NEW YORK - You think fall weddings are inconvenient for college football fans? Imagine being a coach with a daughter who has her heart set on a Saturday in late September.

NEW YORK � You think fall weddings are inconvenient for college football fans? Imagine being a coach with a daughter who has her heart set on a Saturday in late September.

That was Wagner College coach Walt Hameline�s dilemma, when his youngest daughter, Kelly, 28, told him last fall the place she chose as the site of her big day had few dates available � and the one she picked was Sept. 20, the same day Wagner was scheduled to play Monmouth University.

�How can you do this?�

Hameline said was his reaction. �What are you thinking about? It�s football season.�

With the help of an old friend, Hameline was able to reschedule the game. Wagner, an FCS school in Staten Island, visited its old Northeast Conference rival on the Jersey Shore yesterday, giving the Seahawks an open date this coming Saturday and keeping peace in the Hameline family.

�It�s her wedding present � and a lot of presents to follow throughout life,� he said.

Hameline is in his 34th season as head coach at Wagner, and he�s also the athletic director. And sometimes it pays to be your own boss.

Hameline reached out to Monmouth coach Kevin Callahan. The two had become friends in the late 1970s, and when Hameline became head coach at Wagner, Callahan was the first coach he hired.

�It was kind of funny,� Callahan said, recalling their conversation. �In typical Walt fashion he goes, �Hey, hey, hey, you gotta help me out.�

�We had the flexibility to make it work,� Callahan said of the scheduling request. �I was more than happy to do it.�

Callahan�s team won, 21-16, yesterday, but Kelly Hameline, who lives in the Chicago area, was there for her dad.

Still, Hameline could hardly believe what she�d asked of him.

�There�s always been a golden rule in our family. Once football season starts, my wife, my family, they go to the games and we do nothing else.�