[1] Wheeler played college baseball at Pennsylvania State University from 1991 to 1994 for head coach Joe Hindelang.
[2][3] On December 6, 2013, Temple University announced it was dropping seven intercollegiate sports, including the baseball program.
Upon Farr's departure, Wheeler moved to Penn for one season before accepting an assistant position at Richmond.
Eventually adding recruiting coordinator to his coaching duties, the Spiders posted 29 wins in 2011, his final season on the staff.
After Temple dropped its baseball program, he became an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Saint Joseph's.