1st Winning season since 1995 (7-6 record in 2016) 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. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. Creighton took over the Offensive Coordinator role, as the Eagles went 2-4 in their short, six-game slate. Largest MAC margin of victory in program history at 42-points (vs. Ball State in 2017), THE CHRIS CREIGHTON FILE And I mean very run-heavy. When computing the winloss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss. 2018 Eastern Michigan Season 7-6. Furthermore, EMU was one of just 11 FBS teams to play in at least eight one-score games during the season. Name: Chris Creighton [1][2] His family moved to Seattle, where Creighton attended Roosevelt High School and played quarterback on the football team. [10] Creighton was at Wabash from 2001 to 2007, and turned the program into a "national championship contender. 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. First EMU Head Coach to defeat all 11 other MAC members At the age of 16 he joined Teen Missions International, an interdenominational Christian mission organization. These key words have come to describe EMU football as Chris Creighton enters his ninth season as the head man at EMU in 2022. College: Kenyon College (Graduated in 1991 - bachelor's degree) degree in 1900, following which he became the head coach at Michigan State Normal. Individually, Darius Jackson turned in one of the finest seasons in program history in 2015, setting the schools single-season record with 16 touchdowns. Inheriting a team that posted a record of 1-8 the previous season, Creighton guided his club to a 9-2 finish en route to capturing its first Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference title since 1972. 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. 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. 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. 2015 Eastern Michigan Season 1-11. 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. Ron English was hired as head coach at Eastern Michigan in December 2008. [33], Following the smallpox-shortened 1916 season,[34] during which he was an assistant coach/captain, Rynearson was hired to replace Elmer Mitchell as head coach. He was named a JUCO All-American and was selected to the First-Team All-Conference team after the 2021 season. 2020 Eastern Michigan Season 2-4. 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) . 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). The official 2013 Football Roster for the Eastern Michigan University Eagles . 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.". From 1998 through 2001, Cooper was head coach at Alabama A&M. Elston began with the Chips as the defensive line coach and added the title of Co-Defensive Coordinator in his second year. [32] For his work at MSNC and Michigan, and for his several books on the subject, Mitchell is considered the father of intramural sports. 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. [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. 2023 Football Coaching Staff. They won the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Championship in 1925, and won the Michigan Collegiate Conference championships in 1927, 1928, 1929, and 1930. Furthermore, EMU went 10-4 in the month of November in those four years. From 1925 through 1927 they outscored opponents 405 points to 31 and registered 19 shutouts. [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. 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. All told, EMUs seven losses were by a combined 35 points. EMUs passing attack spread the wealth with seven different receivers having 20-or-more receptions, Eastern Michigan was one of just three schools nationally to accomplish that feat. From Kent State he went to the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League as the offensive coordinator in 1983. Rick Rasnick attended San Jose State University, and after graduation he stayed with the school as an assistant coach. Creightons second season as the teams offensive play caller was highlighted by numerous impressive outcomes. 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]. In 2011, he coached Drake in an exhibition game in the Sheikh Amri Abeid Memorial Stadium in Arusha, Tanzania, defeating a Mexican all-star team. Apr 30 Today we also celebrate 8 of our own that will walk across the stage as @EasternMichU graduates! It was also the first time in program history that EMU played in the postseason in consecutive campaigns. 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. [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. In his six seasons at the helm of Drake, Creighton racked up a 35-13 (.729) record in Pioneer Football League action and a 31-9 (.775) record the last five seasons.