Eric enters his 15th season in 2026 as the Offensive Coordinator & Offensive Line Coach at Wesleyan. The Cardinals are back-to-back NESCAC Champions for the first time in program history, having won the title outright in 2024 and a split title with Trinity in 2025. With wins over Amherst 31-21 and Williams 34-28 in overtime, Wesleyan won the Little Three Championship for a fourth consecutive season in 2025, marking the first four-year title-winning run in team history. Wesleyan swept the major individual NESCAC awards with QB Matt Fitzsimons winning Offensive Player of the Year while WR Donte Kelly was named Rookie of the Year.
In 2025 on the offensive line, junior center Jack Bohnsack was named All-NESCAC First Team and junior tackle Gerard Garofolo '27 was named All-NESCAC Second Team. In his 14 seasons at Wesleyan, Coach Ludwig has had at least one offensive lineman named All-NESCAC every year and 19 offensive linemen in total earning All-NESCAC honors.
The 2024 campaign saw Ludwig honored as part of the NESCAC Coaching Staff of the Year after completing the best modern season in the history of Wesleyan football. The Cardinals went 8-1 and culminated in the team's first-ever outright NESCAC Championship.
In 2023, Wesleyan won the Little Three Championship in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 1969-1970. 3 times during the season, an offensive player was named the NEFW Gold Helmet award winner, given to the top division II/III player in New England.
The 2022 season saw a Little Three Championship as well as four offensive school records set. Total yards in a season (3,919), yards per game (435.3), passing yards in a season (2,794), and passing TDs in a season (22).
In 2021, the Wesleyan offense broke multiple school records. The first record set was total offense in a game with 618 yards vs. Tufts. The second record broken was the single player total yards in a game (David Estevez, 474 yards). The offense finished in the top 3 in multiple categories, including rushing offense, offensive efficiency, red zone percentage, time of procession, and interceptions thrown.
In 2019, Wesleyan finished the season with an 8-1 record and won the Little Three Championship vs. Amherst & Williams. In 2017, the Wesleyan offense set 22 team and individual records. The offense averaged 417.8 yards per game, including a Wesleyan record of 303.0 yards of passing offense per game. The Cardinals also set school records in passing completions in a game with 39 (vs. Middlebury), passing completions in a season with 237, and touchdown passes in a season with 22.
The combo of QB Mark Piccirillo ’19 and WR Mike Breuler ’18 were responsible for setting 18 individual Wesleyan records during their time. WR Mike Breuler was also named NESCAC Offensive Player of the Year in 2017.
Eric joined the Cardinal coaching staff in the fall of 2012 after serving as the Offensive Coordinator and Offensive Line coach at NY Maritime College. In his two seasons as Offensive Coordinator, NY Maritime went 18-3 and made an appearance in the Division III National Playoffs. For 3 seasons as the Offensive Line coach, Ludwig coached 9 All-Conference Lineman. NY Maritime led all of Division III in both 2009 and 2010 in sacks allowed and finished the 2009 season 4th in the nation in rushing offense. Eric also spent time as the Recruiting Coordinator and the Strength and Conditioning Coach at Maritime.
Prior to his stint at Maritime, Eric was the Offensive Line Graduate Assistant Coach at Springfield College for two seasons. In 2007 Springfield was 2nd in the nation in sacks allowed and 3rd in rushing offense. Before arriving at Springfield, Ludwig coached the Tight Ends for Williams College under current Wesleyan Director of Athletics Mike Whalen. The 2006 team finished 8-0 in the NESCAC.
A 2006 graduate of Williams College, Ludwig was a captain of the 2005 squad and earned All-NESCAC, All-ECAC, and All-American honors as an Offensive Lineman. He also played in the Aztec Bowl, a Division III All-Star game played between the United States and Mexico.
Eric and his wife Rachel, the Deputy Director of Athletics at Wesleyan, currently reside in East Hampton, Conn with their three children Will, Jack, and Emma.
