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Callie Wheeler

Callie Wheeler

6th Year (17th Year Overall)
Edinboro ‘06
 
Callie Wheeler took over the Edinboro women's basketball program in May of 2018 becoming the programs fifth head coach.

A former standout for the Fighting Scots from 2002 to 2006, Wheeler served as Swank's assistant coach since September 2007. Edinboro enjoyed great success during Wheeler's 11 seasons at Swank's side. Widely regarded as one of the top assistant coaches in Division II women's basketball, Edinboro posted a 239-86 record in her 11 seasons on the bench. The Fighting Scots won four PSAC Championships in her 11 years as an assistant, along with four NCAA Tournament appearances, including a trip to the Elite Eight in 2013-14. 

Wheeler has continued the Fighting Scots success taking the Scots to the PSAC postseason in each of the four seasons since taking over the program. Seven Fighting Scots have been named to All-PSAC squads under Wheeler’s direction.

In Wheeler’s initial season at the helm. She guided Edinboro to a ninth straight 20-win season as the Fighting Scots finished with a 20-9 record. The 20 wins were the most ever by a first-year head coach at Edinboro. The Fighting Scots qualified for the PSAC Tournament for the tenth straight year, and she led the Fighting Scots to a berth in the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional.

Edinboro would fall to ninth-ranked Virginia Union, 83-71, in the opening round of the Atlantic Regional. Wheeler’s first career win was a 67-60 triumph over Virginia State, an NCAA playoff team in 2018, in the VUU Lady Panther Tip-Off Classic. She would lead the Fighting Scots to a pair of wins over nationally-ranked PSAC West rival California(Pa.), winning 99-92 at Edinboro and 62-61 at Cal. 

The Fighting Scots also continued the tradition of WBCA All-Americans, with Michaela Barnes earning WBCA honorable mention All-American honors. Barnes and Jontay Walton were first team All-PSAC West selections, while Ciara Rosten was named to the second team.
 
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Wheeler played for the Fighting Scots from 2002-06, and ranks as one of the all-time greatest players in Edinboro history. She became Edinboro's sixth Kodak/WBCA All-American as she earned honorable mention All-American honors. That capped a brilliant senior season in which she was named the PSAC West Athlete of the Year and was a first team All-PSAC West selection. In addition, she was selected as the Nancy Acker Award winner in 2006.

The 5'5" guard finished as Edinboro's second-leading scorer at 12.5 ppg. as a senior, and also added 5.1 rpg. More importantly, she set a school record with 249 assists while turning the ball over just 89 times. She led the PSAC in both assists and steals, finishing with 95 in the latter category.

Edinboro had had just one triple-double in its history prior to 2005-06, when Wheeler accomplished the fete twice. The first came against Seton Hill (20 points, 11 rebounds, 14 assists), followed by 29 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists in her final home appearance vs. Shippensburg.

As a junior, Wheeler earned second team All-PSAC West accolades after averaging 10.4 ppg. and handing out 225 assists, along with recording 91 steals. The assists ranks third all-time. She led the Fighting Scots to a 21-10 record that season, along with the team's first berth in the NCAA Division II Playoffs since 1998.

22784Wheeler likely ranks at the top in a long line of standout point guards at Edinboro. While not taking over as the starter until her junior season, she concluded her career with 682 assists, despite missing the final seven games of the 2003-04 campaign due to an injury. That figure is second all-time in the PSAC. In addition, Wheeler finished with 283 career steals, a figure which ranks fourth all-time at Edinboro. She fell just shy of reaching 1,000 points for her career, finishing with 932.

The Iorfido name (Wheeler's maiden name) is well known in Edinboro Athletics, where her family has had quite an impact. Her father, Rich, was a standout linebacker for the Edinboro football team from 1970-72, and was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame in April 2007. Callie joined her father as a member of the Edinboro Hall of Fame in October 2016. Younger sister Mandie was a standout catcher in softball, and a two-time All-PSAC West performer.

A native of Ambridge, Pa., Wheeler received her Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education in December 2006, along with a minor in Coaching. She graduated with a 3.46 GPA.

She was married to Dan Wheeler on July 10, 2010, and the couple resides in Edinboro with their daughter Amya Marie and son Kobe James.
 
Year Record PSAC Postseason
2018-19 20-9 16-6 NCAA Tournament First Round
2019-20 17-11 14-8 PSAC Quarterfinals
2020-21 No Season CoVID-19
2021-22 14-12 11-10 PSAC Quarterfinals
2022-23 17-12 13-9 PSAC Quarterfinals
Career 68-44 54-33