Iliveinadreamatorium
| iliveinadreamatorium | |
|---|---|
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Yale Bulldogs |
| Conference | FCS |
| Record | 76-31 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | 01/09/1996 Toledo, OH |
| Alma mater | Warren Wilson College |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2014 - 2020 2016-2019 2024-present | USC Trojans New York Giants Yale Bulldogs |
| Head coaching record | |
| Bowls | 5-2 |
| Tournaments | 1-2 |
iliveinadreamatorium is the first-year head coach of the Yale Bulldogs football team. Previously, iliveinadreamatorium was the head coach of the USC Trojans and also served as the owner of the Minnesota Vikings and the GM/HC of the New York Giants.
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Early years
iliveinadreamatorium was born in Toledo, OH on January 9, 1996. He was born one minute after his brother, North Carolina State head coach, Dean_Craig_Pelton, was born. The siblings were constantly at ends with each other throughout their childhood but were also each other's best friends and remain so to this day.
Head Coaching Career
The USC Trojans hired iliveinadreamatorium in 2014. iliveinadreamatorium brought the Trojans to a 10-2 record their first year and added a bowl victory on top of that. The next year, the Trojans went undefeated in the regular season, but were badly defeated by Alabama in the CFBHC playoffs. The following year would mark another playoff appearance for the Trojans, but after winning their first match versus the Texas Tech Red Raiders, the Trojans fell to the eventual National Championship runner-ups, Penn State.
2016 and 2017 were extremely down years for the Trojans, with the team failing to produce a winning season either year. The following three seasons, with Luke Trickett at the helm of the QB position, the Trojans returned to their previous success and produced three double-digit winning seasons in a row. However, after Luke Trickett declared for the NFL draft, Dream stepped down from the position of Head Coach and the Trojans proceeded to hire Jumbo as his successor.
In 2024, Dream signed a multi-year contract to become the head coach of the Yale Bulldogs.
Career as an Owner
Back when NFLHC was created, iliveinadreamatorium received requests from two people to be a part of their organization. The two people were his brother Dean_Craig_Pelton and their friend Lucas1379. iliveinadreamatorium ultimately decided to take the reigns of the Vikings organization with lucas1379 and to take on the role of GM. Lucas and Dream held a rigorous head coaching process and offered the job to several people. They originally almost hired Bingo145 but wanted to wait and see how the interviews went with other candidates. This wound up being a mistake and they hired the fourth choice candidate in thatguyclint.
However, both thatguyclint and Lucas both went missing around the time the NFL was actually starting up. Dream moved quickly to hire alwl9 as head coach of the Minnesota Vikings right before the NFL draft, in which the Vikings selected Chester Henson with their first pick. It was at this time that Dream took on the position as Owner/GM of the Minnesota Vikings. The duo wound up leading the Vikings to the Super Bowl and alwl9 led the Vikings to victory in Super Bowl I.
While things were going well in the Vikings organization, they decided to look for someone to take on the GM role before the draft. The Vikings added TheCrimsonChin to their organization as GM and Dream relinquished the role to focus on his ownership duties.
Before the 2016 NFLHC draft, iliveinadreamatorium realized that he no longer wanted to be an owner of an NFL franchise and would rather be a head coach. This move was not made due to any issues with any members of the organization, he just wanted to coach football at the professional level. He left the Vikings in care of alwl9 and TheCrimsonChin. TheCrimsonChin later left to join the Arizona Cardinals, leaving alwl9 solely in charge of the Vikings.
Career with the New York Giants
After relinquishing his position as the owner of the Minnesota Vikings, iliveinadreamatorium was hired to be the head coach of the New York Giants by owner notoriousbigej and GM Nmize0. He led the Giants to the playoffs in his first season as a head coach with an 8-4 and a number two seed in the NFC. They lost to the Saints in the Divisional Round after a first round bye, but the Giants were still happy with their quick turnaround as an expansion team and look to succeed again in 2017 with Aaron Kotar at quarterback. The Giants traded away Thomas Wheeler for Aaron Kotar and draft picks during the offseason, though the biggest loss of the offseason was GM Nmize0, though notoriousbigej has proved to be just as capable.
Dream remained as the Giants head coach for multiple years, leading the team to the playoffs backed by an impressive defensive front. However, after the loss of Thomas Wheeler, the offense stagnated R.J. Stanford and O.J. Carano had to take the lead on offense, leading to some middling performances that ultimately led to the Giants failure to capitalize on their strong defense. Dream believed in Stanford and felt like the offensive issues were his own and to benefit the team, he moved over to the GM position and the Giants hired believer to take over as their HC.
In his short stint as GM for the Giants, Dream notoriously offered fully-guaranteed contracts to several key players for the Giants. Shortly after this incident, Dream began to fail to meet other obligations and would later fired from his position.
Personal Life
iliveinadreamatorium graduated from Warren Wilson College in 2018 with a B.A. in History/Political Science and English/Theatre. Additionally, Dream graduated from Bowling Green State in 2020 with an M.A. in College Student Personnel.
In 2019, Dream married his wife in a private ceremony in San Francisco and they currently live together in their home in Ohio. In May 2019, they adopted a Border Collie/Pointer mix named Faith.
College Coaching Career
| National Champions | Conference Champions | Bowl game berth |
| Coaches | Year | Conference | Overall Record | Conference Record | Bowl | Final CP Ranking | ||||
| Wins | Losses | Conference Wins | Conference Losses | |||||||
| Southern Cal Trojans | ||||||||||
| iliveinadreamatorium | 2013 | PAC-12 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 1 | Won Alamo Bowl vs. Oklahoma (35-31) | #6 | ||
| 2014 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 0 | Lost Cotton Bowl vs. Alabama (10-30) | #4 | ||||
| 2015 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 2 | Lost Orange Bowl vs. Penn State (29-31) | #6 | ||||
| 2016 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | - | - | ||||
| 2017 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | - | - | ||||
| 2018 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | Won Alamo Bowl vs. TCU (38-14) | #19 | ||||
| 2019 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 1 | Won Rose Bowl vs. Minnesota (42-13) | #6 | ||||
| 2020 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 1 | Won Alamo Bowl vs. Kansas (33-17) | #11 | ||||
| Yale Bulldogs | ||||||||||
| iliveinadreamatorium | 2024 | FCS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | ||
| Total Games: 148 | 76 | 31 | 46 | 14 | (all games) | |||||
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Professional Coaching Career
| Super Bowl Champions | Conference Champions | Playoff berth |
| Year | Team | Division | Record | Final Division Ranking | ||||||
| Wins | Losses | Ties | ||||||||
| New York Giants | ||||||||||
| 2016 | New York Giants | NFC North | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1st place | ||||
| 2017 | NFC East | 6 | 10 | 0 | 3rd place | |||||
| 2018 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 4th place | ||||||
| 2019 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2nd place | ||||||
| Total | 8 | 5 | 0 | (all games) | ||||||
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