Chip Knapp enters his 23rd season as a member of the Wesley coaching staff and his 21st as the offensive coordinator. Since taking over the offensive reigns in 1991, Knapp has built the Wolverines into one of the most powerful offensive machines in Division III football.

In 2008, under his guidance, sophomore quarterback Shane McSweeny finished second in Division III in pass efficiency and was named the ACFC Offensive Player of the Year, and the team finished 25th in scoring offense (35.1).

Under his tutelage, the 2007 offense set school records with 3,237 rushing yards and 6,192 total yards. The offense ranked ninth in the nation in yards per game (476.3), 18th in scoring offense (35.9) and 20th in rushing offense (249.0). The squad also set individual game records for total offense and rushing yards.

In 2006, Knapp’s offense ranked eighth in scoring offense at 36.9 points per game. The Wolverines ranked in the top 25 in passing offense with 247.7 yards per game and quarterback Chris Warrick threw for over 3,300 yards and 33 touchdowns. The Wesley attack also featured the national leader in receiving yards in Michael Clarke (1,304) and produced a 1,000-yard rusher in ACFC and ECAC Rookie of the Year Aaron Jackson.

His 2005 offense rated fifth in scoring offense and finished in the top 30 in passing yards. In 2004 the Wolverines ranked 17th in the nation with 251.7 yards rushing per game. In 2001 Wesley finished in the Top 10 in the nation in total offense (fifth), passing offense (fourth), and scoring offense (sixth), averaging 45.6 points a game.

“Chip Knapp is one of the most talented coaches in Small College football today,” says Wolverine head coach Mike Drass “We are fortunate to have him on our staff.”

Under his direction players, such as Chris Warrick, Jason Visconti, Jimmy Connolley, Petie Davis, Fran Naselli and Brandon Steinheim, finished their careers among the most prolific players in D-III. Davis finished among the 10 best in career rushing yards, Connolley and Visconti among the 20 most efficient passers and Steinheim set the D-III mark for consecutive 100-yard rushing games. Naselli was a three-time All-American and Visconti ended his career holding every Wesley and ACFC passing record throwing for over 7,700 yards and 77 Touchdowns in his career, until Warrick surpassed his marks by tossing for over 10,000 yards and 100 touchdowns.

A 1987 graduate of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Knapp received a degree in economics. A two-year letterwinner for the Big Red, he won the starting quarterback job his junior season before a knee injury ended his year at midseason. Knapp bounced back to be named the program’s “Comeback Player of the Year” during his senior year.

Prior to arriving at Wesley in the spring of 1989, Knapp was an assistant at Cornell and also served as a graduate assistant at Kansas. Chip and his wife Cindy reside in Dover. They have three children Benjamin, Eleanor, and Emma.