Largest MAC margin of victory in program history at 42-points (vs. Ball State in 2017), THE CHRIS CREIGHTON FILE Football 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. In total, 14 different Eagles found the pay dirt in 2021, including five players who scored multiple touchdowns. A native Detroiter, George Mans was a multi-sport athlete in high school,[64] and played football at Michigan, where he was team captain in 1961. [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. The San Francisco, Calif. native produced one of the greatest single season turnarounds in NAIA history during his first year at Ottawa in 1997. He is currently the head coach at Eastern Michigan University, a position he has held since the 2014 season. 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 . [23] From 1914 to 1919, Schulte coached football and track and field at Missouri. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. 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. Eastern Michigan at Jacksonville State Full Calendar Opens in new window Chris Creighton Title Head Coach Email emu_football@emich.edu Phone 734.487.2160 Twitter Coach_Creighton Toughness. Christopher William Creighton (born February 7, 1969) is an American football coach and former player. The official 2013 Football Roster for the Eastern Michigan University Eagles . [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. All told, EMUs seven losses were by a combined 35 points. 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. From 1925 through 1930, the team achieved a 40-4-2 record, including perfect seasons in 1925 and 1927. [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. 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. Drake defeated a team of Mexican all-stars 177, giving Creighton a victory on his third continent. Nationally, EMU finished the year tied with Georgia Tech, Northwestern and Oklahoma State for most blocked kicks with six. [27] In later years, Schulte served as an instructor at coaching schools. Largest single-season turnaround in school history (1-11 in 2015 to 7-6 in 2016) Wabash went 12-1 in 2002 and 11-1 in 2005, capping both seasons with appearances in the NCAA Division III playoffs. [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. Elsewhere within Creightons offense, Hassan Beydoun blossomed as one of the best wide receivers in the league. Seven different Eagles recorded multiple attempts on the ground, with Hutchinson leading the way both in attempts and yards (87-307). [45] After serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps throughout World War II, from 1946 until 1952 Trosko worked as a high school football coach in Michigan. 1st Three game road winning streak since 1967 [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. In 1969, the new stadium, which was considered off-campus at the time, opened with a capacity of 15,500. These key words have come to describe EMU football as Chris Creighton enters his ninth season as the head man at EMU in 2022. 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 September 1969, Eastern Michigan dedicated its new football stadium as Rynearson Stadium. "" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. 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. [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. As the head coach at Wabash in the early 2000s, he turned the school into a national contender at the NCAA Division III level. Although Rynearson's offense was more effective, outscoring opponents 111 to 82, more than half of the scoring came in a single game, a 63-0 rout of Central Michigan, and the team ended the season with a 3-4 record. 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. 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. [17] Teetzel graduated from the University of Michigan Law School with an LL.B. He succeeded Dave Dallas, who had taken the head coaching job at Kansas Wesleyan University. 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). Teetzel played end on the 1897 and 1898 Michigan Wolverines football teams[16] before switching to halfback in 1899. Eastern Michigan competed in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). [82][83] La Pointe went on to a long career as a high school football coach in southeastern Michigan, retiring in 2010. Christopher William Creighton (born February 7, 1969) is an American football coach and former player. 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. After three seasons at MSNC, during which he compiled a 6-14-1 record,[18] Teetzel left the school to coach football at Benton Harbor High School in 1903, 1904, and 1905. 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. Drake matched its best nine-game start in history (8-1) that year, while riding a six-game mid-season winning streak. 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. He is the only coach in EMU history to lead the program to multiple bowl appearances with the 2016 Bahamas Bowl, the 2018 Camellia Bowl, and the 2019 Quick Lane Bowl, and 2021 LendingTree Bowl. The Argonauts won the Grey Cup in 1983. Furthermore, EMU was one of just 11 FBS teams to play in at least eight one-score games during the season. By the 2018 season, average attendance at home games had increased from 4,000 to 15,000. Eastern was invited to the 2016 Bahamas Bowl, its first postseason appearance since the 1987 California Bowl. 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. [11], Creighton's first head coaching job was at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas, from 1997 to 2000. Sports Mission Statement Media Relations Office NCAA Compliance NCAA Appearances Organizational Chart Alumni Contact Update Coaches/Staff Information Form EADA Report Facility Rentals . 1st Non-conference road victory since the 1988 campaign (at Wyoming in 2015) 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. In 1993, he played professionally for the Limhamn Griffins, a Swedish club team, and won the Superserien league championship as the team's quarterback. They have three children. In addition, he coached Wabash in exhibition games in Austria and Panama. 6:19. It was Creighton's first job at that level of competition. Although NCAA regulations prevented Creighton from leading mountain climbing trips such as those he had at Ottawa, an unofficial tradition of climbing Pikes Peak developed during his tenure. The 2012 team was led by one of his star pupils in record-setting quarterback Mike Piatkowski. Ryan credited the hikes with improving the senior leadership of the team. Four players earned conference first team honors, five were named to the second team and two garnered a spot on the honorable mention team. For two years after Trosko's resignation, Jerry Raymond coached the football team. "[73] According to one newspaper report, Mans resigned "when it became apparent that EMU would place a greater emphasis on basketball, hiring former Detroit Pistons Coach Ray Scott."[74]. Full Bio. 1 in the nation with a 100 percent red zone scoring clip (tied with Washington State) in 2020. All but one of EMUs 13 opponents won five-or-more games in 2019 with eight of them being bowl eligible. 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. Henry Schulte was the second career coach to work at Michigan State Normal. 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. 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. Creightons second season as the teams offensive play caller was highlighted by numerous impressive outcomes. 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). Ranked fourth among all active NCAA Division III football coaches in career winning percentage upon his hire at Drake, Creighton served as head coach at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Ind. [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. 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. 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. [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). And I mean very run-heavy. [24] Creighton inherited a difficult situation. matthew.strzalkowski@cuaa.edu. 2-4. Eastern has now had seven-or-more honorees in six consecutive seasons. 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. The official Football Coach List for the Eastern Michigan University Eagles Skip To Main . He also became the first EMU tailback since Bronson Hill in 2013 to rush for more than 1,000 yards in a season and was just the 13th player in program history to do so. That number ranked 45th in the nation. With its selection to the LendingTree Bowl, Eastern made three consecutive bowl appearances (excluding COVID-shortened 2019 season) for the first time in program history, and its fourth postseason appearance in the previous six seasons. In 1926, Green was elected Governor of Michigan, and he was re-elected to a second two-year term in 1928.[15]. [49], The team's success came to an abrupt end in 1959. 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. He stayed for just two seasons,[93] before being hired by Louisville, where he remained through 1997. Phone: 810-623-7491 A quick look at the MAC head coaching salaries reveals some interesting things about the conference. TicketSmarter- Official Ticket Resale Marketplace, EMU's Beydoun and Oakes Receive NFL Camp Invites, Milestone NFL Draft In the Books for EMU Football, Jose Ramirez Selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 2023 NFL Draft, Sidy Sow Selected by the New England Patriots in the 2023 NFL Draft. 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. Under Creighton, Wabash won conference championships in 2002, 05, 06 and 07. [5] Kenyon inducted Creighton into its athletic hall of fame in 2008. That number is the seventh-most in a single season by any Eastern player. [52] After several years of success coaching football at private high schools in Detroit,[55][56] and seven years as an assistant coach at Michigan State University, during which time the team won two national championships,[52] Boisture was hired as head coach at Eastern Michigan in 1967. Eastern Michigan assistant football coach Fred Reed, who spent seven seasons as the Eagles' pass-game coordinator and safeties coach and also previously coached with the Lions, died Sunday . Wabash, like Kenyon and Manchester, competed in NCAA Division III. 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. [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. 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. "[9] His career coaching record at Wabash was 6315, ranking him third in school history in total wins and fifth in winning percentage (.808). [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. It was also the sixth different country in which Creighton had coached a game. The team posted winning seasons in all seven years of Boisture's coaching, including a 13-game winning streak that remains a school record. Creighton played quarterback at Kenyon College where he established several North Coast Athletic Conference records (since broken). Quarterback Mike Glass III surpassed Charlie Batchs single-season record for total offense. 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. 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. 1st time EMU student-athletes have the opportunity to play in three bowl games in their careers In total, 21 of EMUs red zone trips resulted in touchdowns. 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. [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. Creighton credits the organization with eliminating his use of profanity, unusual in the coaching ranks. The Eagles produced points in 28-of-28 trips inside the opponents 20-yard line, a 22.5 percent improvement over last seasons efficiency. Staff Directory Members By Category/Department; Name Title Phone Email Address Twitter; Chris Creighton: Head Coach 734.487.2160 734.487.2160: [30] Creighton's was one of several names floated during the intermittent negotiations between Greg Schiano and Rutgers which culminated in Schiano's return. Overall, EMU was nationally ranked seventh in fumbles recovered, 32nd in turnovers gained, 58th in interceptions, and 59th in rushing defense. First time EMU has been bowl eligible in back-to-back seasons And I mean very run-heavy. 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. [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). 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. All told, EMUs five of six losses were by a combined 18 points. 1990 Kenyon. 1st Bowl Appearance in 29 years (1987 California Bowl to 2016 Bahamas Bowl) Name: Chris Creighton 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). Glass finished with 3,597 yards of total offense, which Batch tallied 3,390 yards during the 1997 campaign. From Kent State he went to the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League as the offensive coordinator in 1983. [25], In 2016, Creighton led Eastern to a 75 regular season record, its first winning season in twenty years. 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. 1989 Kenyon. 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. Inspired by the region and the student-athletes own backgrounds, Creighton continues to challenge the program to be E Tough, committed to great effort, sacrifice and triumphing in the face of adversity. Furthermore, EMU went 10-4 in the month of November in those four years. He was named a JUCO All-American and was selected to the First-Team All-Conference team after the 2021 season. English had gone 1146 over the past five seasons; in his first two seasons, Creighton won only three games. 2013 Drake Season 6-5. 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. A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. [94] Cooper has also coached at Wisconsin,[95] Mississippi State, the South Carolina, and Notre Dame. 1st Win over Northern Illinois University since 2007 1st Win over Miami University since 1993 Co-Defensive Coordinator/Special Teams Coordinator/Safeties. 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. Furthermore, the 364.4 yards of total offense allowed were the second-best mark since 1998 and best since 2011. Eastern Michigan's football coaching staff all filled up with the announcement of three newcomers: Brandon Blaney, LaMarcus Hicks, and Mike Piatkowski. Hutchinson ran for eight of EMUs 11 rushing scores this season (73%). 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. 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. [18] He would also be named NCAC coach of the year in 2005 and 2007. [65] In June 1962, Mans signed with the St. Louis Cardinals of the NFL,[66] but he did not play professionally. [8] Creighton spent four seasons at Manchester, continuing under Dave Harms after the latter replaced Liston following the 1994 season. 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). $660,000. It was also the first time in program history that EMU played in the postseason in consecutive campaigns. Chris Creighton Coaching Rsum. 1 overall and secured their potential franchise quarterback. [13] Creighton, who has a life-long interest in mountain climbing, took his seniors on mountain-climbing trips. EMU played the fourth-most single possession contests, as only Pittsburgh (9) and North Carolina (9) played in more games that went down to the wire. The EMU offense showed an impressive ability to use multiple weapons during the shortened 2020 campaign. 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. Eastern Michigan added another line to its lists of firsts, under Creighton in 2021. 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? III playoffs, conference title. On the ground, the Eagles were just as good. List of Eastern Michigan Eagles head football coaches Elton Rynearson is Eastern Michigan's winningest head football coach. [46], In July 1952, Trosko was hired as head football coach at Michigan State Normal College. Lassiter, a wide receiver, spent one season at Eastern Michigan where he racked up 471 receiving yards on 40 receptions including 4 touchdowns. Sophomore Samson Evans led all Eagles and ranked fourth in the league with 12 touchdowns. 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. Apr 30 Today we also celebrate 8 of our own that will walk across the stage as @EasternMichU graduates! 1st Back-to-back season since 2008-09 that players were taken in the NFL Draft [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. Mar 8, 2023. [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. Creighton holds the unusual distinction of having won football games on three different continents.
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