Pride. Diles designated running backs coach Al Lavan as the interim coach while the school conducted a national search for the new permanent coach,[104] and under his leadership the team won two of their final three games. College: Kenyon College (Graduated in 1991 - bachelor's degree) Our numbers are down right now, we don't have as many receivers in the room. The Argonauts won the Grey Cup in 1983. [9], Following Swift, the football team was coached by a series of men who held the position for a single year each, none of whom were professional coaches in today's sense. On the ground, EMU churned out the 14th-best single-season rushing total at 1,894 yards. The Bulldogs head coach was recognized for the job he did by being named one of 20 finalists for the 2011 Eddie Robinson Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Coach of the Year Award. [24] From 1919 to 1920, he was the head football coach at Nebraska, where he compiled an 863 record. III playoffs, conference title, 11-1, NCAA Div. It marked the second consecutive season the Eagles posted the top GPA in the league, holding a 2.90 team mark. 1 in the nation with a 100 percent red zone scoring clip (tied with Washington State) in 2020. "" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. Chris Creighton - Football Coach - Eastern Michigan University Athletics Eagles announce promotions, additions to the coaching staff Kirk Campbell. [43], After Rynearson moved from coaching into an administrative role, Harry Ockerman coached the football team for three seasons. Behind Kody Epps, Keanu HIll, and Chase Roberts, BYU is untested at wide receiver. Full Bio. Co-Defensive Coordinator/Special Teams Coordinator/Safeties. A school-record 63 Bulldogs were also named to the PFL Academic Honor Roll. Reed was the program's defensive pass game . He was named a JUCO All-American and was selected to the First-Team All-Conference team after the 2021 season. One player that BYU is actively pursuing is Eastern Michigan transfer Darius Lassiter. [20][21] In three years as Eastern Michigan's football coach, Schulte compiled a 961 record. EMU ranked 10th in passing efficiency defense, 11th in turnover margin, 19th in blocked kicks, 20th in turnovers gained, 20th in fourth down conversion defense, 22nd in fumbles recovered, 30th in scoring defense, and 33rd in interceptions. Van Hoeven, who boasted a 3.96 GPA, became the first EMU student-athlete in the football programs history to be named a First Team Academic All-American. [2] Over the course of his career, he coached at least one year in every varsity sport at Michigan State Normal, including football, basketball, baseball and track,[40] as well as serving as athletic director from 1948 to 1963. Twitter - @Cougs_Daily and Casey Lundquist at @casey_lundquist, BYU is putting on a full-court press in search of more wide receivers, Baker has averaged more than 10 points per game over the last three seasons, Baker was committed to BYU for over two years before opening up his recruitment, On the same day that Kody Epps entered the transfer portal, BYU offered two transfer wide receivers, Jaren Hall will start his NFL career with the Minnesota Vikings, Blake Freeland is headed to the Indianapolis Colts, Multiple former Cougars rank among the top five best available players at their positions, Lassiter has garnered Power Five interest since entering the transfer portal, added 16 transfers to the roster for the 2023 season. And I mean very run-heavy. III playoffs, conference title. [2] Among the more notable head coaches at EMU have been Clayton Teetzel (19001902), Henry Schulte (19061908), Elton Rynearson (1917, 19191920, 19251948), Fred Trosko (19521964), Dan Boisture (19671973), Mike Stock (19781982), and Jim Harkema (19831992). With that trip setting the foundation for the Bulldogs 2011 season, the team adopted the theme Tupande Kileleni, a Swahili term that translates to Lets climb to the summit. The summit, for Drake, became the quest to perform to its full potential and symbolized the climb to the top of the Pioneer Football League standings, which it achieved. Green served 10 years as mayor of Ionia, Michigan, from 1913 until 1922. After setting program records on the offensive side of the ball last season, it was the defenses time to shine in 2017, as they had one of the most successful defensive campaigns in program history. Eastern Michigan's football coaching staff all filled up with the announcement of three newcomers: Brandon Blaney, LaMarcus Hicks, and Mike Piatkowski. [17] Teetzel graduated from the University of Michigan Law School with an LL.B. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. Creighton is the first active head coach to be hired at Eastern Michigan since Jim Harkema in 1983. EMU athletic director Scott Wetherbee announced Tuesday that he, football coach Chris Creighton, men's basketball coach Rob Murphy and women's basketball coach Fred Castro will take a 7%. 8 in the final NCAA Division III coaches poll. After the shortened 3-game 1918 season was coached by Lynn Bell, Rynearson returned to coach the 1919 squad to their first winning season in four years. Through the air, EMU quarterbacks combined for 2,666 yards passing, ranking seventh in program single-season annals. In 2019, Eastern played in a postseason bowl for the third time in the last four seasons, and for the fifth time in school history. At Eastern Michigan, he compiled a 1012 record from 1976 to 1977. [39] His 26 seasons as head coach are double those of the next-longest serving coach, and no Eastern Michigan University football coach has reached even half of Rynearson's win total of 114 games. Creighton served as offensive coordinator at Concordia (Ill.) from 1991-92 and Manchester (Ind.) [21] Creighton coached at Drake from 2008 to 2013, compiling a record of 4122. The 23.3 points allowed per game ranked 12th best mark in school history in the modern era (since 1976), and the best since 1993. [89] Harkema is credited with building the program at Eastern Michigan into a "Top-Shelf" program,[90] and he coached one of just two EMU games at Rynearson Stadium that sold-out: a 24-31 loss to Western Michigan on October 22, 1988 drew 23,003 (listed capacity at the time was 22,227), and a 0-0 tie against Eastern Kentucky on October 16, 1971 drew 17,360 (listed capacity at the time was 15,500). Both Mike Stock and Bob LaPointe had lengthy coaching careers, but their time at Eastern Michigan University is primarily notable for a school-record 27-game losing streak from 1980 through 1982, including a winless season in 1981. EMU Standouts Hope to Hear Their Names Called at NFL Draft Kilimanjaro and a victory over a Mexican collegiate all-star team in the Kili Bowl-the first game of American football played on African soil. Lassiter has two seasons of eligibility remaining and he has received competing offers from Colorado, Washington State, Pitt, Boston College, Tulsa, ECU, UConn, Toledo, and UNLV since entering the transfer portal. He also led Ottawa to a conference championship in 2000 along with appearances in the NAIA playoffs in 97 and 2000. In 2013, the Bulldogs finished with a 6-5 record for their 10th consecutive winning season. Creighton was named North Coast Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 2002, 05 and 07, as well as the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 1997. [21] Creighton is a Christian. One of eight active Football Bowl Subdivision coaches to record more than 160 wins, Creighton helped the Eagles to the programs first win in 126 seasons over a Big Ten or Power Five team with a 16-13 victory over Rutgers, Sept. 9, 2017. Wabash, like Kenyon and Manchester, competed in NCAA Division III. Drakes two-week experience in Africa in 2011 for the inaugural Global Kilimanjaro Bowl included significant service projects in orphanages and schools, the ascension of 19,340-foot Mt. Michigan Football Coaching Staff As the teams quarterback, Creighton led the Griffins to win the Swedish league championship. In his first season as head coach, Mans' team started the season with only one win in the first six games, but the team finished strong, going 311 in the final five games. 2013 Football Roster - Eastern Michigan University Athletics A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. As an All-America quarterback, Creighton led Kenyon (Ohio) College to its only North Coast Athletic Conference title in 1989 and was named conference player of the year after setting single-season conference records for passing yardage (2,843) and touchdowns (29). The team posted winning seasons in all seven years of Boisture's coaching, including a 13-game winning streak that remains a school record. Phone: 810-623-7491 It was Drakes fifth PFL crown and first since 2004. During his final three years at Wabash, Creighton led the Little Giants to a 30-5 record (.857) including three-straight league championships and appearances in the 2005 and 2007 NCAA Division III playoffs. Eastern Michigan safeties coach Fred Reed dies at 54; also coached with In going to a bowl game for the third time in four seasons, 30 of Creightons student-athletes have the opportunity to do something that only one other group in program history has accomplished previously - play in three bowl games. Chris Creighton Coaching Rsum. A quick look at the MAC head coaching salaries reveals some interesting things about the conference. The most recent head coach to leave Eastern Michigan with a winning record was Dan Boisture, who left after the 1973 season; only Boisture and Elton Rynearson coached more than two seasons and retired with winning records. 2021 Eastern Michigan Coaching Staff Football Coaches & Staff [22][23] Under Creighton, Drake shared the Pioneer League title in 2011 and 2012. [17] In 2002, Creighton led Wabash to an undefeated season and its first playoff appearance since 1977, earning him NCAC coach of the year honors. In 1976, Rynearson was posthumously named one of the inaugural members of the Eastern Michigan University Athletic Hall of Fame.[41]. Following a 38-10 loss to Central Michigan on November 1, 2003, Diles fired Woodruff, saying, "Jeff Woodruff has helped develop our program with quality young men, but the team is not on the competitive level that we felt should be after four years."[104]. Creightons Bulldogs also featured eight players named to the Academic All-PFL team (three 1st team, five 2nd team) and a then-school-record 55 earning a place on the PFLs Academic Honor Roll. Sports Mission Statement Media Relations Office NCAA Compliance NCAA Appearances Organizational Chart Alumni Contact Update Coaches/Staff Information Form EADA Report Facility Rentals . 2nd Win over a Big Ten Conference team (Purdue) Assist with travel notice creation and issuance to student-athletes, faculty and coaches; Assist in review of time management and countable athletic-related activity; Assist in review and audit of data for graduation rates, academic progress census data, compliance assistant updates, ARMS roster updates, and cohort master list The official Football Coach List for the Eastern Michigan University Eagles Skip To Main . He was an assistant coach at Northwestern University from 1994 until 2003, when he was hired to head the Eastern Michigan program. In 1963, Mans was hired as the ends coach for the Eastern Michigan football team,[64] but he left after one year to serve as Michigan Tech's head wrestling coach, assistant director of intramural athletics, and assistant football coach. [30] Creighton's was one of several names floated during the intermittent negotiations between Greg Schiano and Rutgers which culminated in Schiano's return. Away from the field, EMU led the MAC in team grade point average for the 2015-16 academic year. [28], Creighton's performance at Eastern, regarded as one of, if not the "toughest place to win in Division I football", attracted attention from other programs. A Burlsworth Trophy nominee in 2021 (awarded to nations best former walk on), Beydoun was one of just three wide outs in the nation to record three games with 10-or-more receptions, and became just the third player in program history to record seven career games with more than 100 yards. Most Improved Program in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) in 2016 All told, EMUs seven losses were by a combined 35 points. In 1966, the team competed as an NCAA College Division independent school and posted a 5-3-1 record. Concordia (Ill.) University (Graduated in 1993 - master's degree) All requests to interview coaches, staff, . He was fired in November, 2008, but coached the final game of the season against Central Michigan,[105] which set numerous school records for offense. Furthermore, the 364.4 yards of total offense allowed were the second-best mark since 1998 and best since 2011. [21][25][26] Schulte also served as a coach on the U.S. track team at the 1928 Summer Olympics. After Spring camp, offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick said BYU was short as many as three or four scholarship wide receivers. [75][76] He also held the position of City Administrator in Southgate and Flat Rock, Michigan. A Second Team Academic All-American in 2020, Van Hoeven joins Ken Bruchanski (Baseball - 1974 & 1975), Chrzanowski (2006 & 2007), Don Ellison (Swimming - 2008 & 2009), and Willy Fink (Mens Track/Cross Country - 2016 & 2017) as the only players in EMU history to garner the honor twice in a career. Following graduation in 1991, Creighton became offensive coordinator (OC) at Concordia University Chicago under Jim Braun while working on his master's degree, which he completed in 1993. All told, EMUs five of six losses were by a combined 18 points. [4] His 48 passing touchdowns over his two years as a starter were also an NCAC record until Kenyon's Brad Hensley surpassed it in 1994. In 1969, the new stadium, which was considered off-campus at the time, opened with a capacity of 15,500. [30]:118 Elton Rynearson was the team captain for the 19161917 season, and succeeded Mitchell as the head coach. Jesse Minter. On defense, the Eagles saw a remarkable improvement in its first season under defensive coordinator Neal Neathery. Robert McCollum Family Quarterbacks Coach. Mar 8, 2023. In 2011, Creightons fourth Bulldogs team won nine games and tied for the Pioneer Football League title with a 7-1 conference record. Stock was fired after the team lost the first three games of 1982, including a 49-12 pasting at Louisiana Tech and 35-0 shutout at Miami University, bringing the losing streak to 22 games; the team went on to lose five more consecutive games under interim coach Bob LaPointe before the streak was broken with a 9-7 win over Kent State on November 6, 1982. First EMU Head Coach to defeat all 11 other MAC members Still in Sweden when the job became available, Creighton applied for it over the phone. In this spirit, EMU has nicknamed Rynearson Stadium The Factory, a place where coaches and staff will go to work each day to help E Tough student-athletes become scholars, leaders, champions and impact men. R1 (1): QB Bryce Young, Alabama R2 (39): WR Jonathan Mingo, Ole Miss R3 (80): EDGE DJ Johnson, Oregon R4 (114): G Chandler Zavala, NC State R5 (145): S Jammie Robinson, Florida State. Teetzel played end on the 1897 and 1898 Michigan Wolverines football teams[16] before switching to halfback in 1899.