Chris Creighton

Chris Creighton
Current position
Sport(s)	Football
Title	Head coach
Team	Eastern Michigan
Conference	Mid-American
Record	3–21
Biographical details
Born	(1969-02-07) February 7, 1969
Playing career
1988–1990	Kenyon
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991–1992	Concordia (IL) (OC)
1993	Limhamns Griffins
1993–1996	Manchester (IN) (OC)
1997–2000	Ottawa (KS)
2001–2007	Wabash
2008–2013	Drake
2014–Present	Eastern Michigan
Head coaching record
Overall	142–67
Bowls	1–0
Tournaments	0–2 (NAIA playoffs) 5–3 (NCAA D-III playoffs)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 KCAC (1997, 2000) 4 NCAC (2002, 2005–2007) 2 Pioneer Football (2012, 2011)
Awards
KCAC Coach of the Year (1997) 3x NCAC Coach of the Year (2002, 2005, 2007)

Christopher W. Creighton (born February 7, 1969) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach at Eastern Michigan University, a position he has held since the 2014 season. Creighton served as the head coach at Ottawa University from 1997 to 2000 and at Wabash College from 2001 to 2007 before moving to Drake University for the 2008 through 2013 seasons.

Coaching career

Concordia and Sweden

Following graduation, Creighton became offensive coordinator at Concordia University while working on his master's degree. In 1993, he received an opportunity to play quarterback for Sweden's Limhamn Griffins, where he also served as head coach as the Griffins won Sweden's championship.^[1]

Ottawa

Creighton's first head coaching job was at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas from 1997 to 2000. In those four seasons, his teams went 32–9 and won the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference championship in 1997 and 2000. 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).^[2]

Wabash

Creighton was the head football coach for Wabash College located in Crawfordsville, Indiana from 2001 to 2007. His career coaching record at Wabash was 63-15, ranking him third in school history in total wins and fifth in winning percentage (.808).^[3]

Drake

On December 22, 2007, Creighton was named the head football coach at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.

Eastern Michigan University

On December 11, 2013, Creighton was named the head football coach at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Personal life

Creighton earned his bachelor's degree in 1991 at Kenyon College and received his master's degree from Concordia University Chicago in 1993.^[4]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Ottawa Braves (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1997–2000)
1997	Ottawa	9–2		1st	L NAIA First Round
1998	Ottawa	8–2
1999	Ottawa	6–3
2000	Ottawa	9–2		1st	L NAIA First Round
Ottawa:		32–9
Wabash Little Giants (North Coast Athletic Conference) (2001–2007)
2001	Wabash	8–2	6–1	T–2nd
2002	Wabash	12–1	7–0	1st	L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal
2003	Wabash	7–3	4–2	T–2nd
2004	Wabash	6–4	4–3	T–4th
2005	Wabash	11–1	7–0	1st	L NCAA Division III Second Round
2006	Wabash	8–2	6–1	T–1st
2007	Wabash	11–2	7–0	1st	L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal
Wabash:		63–15	41–7
Drake Bulldogs (Pioneer Football League) (2008–2013)
2008	Drake	6–5	4–4	T–4th
2009	Drake	8–3	6–2	T–3rd
2010	Drake	8–4	6–2	3rd	W Kilimanjaro
2011	Drake	9–2	7–1	T–1st
2012	Drake	8–3	7–1	T–1st
2013	Drake	6–5	5–3	T–4th
Drake:		42–22	35–13
Eastern Michigan Eagles (Mid-American Conference) (2014–present)
2014	Eastern Michigan	2–10	1–7	6th (West)
2015	Eastern Michigan	1–11	0–8	6th (West)
Eastern Michigan:		3–21	1–15
Total:		142–67
National championship Conference title Conference division title

References

↑ http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20131105/SPORTS05/131105008/An-uncommon-coach-What-drives-Chris-Creighton-of-Drake?Frontpage
↑ "2012 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Ottawa Braves. p. 7. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
↑ Wabash College coaching records
↑ Creighton named head coach at Wabash College

External links

Ottawa Braves head football coaches

J. Nort Atkinson (1901–1902)
No team (1903)
Alpha Brummage (1904–1907)
Norman G. Wann (1908–1909)
Oscar Dahlene (1910)
Red Baughman (1911)
Floyd Daniel Hargiss (1912)
Porter Craig (1913–1914)
Arthur Schabinger (1915–1917)
No team (1918)
Arthur Schabinger (1919)
Robert E. Brannan (1920–1922)
Edwin Elbel (1923–1927)
Archie W. Butcher (1928–1929)
John S. Davis (1930)
Charles Erickson (1931–1935)
Dick Godlove (1936–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Wally A. Forsberg (1946–1948)
Richard Peters (1949–1952)
Paul J. Andree (1953–1955)
Grover Nutt (1956)
Richard Peters (1957–1971)
Ben Moor (1972–1975)
Don McLeary (1976–1977)
John Salavantis (1978)
Nyle Salmans (1979–1983)
Glen Percy (1984–1988)
Dave Dallas (1989–1996)
Chris Creighton (1997–2000)
Ronnie Jones (2001)
Patrick Ross (2002–2003)
Kent Kessinger (2004– )

Wabash Little Giants head football coaches

Edwin R. Taber (1884)
No team (1885)
Evans Woollen (1886)
William Martin (1887)
No team (1888)
C. Sherman King (1889)
Robert A. King (1890)
Mason B. Thomas (1891)
William C. Malley (1892)
Elmer Horton (1893)
A. Vernon Randall (1894)
Franklin D. Arms (1895)
Frank M. Gould (1896)
No team (1897)
James B. Modesitt (1898–1899)
Anthony Chez (1900)
Frederick Feil (1901)
Eben Wilson (1902–1903)
Francis M. Cayou (1904–1907)
Ralph Jones (1908)
Jesse Harper (1909–1912)
Clarence H. Thurber (1913–1914)
Paul Sheeks (1915–1916)
J. Russell Townsend (1917–1918)
Robert E. Vaughan (1919–1945)
Glen Harmeson (1946–1950)
Garland Frazier (1951–1960)
Kenneth W. Keuffel (1961–1966)
Max Urick (1967–1970)
Dick Bowman (1971–1973)
Frank Navarro (1974–1977)
Stan Parrish (1978–1982)
Greg Carlson (1983–2000)
Chris Creighton (2001–2007)
Erik Raeburn (2008– )

Drake Bulldogs head football coaches

No coach (1893)
W. W. Wharton (1894)
Hermon Williams (1895)
Fred Rogers (1896)
A. B. Potter (1897–1899)
Charles Best (1900–1901)
G. O. Dietz (1902)
W. J. Monilaw (1903–1904)
Willie Heston (1905)
Charles Pell (1906–1907)
John L. Griffith (1908–1915)
Ralph Glaze (1916–1917)
M. B. Banks (1918–1920)
Ossie Solem (1921–1931)
Evan O. Williams (1932)
Vee Green (1933–1946)
Albert Kawal (1947–1948)
Warren Gaer (1949–1958)
Tom O'Connell (1959)
Bus Mertes (1960–1964)
Jack Wallace (1965–1976)
Chuck Shelton (1977–1985)
Exhibition only (1986)
Nick Quartaro (1987–1988)
Rob Ash (1989–2006)
Steve Loney (2007)
Chris Creighton (2008–2013)
Rick Fox (2014– )

Eastern Michigan Eagles head football coaches

James M. Swift (1891)
Deane W. Kelley (1892)
Ernest P. Goodrich (1893)
Verne S. Bennett (1894)
Marcus Cutler (1895)
Fred W. Green (1896)
Andrew Bird Glaspie (1897)
Enoch Thorne (1898)
Dwight Watson (1899)
Clayton Teetzel (1900–1902)
Hunter Forest (1903)
Daniel H. Lawrence (1904–1905)
Henry Schulte (1906–1908)
Clare Hunter (1909)
Curry Hicks (1910)
Dwight Wilson (1911)
Leroy Brown (1912–1913)
Thomas Ransom (1914)
Elmer Mitchell (1915–1916)
Elton Rynearson (1917)
Lynn Bell (1918)
Elton Rynearson (1919–1920)
Joseph McCulloch (1921–1922)
James M. Brown (1923–1924)
Elton Rynearson (1925–1943)
No team (1944)
Elton Rynearson (1945–1948)
Harry Ockerman (1949–1951)
Fred Trosko (1952–1964)
Jerry Raymond (1965–1966)
Dan Boisture (1967–1973)
George Mans (1974–1975)
Ed Chlebek (1976–1977)
Mike Stock (1978–1982)
Bob LaPointe # (1982)
Jim Harkema (1983–1992)
Jan Quarless # (1992)
Ron Cooper (1993–1994)
Rick Rasnick (1995–1999)
Tony Lombardi # (1999)
Jeff Woodruff (2000–2003)
Al Lavan # (2003)
Jeff Genyk (2004–2008)
Ron English (2009–2013)
Stan Parrish # (2013)
Chris Creighton (2014– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Current head football coaches of the Mid-American Conference

East Division	Terry Bowden (Akron) Mike Jinks (Bowling Green) Lance Leipold (Buffalo) Paul Haynes (Kent State) Chuck Martin (Miami) Frank Solich (Ohio) Mark Whipple (UMass)

West Division	Mike Neu (Ball State) John Bonamego (Central Michigan) Chris Creighton (Eastern Michigan) Rod Carey (Northern Illinois) Jason Candle (Toledo) P. J. Fleck (Western Michigan)

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, April 02, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.