Paul Douglas Collins is an American basketball executive, former player, coach and television analyst. He was the first overall pick of the 1973 NBA draft and a four-time NBA All-Star. He has been an NBA coach, coaching the Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons, Washington Wizards and Philadelphia 76ers. Collins also served as an analyst for various NBA-related broadcast shows. He is a recipient of the Curt Gowdy Media Award.
Alexander Arrasi Agase was an American football guard and linebacker who was named an All-American three times in college and played on three Cleveland Browns championship teams before becoming head football coach at Northwestern University and Purdue University.
Bradley Childress is an American football coach. He has worked for over thirty years as a coach for various college programs and NFL franchises and previously was head coach of the Minnesota Vikings.
Raymond Bryan Giacoletti was the men's basketball coach at Drake University. He played collegiate basketball at Minot State University in North Dakota from 1980–1984, where he was a four-year letterman and a team captain for two seasons. He received his degree in physical education in 1985.
The Eastern Illinois Panthers are the intercollegiate athletic programs of Eastern Illinois University (EIU) located in Charleston, Illinois, United States. The Panthers athletic program is a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) and competes at the NCAA Division I level in the Football Championship Subdivision. EIU's colors are blue and gray. Selected as the team mascot in 1930, EIU's panther, was informally known as "Billy" for many years and was officially named "Billy the Panther" in 2008. Panther teams have won five NCAA national championships in three sports. The Panthers also won the 1969 NAIA men's soccer title.
Al Molde is a former college Athletics Director and American football coach. Molde retired as Director of Athletics at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota on June 1, 2012, having held the position since 1997. Under his guidance, the Golden Gusties finished in the top 20 in the NCAA Division III NACDA Director's Cup standings several times. Molde is best known for his success while serving as the head football coach at Sioux Falls College (1971–1972), the University of Minnesota Morris (1973–1979), Central Missouri State University (1980–1982), Eastern Illinois University (1983–1986), and Western Michigan University (1987–1996), compiling a career college football coaching record of 168–104–8 (.614). In 2013, Molde briefly re-entered the coaching fraternity with the Saarland Hurricanes of the German Football League.
Jan Quarless is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Eastern Michigan University in 1992 and at Southern Illinois University Carbondale from 1997 to 2000, compiling a career college football record of 15–36. He was selected to the Northern Michigan University and Upper Michigan Hall of Fame. Quarless holds a Master’s degree from the University of Michigan and PhD from Southern Illinois University.
Thomton Smallwood was an American football coach. He was the second head football coach at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois and he held that position for the 1902 season. His career coaching record at Eastern Illinois was 1–2.
Thomas Briggs was the third head football coach at Eastern Illinois University located in Charleston, Illinois, and he held that position for the 1903 season. His career coaching record at Eastern Illinois was 1–3.
Charles Phillip Lantz was the sixth head football coach at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois and he held that position for 24 seasons, from 1911 until 1944, with breaks in 1918 and from 1935 to 1943. During the times when Lantz was not coaching, the team was either coached by Winfield Angus, Gilbert Carson, or the school did not field a team.
Winfield Scott Angus was the seventh head football coach at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois and he held that position for the 1935 season. His record at Eastern Illinois was 1–7.
Gilbert Ted Carson was the eighth head football at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois and he held that position for five seasons, from 1936 to 1937 and again from 1939 to 1941. His record at Eastern Illinois was 17–19–3. He married Maxine Powell.
Clayton Miller was the tenth head football coach at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois and he held that position for the 1942 season. His career record at Eastern Illinois was 1–7.
James Frederick "Pim" Goff was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He was and the 11th head football coach at Eastern Illinois State Teachers College—now known as Eastern Illinois University—serving for one season in 1945 season and compiling a record of 2–3–2. Goff was the head basketball coach at Millikin University in 1942–1943, at Eastern Illinois from 1944 to 1946, at Illinois State Normal University—now known as Illinois State University—from 1949 to 1957, and at Quincy College and Seminary—now known as Quincy University, compiling a career college basketball coaching record of 168–168. He was also the head baseball coach at Millikin in 1943, tallying a mark of 5–2.
Maynard "Pat" O'Brien was an American football coach. He was the 13th head football coach at Eastern Illinois State College—now known as Eastern Illinois University—in Charleston, Illinois, serving for nine seasons, from 1946 to 1950 and 1952 to 1955, and compiling a record of 27–50–1.
Keith Smith was the 14th head football coach at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois and he held that position for the 1956 season. His record at Eastern Illinois was 2–7.
Robert Allen Spoo was an American college football coach. He served as the head football coach at Eastern Illinois University from 1987 to 2011, compiling a record of 144–131–1. Spoo led the Eastern Illinois Panthers to five conference titles, nine playoff berths, and ten finishes in the Top 25 polls. He coached nine First Team All-Americans, including Tristan Burge and Tony Romo.
Schellas Hyndman is the head men's soccer coach at Grand Canyon University. He was previously head coach of FC Dallas in Major League Soccer.
The Eastern Illinois Panthers football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Eastern Illinois University located in the U.S. state of Illinois. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Ohio Valley Conference. The school's first football team was fielded in 1899. The team plays its home games at the 10,000 seat O'Brien Stadium.
Tony E. Lombardi is an American football player and coach. He is the defensive backs coach at the University of Wisconsin–Stout, a position he has held since 2016. Lombardi served as the interim head football coach at Eastern Michigan University for one game in 1999.
