SBNation.com - Eastern Michigan football coaching search: Post-English Eagles beginhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/46737/sbn-fave.png2013-12-11T20:57:07-05:00http://www.sbnation.com/rss/stream/49076832013-12-11T20:57:07-05:002013-12-11T20:57:07-05:00EMU hires Drake coach Chris Creighton
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<p>The longtime collegiate head coach replaces Ron English in Ypsilanti.</p> <p>Eastern Michigan has hired Drake coach Chris Creighton as its new head football coach,<a target="_blank" href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1516590&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.desmoinesregister.com%2Farticle%2F20131211%2FSPORTS0204%2F312110135%2F0%2Farchive%2F%3Fodyssey%3Dnav%257Chead&referrer=sbnation.com&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sbnation.com%2Fcollege-football%2F2013%2F12%2F11%2F5202154%2Feastern-michigan-football-coach-chris-creighton-drake" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener"> </a><a href="http://www.emueagles.com/news/2013/12/11/FB_1211133805.aspx?path=football">the school has announced</a>. Creighton notified his players during a team meeting Wednesday.</p>
<p>Creighton has been head coach at Drake since 2008. He has gone 43-21 in six seasons, winning two Pioneer Football League titles. His team also won <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Kilimanjaro_Bowl">the first college football game ever played in Africa</a>. Creighton has made his name on player development, having successfully coached in one of the few non-scholarship leagues in Division I football.</p>
<p>Prior to Drake, Creighton took the Wabash (In.) Little Giants to three Division III playoff appearances in seven seasons. He was also head coach at Ottawa (Kan.) in the late 1990s. In 17 seasons as a collegiate head coach, Creighton has won 138 games, and never had a losing season. He played college football at Kenyon (Ohio) College.</p>
<p>Creighton replaces Ron English, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2013/11/8/5081826/ron-english-fired-eastern-michigan">who was fired in early November</a> after nearly five seasons at the helm in Ypsilanti. English went just 11-46 at Eastern Michigan, and was also criticized for <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2013/11/9/5082390/ron-english-fired-eastern-michigan">using what EMU athletic director Heather Lyke called "wholly inappropriate language"</a> in addressing his team after an October loss.</p>
<p>Eastern Michigan has not had a winning season since 1995, and has not played in a bowl game since the 1987 California Bowl.</p>
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https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2013/12/11/5202154/eastern-michigan-football-coach-chris-creighton-drakePatrick Vint2013-11-25T11:06:30-05:002013-11-25T11:06:30-05:00Jerry Glanville applies for Eastern Michigan coaching job<h3 class="link-title"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/mac/2013/11/25/jerry-glanville-eastern-michigan-head-coaching-job/3697481/">Jerry Glanville applies for Eastern Michigan coaching&nbsp;job</a></h3>
<div class="description"><p><p>Needless to say, the former Atlanta Falcons and Houston Oilers coach (and NASCAR driver and UFL coach and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Jerry-Glanvilles-Pigskin-Footbrawl-Sega-Genesis/dp/B000035XOM">video game namesake</a> and <a href="http://www.thefalcoholic.com/2010/8/19/1613727/the-scale-of-falconliness-jerry">wonderful lunatic</a>) was not on <a href="http://www.hustlebelt.com/2013/11/18/5092548/early-names-for-next-emu-head-coach">our initial list of potential candidates for the EMU job</a>. His only college experience came during a 9-24 span at FCS Portland State, which actually might qualify him to take over the Eagles -- a program so outmatched, its university newspaper sports editor <a href="http://www.easternecho.com/article/2013/11/column-eastern-should-drop-its-football-program">is calling for it to end</a>. It won't happen! But hey! Things would be really fun and really weird! You like MACtion, don't you? Don't you? Are you really ready for this level of MACtion? I posit that you are not.</p></p></div>
https://www.sbnation.com/2013/11/25/5143670/jerry-glanville-applies-for-eastern-michigan-coaching-jobJason Kirk2013-11-09T13:00:05-05:002013-11-09T13:00:05-05:00EMU says it fired English for this recording
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<p>The former Eagles coach can be heard speaking forcefully in a three-minute recording.</p> <p><i>Update: <a href="http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20131109/SPORTS0203/311090049/EMU-fired-Ron-English-over-unacceptable-tirade-listen-audio-here?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE">Via the Detroit News</a>, the audio. It is not easily decipherable, but appears to be English cursing and berating players:</i></p>
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<p>Our attempted transcript:</p>
<pre>It's always you, it's never anybody else! It's you, it's you, it's you, and it's who you are. Just saying, it's you, you're never gonna improve, ever! You'll always be f***** up! And as soon as you get one and everybody else, you're gonna...(inaudible)
You're right I'm pissed.
(silence)
All comes down to having pride, period.
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So shower folks.
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That's what all I was pissed off about. How did so many kids go bad? I haven't been around players where so many go bad, so s***bird. I mean this is s***bird football! It's bad. As bad as I've ever been around, Jesus. Bad as I've ever been around. Just s***bird football. I've never been around players where you've coached the same s*** for months. I've never been in a place like that. Gotta coach the same s*** over and over. Gotta coach practice, gotta coach (inaudible), are you kidding me? (inaudible) Just once, and I gotta coach the same s***.
There's a lack of focus now. There's a lack of pride, is what that is. But more importantly, self-respect. That's what it really is; you have no respect for yourselves. Why should anybody else, if you've never looked at yourself and said, you know what, I'm not falling into that trap, I'm not (unintelligible).
That's why I have no respect for the players that went here, I have no f****** respect for you b****. I have no respect for you little quittin'-ass b****. That's why you got your ass kicked, quitter. That's what I call y'all, all little f***ers. Mother******, I don't need to respect you, I don't give a f*** about you, b****. There, it's true. I don't f***** care about complainers, cause you mother****** are quitters. Gotta get out mother*******. I don't give a f*** about you, b****.
Could care less. I respect football players, but I respect football players, mother******. But you ain't no football player, you little b****. You're a little f****** b****, that everybody laughs at over and over, because they know you're a f***** quitter. They know from the third quarter and halftime that you quit. If you wanna call it what it is. Do you know why it happens? Because you allow it to happen out here. You just come out here on Thursdays and f*** around, come out on Wednesdays and f*** around...<br></pre>
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<p>Head football coach Ron English was <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2013/11/8/5081826/ron-english-fired-eastern-michigan">fired by Eastern Michigan on Friday afternoon</a> after a poor 1-8 start to the season. The timing was surprising, considering EMU had a game against rival Western Michigan set for the next day -- certainly a winnable game, considering the Broncos are also 1-8. Now we're starting to learn more about the reason for the sudden exit.</p>
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<p>This is why Ron English was fired by Eastern Michigan. An official just handed me this release. (cc: <a href="https://twitter.com/SBNationCFB">@SBNationCFB</a>) <a href="http://t.co/pyuEZGtmFo">pic.twitter.com/pyuEZGtmFo</a></p>
— Brandon Folsom (@Brandon_Folsom) <a href="https://twitter.com/Brandon_Folsom/statuses/399233976969478144">November 9, 2013</a>
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<p>As for the tape, Scott Roussel has heard it -- Friday, he was expressing concern about its contents.</p>
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<p><a href="https://twitter.com/Mengus22">@Mengus22</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/smartfootball">@smartfootball</a> I understand why they had to take action and I would think they all hope they can put this behind them</p>
— FootballScoop Staff (@footballscoop) <a href="https://twitter.com/footballscoop/statuses/399235494497615872">November 9, 2013</a>
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<p>Since taking over at Eastern Michigan in 2009, English led Eagles to an 11-46 record. Six of those 11 wins came in 2011.</p>
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https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2013/11/9/5082390/ron-english-fired-eastern-michiganScott Coleman2013-11-08T15:04:09-05:002013-11-08T15:04:09-05:00Ron English out at Eastern Michigan
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<p>English was in his fifth season as Eagles head coach.</p> <p>Eastern Michigan has fired Ron English as its head football coach, <a href="http://www.emueagles.com/news/2013/11/8/FB_1108132250.aspx?path=football" target="_blank">the school announced Friday afternoon</a>. The Eagles decided to part ways with English after a 1-8 start to the 2013 season.</p>
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<p>"At this time, I have decided that a change in the leadership of our football team is necessary," EMU VP/Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Heather Lyke said in a released statement. "Eastern Michigan University's commitment to our student-athletes remains of the utmost importance as we move forward with the rest of this season and in selecting the new leader of our program."</p>
<p>Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Stan Parrish will serve as interim head coach. Parrish, a 44-year coaching veteran, has previous experience running programs. His biggest job was a three-year stint at Kansas State from 1986-88, and he's also held the top position at Wabash, Marshall and, most recently, Ball State (2008-10). In 13 seasons as a collegiate head coach, Parrish is 63-60-3.</p>
<p>The Eagles hired English in 2009, giving him his first head-coaching opportunity after he ran defenses at Michigan (2006-07) and Louisville (2008). During his first two seasons in Ypsilanti, he compiled a 2-22 record, including an 0-12 mark in his inaugural campaign. The Eagles went 6-6 in 2011, but 2012 saw another downturn and a 2-10 finish. English's final record at EMU is 11-46 overall and 7-30 in conference play.</p>
<p>"We are incredibly proud of our student-athletes and we will continue to do everything we can to support their success in the classroom and on the field," EMU President Susan Martin said in the statement. "This has been an extraordinarily challenging year for our football student-athletes and they have continued to represent Eastern with pride and professionalism. At this time of transition, it is important that Eastern Michigan fans and alumni everywhere continue to show their support for our student-athletes. Your involvement is part of the foundation from which we will create a stronger program in the future."</p>
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