCAA D-II playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 NCAA Division II (2014) 8 RMAC (2011–2018)
John Wristen (born April 15, 1962) is an American former college football coach and player. He was the head football coach at Colorado State University–Pueblo (CSU Pueblo), a position he held from 2008 until his retirement in 2022. He graduated from CSU Pueblo in 1984, when the school was known as the University of Southern Colorado. Wristen led the 2014 CSU Pueblo ThunderWolves football team to the NCAA Division II Football Championship title.
JohnWristen (born April 15, 1962) is an American former college football coach and player. He was the head football coach at Colorado State University–Pueblo...
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Conference (RMAC) football season. In their 15th year under head coach JohnWristen, the ThunderWolves compiled an 8–4 record (7–2 against conference opponents)...
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Mike Friedman (1974–1983) Gary Richardson (1984) No team (1985–2007) JohnWristen (2008–2019) No team (2020) JohnWristen (2021–2022) Phil Vigil (2023– )...
Division II football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach JohnWristen and played their home games at Neta and Eddie DeRose ThunderBowl. They...
2010 NCAA Division II football season. Led by third-year head coach JohnWristen, the ThunderWolves compiled an overall record of 9–2 with a mark of 7–2...
2017 NCAA Division II football season. Led by tenth-year head coach JohnWristen, the ThunderWolves compiled an overall record of 9–3 with a mark of 9–1...
2022. Retrieved December 2, 2023. "CSU Pueblo Head Football Coach, JohnWristen, Announces Retirement and New Role as Athletics Development and External...
Division II football season. They were led by sixth year head coach JohnWristen and played their home games at Neta and Eddie DeRose ThunderBowl. They...
Division II football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach JohnWristen and play their home games at Neta and Eddie DeRose ThunderBowl. They...
did not sponsor football from 1985 through the 2007 school years. 2008 JohnWristen RMAC T–6th/ of 10 3 6 — 4 6 — — — 2009 RMAC T–3rd/ of 10 6 3 — 7 4 —...
Coach Of the Year". afca.com. Retrieved January 15, 2020. "Sonny Dykes, John Stiegelmeier, Brandon Moore, Steve Johnson and Matt McCarty Named AFCA's...
Division II football season. They were led by fifth year head coach JohnWristen and played their home games at Neta and Eddie DeRose ThunderBowl. They...
Cache) Herek, Stephen (director). Man of the House, Columbia Pictures, 2005 Wristen H. "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition". via Pearl Harbor remembered...
albums, starting with Expeditions; First Light in 1999, with trumpeter Pat Wristen, bassist Ken Filiano, drummer Ron Glick, and a rare vocal for Giasullo...
Super Bowl appearances during his six-year tenure and coached quarterbacks John Elway and Gary Kubiak during his lone year as quarterbacks coach in 1988...
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