1st Bowl Played on US soil in 31 years (1987 California Bowl to 2018 Camellia Bowl) The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. [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). Doug Samuels. Contact the department's website editor to make changes to a department's faculty and staff listings. Tony Lombardi was the shortest-tenured coach, both in time and number of games, leading the team only for five days,[3] and only for the final game of the 1999 season.[1]. The official Football Coach List for the Eastern Michigan University Eagles Skip To Main . [2], Stock continued to coach football both at the collegiate level and the professional level, both in the United States Football League and the National Football League, until his retirement following the 2008 NFL season, but this was his only head coaching position. As an offense, Eastern converted 42.4 percent (67-of-158) of its third down tries during the regular season. For two years after Trosko's resignation, Jerry Raymond coached the football team. Creightons first Drake club in 2008 went 6-5 and finished in a tie for fourth in the PFL. These key words have come to describe EMU football as Chris Creighton enters his ninth season as the head man at EMU in 2022. EMUs offense was one of the best scoring units in the Mid-American Conference regular season in 2021. [14] In 2011 Creighton's interests in developing countries and mountain climbing intersected when he helped organize the 2011 Kilimanjaro Bowl, the first football game to be played on the African continent. [30]:118 Elton Rynearson was the team captain for the 19161917 season, and succeeded Mitchell as the head coach. Ockerman had a previous affiliation with the school, having coached men's basketball for three seasons from 1932 to 1935 (bookended by Rynearson), and he was also an experienced football coach, having led the Bowling Green Falcons football team for six seasons from 1935 through 1940, including a 6-1-1 record in 1939. Pride. During the 2015 campaign, the Eagles finished the regular season ranked nationally in the top-60 in seven statistical categories to go along with 11 top-five rankings in the MAC. [8] Creighton spent four seasons at Manchester, continuing under Dave Harms after the latter replaced Liston following the 1994 season. He also served as the school's track coach from 1919 to 1938, and was an assistant coach for the football team from 1922 to 1927. [106] Prior to arriving at Eastern Michigan, English had been the defensive coordinator at Michigan in 2006 and 2007, and at Louisville in 2008. ", "Eastern Michigan football knows fortunes could change with Quick Lane Bowl win", "Eastern Michigan's Chris Creighton will be OC, too; ex-Michigan assistant joins staff", "Former Washington U. quarterback returns as head coach", "Brad Rock: College coach says no to profanity", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chris_Creighton&oldid=1151081943, This page was last edited on 21 April 2023, at 19:45. Drake, a member of the non-football Missouri Valley Conference, played football in the Pioneer Football League, a Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) conference whose members do not award scholarships for football. Ockerman was unable to find success with the Michigan State Normal football team, however, posting a 7-19 record in three seasons, including an 0-8 record in 1949. I don't think we'll use all of them, but we'll probably use a couple of them to bolster that room with depth.". The 2023 Michigan State Spartans football team will represent Michigan State University in the East Division of the Big Ten Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. 1991 Concordia High School in IL. YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) Eastern Michigan University Head Football Coach Chris Creighton announced a trio of coaching additions as well as three title changes today, Feb. 17, as he continues to finalize his staff heading into the 2020 season. Running backs rounded out the group with nine percent of the total receptions (11-of-126), and eight percent of the groups TDs (1-of-12). Statistics correct as of the end of the 2022 college football season. Eastern Michigan finished the 2018 season with a 7-6 record after a last-second field goal proved to be the difference against Georgia Southern in the Camellia Bowl. degree in 1900, following which he became the head coach at Michigan State Normal. [19], While ineligible at Michigan, Schulte began a long career in coaching. The team also took a huge step forward in stopping the run, as the defense gave up 149 yards per game less on the ground in 2016 than it did a year earlier. [58] Boisture was named NCAA District Four "coach of the year" in 1971. Furthermore, the Green and Whites 22.1 points allowed per game tied for the 11th-best mark in school history in the modern era (since 1976), and the best since 1993. [33][34], Creighton is married to his wife, Heather. 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. In Alexys Granata, Eastern Michigan football has 'go-getter,' trendsetter Alexys Granata is one of just eight female full-time director of operations across all of the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. Salaries for Michigan Football Assistant Coaches May . Green served 10 years as mayor of Ionia, Michigan, from 1913 until 1922. Eastern Michigan added another line to its lists of firsts, under Creighton in 2021. 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. Louis. In 2013, the Bulldogs finished with a 6-5 record for their 10th consecutive winning season. Creighton explained that the trips encouraged personal growth: "You're doing something that maybe you didn't think you could doI just think you grow as a person in those situations. Eastern was invited to the 2016 Bahamas Bowl, its first postseason appearance since the 1987 California Bowl. Trosko's teams had a 29-game winless streak from the third game of the 1959 season through the fifth game of the 1962 season,[48][49] following the decision of the Eastern Michigan administration not to award athletic scholarships. [82][83] La Pointe went on to a long career as a high school football coach in southeastern Michigan, retiring in 2010. Jesse Minter. As offensive coordinator at Wabash, Creightons teams averaged 35 points per game with the multiple offense producing the schools all-time leading rusher and passer. 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. That number is the seventh-most in a single season by any Eastern player. Lassiter is currently in Provo on a BYU visit. About Deane W. Kelley (1892), Verne S. Bennett (1894), Enoch Thorne (1898), Dwight Watson (1899), Hunter Forest (1903), Daniel Lawrence (19041905), Clare Hunter (1909), Curry Hicks (1910), Dwight Wilson (1911), Leroy Brown (19121913; basketball also), and Thomas Ransom (1914; basketball also) little is known beyond the years they held the position, the team's schedule, and occasional tidbits from The Aurora, the school yearbook. 2-4. The official 2013 Football Roster for the Eastern Michigan University Eagles . The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. [20][21][9], On December 22, 2007, Creighton was named the head football coach at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, replacing interim head coach Steve Loney. In 1976, Rynearson was posthumously named one of the inaugural members of the Eastern Michigan University Athletic Hall of Fame.[41]. [31] In 2019, Eastern finished 67 after losing to the University of Pittsburgh in the Quick Lane Bowl; it was the first time Eastern had qualified for the postseason in back-to-back years. The San Francisco, Calif. native produced one of the greatest single season turnarounds in NAIA history during his first year at Ottawa in 1997. 1st Win at Akron since 1995 [64][67] In 1966, he accepted an assistant coaching position at the University of Michigan where he remained for eight years from 1966 to 1973,[68][69] serving under both Bump Elliott and Bo Schembechler. 36 88 Chris CreightonRetweeted Eastern Michigan Football @EMUFB Oct 1 Our are back. Eastern Michigan competed in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). 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. As the head coach at Wabash in the early 2000s, he turned the school into a national contender at the NCAA Division III level. [86], Beginning in 1986, Harkema led Eastern Michigan to four consecutive winning seasons,[87] including Eastern's only Mid-American Conference championship and only 10-win season[88] in 1987, when the team went to the 1987 California Bowl and upset 17 point favorite San Jose State University for the only bowl game win in school history. In 2009, picked to finish sixth in the preseason coaches poll, Creighton guided Drake to an 8-3 record, including a 6-2 third-place finish in the Pioneer Football League. After a successful regular season, Eastern aided its postseason hopes with a viral video of student-athletes lip syncing to Destinys Childs Say My Name to help EMU claim its second bowl appearance in three seasons. 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. 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. In 1990 Creighton's 29 touchdown passes set an NCAC record which stood until 2001 when Wabash College's Jake Knottplaying under Creightoneclipsed it. The Eagles set a single-season franchise record with 70 sacks in 2022 and became the first team with four different players to register 10+ sacks. [49] In 1982, he was inducted into the Eastern Michigan Sports Hall of Fame.[51]. TicketSmarter- Official Ticket Resale Marketplace, Deputy Athletic Director for Internal Operations/SWA, Deputy Athletic Director for External Operations, Associate AD for Sports Medicine (Volleyball), Associate AD for Athletic Media Relations (Football, M/W Golf, ESPN, Radio), Director of Athletic Media Relations (Football, Tennis, Podcast, Creative), Assistant Director of Athletic Media Relations (W. Basketball, Volleyball, Lacrosse), Assistant Director of Athletic Media Relations (M. Basketball, Soccer, Lacrosse), Director of Facilities and Game Operations, Director of Facilities and Event Operations, Assistant Director of Facilities and Operations, Assistant Athletic Trainer (Swimming/Dive, XC/Track), Assistant Athletic Trainer (Head Football), Assistant Athletic Trainer (Football, Tennis), Athletic Counselor/Limited Licensed Psychologist, Senior Director, Sales, Service, & Operations, Senior Consultant, Sales, Service, & Operations, Assistant Coach/Head Men's Cross Country Coach, Associate AD for Operations and Recruiting, Director of On-campus Recruiting and Operations, Player Personnel Assistant/High School Relations. One of the best football teams in recent Eastern Michigan history and arguably one of the best in the Mid-American Conference, the Eagles experienced plenty of moments of celebration as well as heartbreak in 2017. "X" indicates an interim year without play. [49], The team's success came to an abrupt end in 1959. "[3], After firing Rick Rasnick, and allowing the contracts of all his assistant coaches to expire, athletic director Dave Diles hired Jeff Woodruff as the head football coach to begin in 2000. "[19] Under Creighton, Wabash played exhibition games in Austria, losing (against the Vienna Vikings) and winning in Panama. Ottawa competed as part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). 1 overall and secured their potential franchise quarterback. 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. The official Football Coach List for the Ball State University Cardinals Skip To Main . On the ground, the Eagles were just as good. He was inducted into the Kenyon College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008. The team has had 40 head coaches, including four interim head coaches who each served less than one full season (Bob LaPointe, Jan Quarless, Tony Lombardi, and Al Lavan), since its first recorded football game in 1891. On the national scale, Eastern owned the fifth-best redzone defense in the NCAA, while holding opponents to 150.2 passing yards per game, the third-fewest in the nation. While at MSNC, Mitchell taught physical education courses geared toward the school's future teachers, covering such topics as playground direction and athletic coaching, he co-wrote a book about basketball,[29] and he coached several sports. Our numbers are down right now, we don't have as many receivers in the room. In his first year in Ypsilanti, Creightons Eagles finished the regular season ranked nationally in the top-60 in nine statistical categories to go along with six top-five rankings in the MAC standings. An ambassador for off-field success, Creightons leadership helped mold Mike Van Hoeven into a First Team Academic All-American. "[9] His career coaching record at Wabash was 6315, ranking him third in school history in total wins and fifth in winning percentage (.808). Off the field, the squad also continues to give back with weekly service appearances in the Ypsilanti community. III playoffs, conference title. He finished with 20.5 sacks in his career, which places him second all-time in program history behind only Avery Brown . He ended his college career on a 12-game losing streak. "" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. Additionally, he is just the sixth player in Eastern Michigan history to collect first team honors. The 2012 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team represented Eastern Michigan University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season.They were led by fourth year head coach Ron English and played their home games at Rynearson Stadium.They are a member of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference.They finished the season 2-10, 1-7 in MAC play to finish in last place in the West . [24] Creighton inherited a difficult situation. 1st Win over a Big Ten Conference Team (Rutgers) [12] In those four seasons, Creighton's teams went 329 and won the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference championship in 1997 and 2000. The winning on the field carried over to the classroom, as Eastern notched a program record cumulative GPA of 3.013 in the Fall 2018 semester. 2020 Eastern Michigan Season 2-4. Creightons efforts again resulted in league-wide recognition in 2021, as seven different Eagles landed on All-MAC teams. After undergoing a very thorough and comprehensive assessment of our football program I'm convinced that Rick Rasnick is not the person to take our football team to a Mid-American Conference championship level. In total, 14 different Eagles found the pay dirt in 2021, including five players who scored multiple touchdowns. [96] He applied unsuccessfully for several head coaching positions,[97][98] and from 1991 through 1995 he was the offensive coordinator for the Utah Utes,[98] during which time the team consistently featured one of the nation's top offenses. [11] A. Bird Glaspie held various political posts in Michigan,[12] and served in the Michigan House of Representatives[13] from 1917 until 1922 and the Michigan Senate from 1923 through 1924. . 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. Elston began with the Chips as the defensive line coach and added the title of Co-Defensive Coordinator in his second year. Behind Kody Epps, Keanu HIll, and Chase Roberts, BYU is untested at wide receiver. With its seven regular-season wins, Eastern clinched a winning record in 2021, the third under Creighton; Prior to his arrival, EMU had not had a winning record since the 1989 season. matthew.strzalkowski@cuaa.edu. Department of Athletics Mailing Addresses. It was the programs first victory inside the Glass Bowl (UTs home stadium) since the 1999 season. Our is ready. 3rd Win over a Power 5 Conference team (Illinois) Coming into the game, Eastern had lost 10 consecutive road games to Toledo. As the teams quarterback, Creighton led the Griffins to win the Swedish league championship. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. [101], On November 16, 1999, three days after a 29-26 loss at Central Michigan,[102] Eastern Michigan Athletic Director Dave Diles held a press conference to announce that he had fired Rasnick as head coach,[103] and that defensive coordinator Tony Lombardi would serve as the interim head coach for the final game of the season, four days later, saying, "I felt it was best to make a change at this time to begin an immediate search for a new head football coach. 1st Four-game MAC winning streak since 1995 Voted a finalist for the 2016 American Football Coaches Awards first-ever Comeback Coach of the Year, Creighton led EMU in to the programs first winning season since 1995 and its first bowl appearance since 1987. Ron English was hired as head coach at Eastern Michigan in December 2008. That number ranked 45th in the nation. At the time of his hiring by Eastern Michigan, he was one of six African American head coaches at Football Bowl Subdivision teams; the others (and their teams at the time) were Turner Gill (Buffalo), Kevin Sumlin (Houston), Mike Locksley (New Mexico), Randy Shannon (University of Miami), and Mike Haywood (Miami University). 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. The 2016 Eagles finished in a seven-way tie for the most improved program in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) in 2016, bettering its win total from one win in 2015, to seven. Most notably that Frank Solich remains the highest . 2nd Win over a Big Ten Conference team (Purdue) Chlebek came to Eastern Michigan from the University of Notre Dame, where he was an assistant under Dan Devine and coached future Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana. Furthermore, the 364.4 yards of total offense allowed were the second-best mark since 1998 and best since 2011. The BYU coaching staff has already added 16 transfers to the roster for the 2023 season, and they still have multiple scholarships to use on transfers. 1st Win over a Power 5 Conference team (Rutgers) 2014 Eastern Michigan Season 2-10. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. Director of Athletic Media Relations (Football, Tennis, Podcast, Creative) 734.487.0317 734.487.0317: AlexJewell_EMU: Alyssa Rodriguez: Assistant Director of Athletic Media Relations (W. Basketball, Volleyball, Lacrosse) . 2013 Drake Season 6-5. III playoffs, conference title, 11-1, NCAA Div. 1993 anchester High School in IN. Eastern's Accomplishments in the Chris Creighton Era Staff Directory Members By Category/Department; Name Title Phone Email Address Twitter; Chris Creighton: Head Coach 734.487.2160 734.487.2160: [25], In 2016, Creighton led Eastern to a 75 regular season record, its first winning season in twenty years. 1988 Kenyon. [28], Elmer Mitchell attended the University of Michigan, where he played on the varsity baseball team for three years, and he was the team captain in 1912, his senior year. Easterns offense was electric in 2019 en route to an appearance in the Quick Lane Bowl, amassing 5,271 total yards, 49 touchdowns, and 379 total points. Creighton remained a "diehard" Raiders fan even as his playing and coaching career pulled him east. The 2021 regular season had plenty of exciting moments. In addition, a then-school record 61 Bulldogs were named to the PFL Academic Honor Roll for achieving a grade-point average of 3.0 or above. Harkema was the head coach at Grand Valley State University (1973-82) before taking over the EMU program and leading it to its only Mid-American Conference Championship in 1987. James M. Swift was raised in Massachusetts, where American football went through much of its early development, and he is credited with introducing "scientific football" to Michigan State Normal School. Rick Rasnick attended San Jose State University, and after graduation he stayed with the school as an assistant coach. $660,000. Still in Sweden when the job became available, Creighton applied for it over the phone. 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. [21] Creighton coached at Drake from 2008 to 2013, compiling a record of 4122. The signal caller set nearly every Bulldog single-season and career passing mark under Creightons tutelage. Co-Defensive Coordinator/Special Teams Coordinator/Safeties. Creighton holds the unusual distinction of having won football games on three different continents. Nationally, EMU finished the year tied with Georgia Tech, Northwestern and Oklahoma State for most blocked kicks with six. There was plenty of reason to say our name in 2018, thanks to the play both on and off the field. The process led to the hire of Southeast Missouri State (FCS) defensive line coach Jerone Steckel as their . [9] During the trip, which also included various service-learning activities, Creighton led his players on a six-day hike up Mount Kilimanjaro. 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. 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. First time EMU has been bowl eligible in back-to-back seasons [79][80][81] Stock's teams were held scoreless seven times, his teams were outscored by a total of 809 points nearly 18 points per game, and his final record of 6-38-1 gives him a 14.4% win percentage, easily the lowest of any coach to remain at Eastern more than one season. He is currently the head coach at Eastern Michigan University, a position he has held since the 2014 season. [21], From 1909 to 1913, Schulte coached at Cape Girardeau College in Missouri,[22] and he was also an assistant coach on the 1912 Michigan Wolverines football team. The margin for error was razor thin for the Eagles this year as nine of EMUs 12 games were decided by seven points or less, including six of EMUs seven losses coming down to one possession, and a school-record three in overtime. In 2020, Creighton successfully guided the program through to challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, while also taking on a play-caller role for the first time in his stint at Eastern. Largest deficit overcome in program history at 21-points (at Ball State in 2016) Furthermore, EMU was one of just 11 FBS teams to play in at least eight one-score games during the season. After Spring camp, offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick said BYU was short as many as three or four scholarship wide receivers. From 1998 through 2001, Cooper was head coach at Alabama A&M. YPSILANTI, Mich. - Eastern Michigan University is mourning the loss of assistant football coach Fred Reed, who died Sunday, May 8, at the age of 54. An alumnus of Kalamazoo College, Harkema had achieved success as the head coach of Grand Valley State, where he compiled a record of 68291 with winning seasons in nine of his ten years,[85] reaching the NAIA semifinals in 1978. 1st Three-game winning streak against Big Ten Conference opponents He played at Butler Community College in 2021 where he finished with over 700 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns. Drake matched its best nine-game start in history (8-1) that year, while riding a six-game mid-season winning streak. [31], In 1917, Mitchell left MSNC for the University of Michigan, where he coached the first two seasons of varsity basketball,[32] and instituted intramural athletics. Phone: 810-623-7491 [9] In 1965 the team registered a 3-4-1 record, but with three non-conference losses, their record in the Presidents' Athletic Conference was 3-1-1. From 1981 to 1982, he coached Kent State to a 418 record. The season ended with a trip to Hillsdale College and a 206 victory.[42]). Meanwhile, EMUs offense racked up 1,654 yards on the ground and 1,821 yards though the air. As an offense, EMU ranked 35th in the FBS in total offense, posting 455.2 yards per game in 13 contests. In 1966, the team competed as an NCAA College Division independent school and posted a 5-3-1 record. "[50], Trosko had the second longest tenure of any head coach at the school. [22][23] Under Creighton, Drake shared the Pioneer League title in 2011 and 2012. Chris Creighton Coaching Rsum. Most Improved Program in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) in 2016 Lassiter signed with Eastern Michigan out of the JUCO ranks. [21][25][26] Schulte also served as a coach on the U.S. track team at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Schulte played guard and center at Michigan for Fielding H. Yost's famous "Point-a-Minute" teams of 1903, 1904, and 1905. [20] From 1906 to 1908, Schulte served as coach of the football, baseball and track teams at Eastern Michigan University. 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.

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