Henry Schulte was the second career coach to work at Michigan State Normal. 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. 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. Just the seventh DU coach to win 40-or-more games and the fastest to do so, Creighton needed just 60 games to accomplish the feat. The Argonauts won the Grey Cup in 1983. [27] The improved performance protected the football program in early 2018 when budget cuts eliminated four other sports, amid ongoing controversy within the campus community as to whether the program, successful or no, was worth funding. Salaries for Michigan Football Assistant Coaches May . 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. In 1966, the team competed as an NCAA College Division independent school and posted a 5-3-1 record. 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. Michigan now has one of the youngest Division I coaching staffs in NCAA Football. Sanford RobErtson Offensive Coordinator / Donald C. Graham Football Offensive Line Coach. [A 5] Following the name change, the football team struggled, and after losing the first four games of the 1992 season, Harkema resigned, and assistant coach Jan Quarless took over for the remainder of the season.[92]. Michigan Assistant Coaches earn $2.5 million in Bonuses for 2022 Season. He ended his college career on a 12-game losing streak. [29] 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. Lassiter signed with Eastern Michigan out of the JUCO ranks. English had gone 1146 over the past five seasons; in his first two seasons, Creighton won only three games. The energetic but veteran coach was named a winner of the Giant Steps Award presented by the National Consortium for Academics and Sports as part of National Student-Athlete Day on April 6, 2011. As the teams quarterback, Creighton led the Griffins to win the Swedish league championship. [8] Creighton spent four seasons at Manchester, continuing under Dave Harms after the latter replaced Liston following the 1994 season. Contact the department's website editor to make changes to a department's faculty and staff listings. In 1993, he played professionally for the Limhamn Griffins, a Swedish club team, and won the Superserien league championship as the team's quarterback. Our numbers are down right now, we don't have as many receivers in the room. Chlebek played college football as a quarterback at Western Michigan University from 1959 to 1961,[77] and in 1963, he played for the New York Jets of the American Football League. [72] In May 1976, Mans announced his resignation as Eastern Michigan's coach in what the Associated Press described as a "surprise move. He was the 26th head football coach for the Ottawa University Braves and ranked fourth in school history in total wins and first in winning percentage (.780). III", "Drake wins first college football game in Africa", "Eastern Michigan: We're keeping football", "(Balmy) Bahamas Bowl hosts upstarts Eastern Michigan, Old Dominion", "EMU cuts four sports, leaves football untouched", "Why EMU's Chris Creighton may have nation's toughest coaching job", "EMU's Chris Creighton reportedly candidate for Temple head coaching job", "Could Jim McElwain's remarkable run at Central Michigan be short-lived? [24] Creighton inherited a difficult situation. In his first seven seasons, the team attained a record of 41192, including a 711 record in 1953 and an 810 record in 1954. He finished with 20.5 sacks in his career, which places him second all-time in program history behind only Avery Brown . 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. Eastern has now had seven-or-more honorees in six consecutive seasons. 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]. 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. 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. In addition, he coached Wabash in exhibition games in Austria and Panama. On the ground, EMU churned out the 14th-best single-season rushing total at 1,894 yards. 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. Resilience. 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. 1991 Concordia High School in IL. Overall, EMU was nationally ranked seventh in fumbles recovered, 32nd in turnovers gained, 58th in interceptions, and 59th in rushing defense. In 1906, in response to charges of professionalism at major college football programs, the faculty at Michigan ruled Schulte and two other football players academically ineligible. Sophomore Samson Evans led all Eagles and ranked fourth in the league with 12 touchdowns. One of the most memorable occasions in recent EMU history, the Eagles erupted for a 52-49 win over MAC-West rival Toledo, Nov. 2. College: Kenyon College (Graduated in 1991 - bachelor's degree) 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. From 1998 through 2001, Cooper was head coach at Alabama A&M. Creighton, awarded in the Coaching category, was one of just five 2011 winners of the Giant Steps Award, given annually to individuals who use sport to positively affect social change, actualizing the mission of the NCAS. 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. [54] His 1971 squad finished the regular season 7-0-2, only allowing one touchdown in the last five games,[57] before losing to Louisiana Tech in the Pioneer Bowl, the first bowl trip in school history. Eastern's Accomplishments in the Chris Creighton Era Creighton remained a "diehard" Raiders fan even as his playing and coaching career pulled him east. After leaving Eastern Michigan, Mans went on to a long political career, serving as mayor of Trenton, Michigan, from 1983 to 1989, and as a state representative from 1996 through 2002. 3rd Win over a Big Ten Conference team (Illinois) 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. The official Roster for the Eastern Michigan University Eagles. [60] In February 1974, Boisture left Eastern Michigan to coach the Detroit Wheels, in the World Football League,[61][62] who also played home games at Rynearson Stadium.[63]. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. degree in 1900, following which he became the head coach at Michigan State Normal. Fielding only non-scholarship athletes, Trosko's teams were unable to compete,[49] and in August 1965, Trosko resigned as the result of "an apparent break with school administrators over policy. 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. They have three children. 36 88 Chris CreightonRetweeted Eastern Michigan Football @EMUFB Oct 1 Our are back. Jeff Genyk, a native of nearby Ann Arbor, Michigan, who was raised in Milan, Michigan, played quarterback for Bowling Green State University. 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. 1990 Kenyon. Creighton was head coach at Ottawa (Kan.) University from 1997-2000, compiling a record of 32-9 (.780). "[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. [58] Boisture was named NCAA District Four "coach of the year" in 1971. Amid public criticism, including calls by the faculty union and student government in early 2016 for the school to move down to FCS, the university reaffirmed its commitment to Creighton and staying in FBS. Creightons efforts again resulted in league-wide recognition in 2021, as seven different Eagles landed on All-MAC teams. [18] He would also be named NCAC coach of the year in 2005 and 2007. 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. [19], While ineligible at Michigan, Schulte began a long career in coaching. As an offense, Eastern converted 42.4 percent (67-of-158) of its third down tries during the regular season. 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. 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. Additionally, the team averaged 4.66 trips to the red zone per game in 2020, a considerable improvement from EMUs 2019 numbers (3.8 trips per game). We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. 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. From 1925 through 1927 they outscored opponents 405 points to 31 and registered 19 shutouts. Furthermore, the 364.4 yards of total offense allowed were the second-best mark since 1998 and best since 2011. These key words have come to describe EMU football as Chris Creighton enters his ninth season as the head man at EMU in 2022. 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. Alex Alvarado Feb 24, 2020 EMU football coaching staff finalized Last week, Eastern Michigan announced the hires of three new assistant coaches: Brandon Blaney, Mike Piatkowski, and LaMarcus Hicks. [9] He was also the head coach for the men's basketball team for the 1915-16 and 1916-17 seasons, with a record of 25 wins and 5 losses,[30]:104 ranking him #1 at the school in winning percentage (.833). Under LaPointe, the team received widespread attention for their various attempts to end the streak, which included "bringing a coffin to the locker room before the gameas a reminder to 'kill the streak'",[78] and hiring a local hypnotist. 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. 1st Win over Miami University since 1993 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. Drake defeated a team of Mexican all-stars 177, giving Creighton a victory on his third continent. 2012 Drake Season 8-3. . Green served 10 years as mayor of Ionia, Michigan, from 1913 until 1922. [20][21] In three years as Eastern Michigan's football coach, Schulte compiled a 961 record. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. Creightons leadership helped seven Eagles earn All-MAC accolades. Wabash posted an 11-2 record in 2007, competing in the NCAA Division III playoffs while being ranked No. Staff Directory Members By Category/Department; Image Name Title Phone Email Address Twitter; Mike Neu: Head Coach 765-285-8251 765-285-8251: bsufootball@bsu.edu EMU closed the regular season with five straight Mid-American Conference victories for its first winning record in conference play since 1995. One player that BYU is. All told, EMUs seven losses were by a combined 35 points. III playoffs, conference title. [49], The team's success came to an abrupt end in 1959. [11], Creighton's first head coaching job was at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas, from 1997 to 2000. Chris and his wife, Heather, have two daughters, Hallie and Kate, and a son, Luke. [7][8] Modern records credit Swift as the school's first football coach, holding that position for the 1891 season. He is currently the head coach at Eastern Michigan University, a position he has held since the 2014 season. Christopher William Creighton (born February 7, 1969) is an American football coach and former player. Hutchinson ran for eight of EMUs 11 rushing scores this season (73%). [8][6] In the spring of 1993, he received an opportunity to play quarterback for Sweden's Limhamn Griffins, where he also served as a coach. [37][38] Although less dominant, Rynearson's teams continued to have success throughout the 1930s, never having a losing season until the teams of 1940 and 1941 combined for a 2-10-3 record. 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. The Eagles were one-of-six FBS teams to play in at least eight one-score games in 2018, however, EMU and Arizona State were the only two to be on the unfortunate side in five of those contests. 1988 Kenyon. At the age of 16 he joined Teen Missions International, an interdenominational Christian mission organization. [59], Boisture's tenure at Eastern Michigan is also notable for the construction of Rynearson Stadium. A school-record 63 Bulldogs were also named to the PFL Academic Honor Roll. [44], A native of Flint, Michigan, Fred Trosko was a multi-sport star at the University of Michigan in the late 1930s, earning nine letters in football, baseball and basketball,[45] and earning both bachelor's and master's degree in education from the school. As a result, Schulte missed the 1906 season. EMU finished the year with 39 touchdowns, a mark that is tied for the fifth-most in a single-season during the squads history, while its 4,560 yards of total offense is also the fifth most. 2023 Football Coaching Staff. Creighton led the Eagles to their first bowl appearance in 29 years. List of Eastern Michigan Eagles head football coaches, Elton Rynearson (1917, 19191920, 19251948), Bell, McCulloch, and Brown (1918, 19211924), Rick Rasnick and Tony Lombardi (19951999). Additionally, quarterback Ben Bryant ranked inside the nations top-12 with a 69 percent completion percentage, and became just the third quarterback in EMU history to eclipse the 3,000-yard mark through the air. Wabash went 12-1 in 2002 and 11-1 in 2005, capping both seasons with appearances in the NCAA Division III playoffs. [14], Most notable of these early coaches was Fred W. Green, who, in 1896, coached the team to the championship of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association. 1993 anchester High School in IN. 2017 Eastern Michigan Season 5-7. In total, 14 different Eagles found the pay dirt in 2021, including five players who scored multiple touchdowns. from 2001-07 where he constructed a 63-15 record (.808) with his teams winning four North Coast Athletic Conference championships, while competing in three NCAA Division III playoffs. Under Creightons play-calling, junior quarterback Preston Hutchinson was able to find 13 different receivers en route to completing 126 passes for 1,662 yards. A pair of first-year Eagles led the way in yards per carry and yards per game, respectively, as Trey Bess III notched 6.4 yards each time from scrimmage and Darius Boone Jr. totaled 84.7 yards per contest. Jesse Minter. Individually, Darius Jackson turned in one of the finest seasons in program history in 2015, setting the schools single-season record with 16 touchdowns. In his career, Creighton has taken his teams on three overseas trips, including a 2011 trip to Tanzania, to go along with ventures to Austria and Panama while head coach at Division III Wabash. Name: Chris Creighton Head Coach: Jim Harbaugh. That number is the seventh-most in a single season by any Eastern player. 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. [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. 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 Three game road winning streak since 1967 The 2010 Bulldogs featured a defense that ranked sixth in the nation among FCS schools (2nd PFL) in rush defense (94.2), eighth (3rd PFL) in sacks (3.0) and 18th (2nd PFL) in tackles for loss (7.4). Nearly one year later, EMU used a 24-yard field goal as time expired for a stunning 20-19 win over Purdue, Sept. 8, 2018, for Easterns first walk-off win in two decades. 1st Four-game MAC winning streak since 1995 Furthermore, EMU was one of just 11 FBS teams to play in at least eight one-score games during the season. [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. Furthermore, EMU went 10-4 in the month of November in those four years. 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. When computing the winloss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss. The Eagles produced points in 28-of-28 trips inside the opponents 20-yard line, a 22.5 percent improvement over last seasons efficiency. EMU allowed 86.5 yards per game less in 2016 (432.7 per game) than it did in 2015 (519.2 per game) to rank 83rd in the country and seventh in the MAC. In addition, the special teams excelled in punt coverage (5th NCAA FCS/1st PFL, 3.4), kickoff coverage (5th NCAA/1st PFL, 16.1) and punt return average (15th NCAA/1st PFL; 13.53). In total, 21 of EMUs red zone trips resulted in touchdowns. 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. "[19] Under Creighton, Wabash played exhibition games in Austria, losing (against the Vienna Vikings) and winning in Panama. His 12 sacks were an all-time single-season record at EMU. [106] Prior to arriving at Eastern Michigan, English had been the defensive coordinator at Michigan in 2006 and 2007, and at Louisville in 2008. The official Football Coach List for the Michigan Wolverines Drake had an 11-game home win streak during Creightons tenure as well as winning 16-straight home conference games with him at the helm. [13] Creighton, who has a life-long interest in mountain climbing, took his seniors on mountain-climbing trips. Jeff Quinn (Buffalo) $325,000. [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). Full Bio. Carolina Panthers. [49] He also taught at Eastern Michigan and remained on the faculty at Eastern Michigan after retiring as football coach,[50] ultimately retiring in 1981 as a professor emeritus. Creightons second season as the teams offensive play caller was highlighted by numerous impressive outcomes. Lynn Bell coached the team for 1918 season, which was a relatively shorter season of only three games (1917 and 1919 seasons each had a schedule of seven games). From 1925 through 1930, the team achieved a 40-4-2 record, including perfect seasons in 1925 and 1927. [7], While head coach at Wabash, Creighton began a practice of writing to national championship-winning coaches to seek their advice on building a successful team. 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 . from 1993-96 before becoming head coach at Ottawa. Kirk Campbell. [22][23] Under Creighton, Drake shared the Pioneer League title in 2011 and 2012. EMU ranked No. EMU pass-catchers recorded four different 100-yard performances in 2020, and accounted for 12 of EMUs 24 offensive touchdowns an ode to the teams offensive balance. The team posted winning seasons in all seven years of Boisture's coaching, including a 13-game winning streak that remains a school record.