THIRD AND DATA

Coaches

Chris Creighton

His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)

All coaches

Chris Creighton*

Head coach, Eastern Michigan · Played at Kenyon 1988-1990 · alma mater (CFBD): Kenyon

Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26

YearsTeamRoleTitleHead coach
1991-1992Concordia (IL)OCOCnot known
1993Limhamn Griffins (unknown)Head coachHead coachhimself
1993-1996ManchesterOCOCnot known
1997-2000Ottawa (KS)Head coachHead coachhimself
2001-2007WabashHead coachHead coachhimself
2008-2013DrakeHead coachHead coachhimself
2014-Eastern MichiganHead coachHead coach✓himself

Record

Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings

SeasonTeamJobEPA/playPoints/poss.SuccessYear beforeTeams
SeasonHead coach atRecordAP before → afterOff EPA/playDef EPA/playSP+Team year beforeTeams
2014Eastern Michigan2-10- → -124125-25.917% wins128
2015Eastern Michigan1-11- → -74128-19.717% wins128
2016Eastern Michigan7-6- → -5890-8.28% wins128
2017Eastern Michigan5-7- → -10338-5.354% wins130
2018Eastern Michigan7-6- → -9328-2.042% wins130
2019Eastern Michigan6-7- → -37113-8.654% wins130
2020Eastern Michigan2-4- → -43105-12.246% wins127
2021Eastern Michigan7-6- → -78106-7.833% wins130
2022Eastern Michigan9-4- → -3496-7.154% wins131
2023Eastern Michigan6-7- → -12176-12.369% wins133
2024Eastern Michigan5-7- → -12186-13.346% wins134
2025Eastern Michigan4-8- → -46124-14.742% wins136
2026Eastern Michigan4-6- → -121109-16.933% wins138
SeasonHead coach below FBSLevelRecord
1997OttawaNAIA9-2
1998OttawaNAIA8-2
1999OttawaNAIA6-3
2000OttawaNAIA9-2
2001WabashDivision III8-2
2002WabashDivision III12-1
2003WabashDivision III7-3
2004WabashDivision III6-4
2005WabashDivision III11-1
2006WabashDivision III8-2
2007WabashDivision III11-2
2008DrakeFCS6-5
2009DrakeFCS8-3
2010DrakeFCS7-4
2011DrakeFCS9-2
2012DrakeFCS8-3
2013DrakeFCS6-5

Worked under

None found (his assistant years may be outside the FBS seasons we hold).

His tree

Coaches who were on his staffs

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On his staffs · 13

Level 2: on their staffs · 14

  • Eric Schmidt · Fresno State 2020-2021 (Position, ST coord.) · under Kalen DeBoer
  • Kirby Moore* · Fresno State 2020-2021 (Other, Position) · under Kalen DeBoer
  • Lee Marks · Fresno State 2020-2021 (Other, Position) · under Kalen DeBoer
  • William Inge · Fresno State 2020-2021 (DC, Position) · under Kalen DeBoer
  • Chuck Morrell · Washington 2022-2023 (DC, Position) · under Kalen DeBoer
  • JaMarcus Shephard* · Washington 2022-2023 (Other, Position) · under Kalen DeBoer
  • Nick Sheridan · Washington 2022-2023 (Position) · under Kalen DeBoer
  • Bryan Ellis · Alabama 2024-2026 (Position) · under Kalen DeBoer
  • Chris Kapilovic · Alabama 2024-2025 (Position) · under Kalen DeBoer
  • Colin Hitschler · Alabama 2024 (DC, Position) · under Kalen DeBoer
  • John McNulty · Alabama 2024 (Analyst) · under Kalen DeBoer
  • Kane Wommack · Alabama 2024-2026 (DC) · under Kalen DeBoer
  • Maurice Linguist · Alabama 2024-2026 (DC, Position) · under Kalen DeBoer
  • Derrick Nix · Alabama 2026 (Position) · under Kalen DeBoer

Level 3: on their staffs · 8

  • Cort Dennison · Oregon State 2026 (DC) · under JaMarcus Shephard
  • Derek Sage · Washington State 2026 (Position, ST coord.) · under Kirby Moore
  • Mark Criner · Oregon State 2026 (Analyst) · under JaMarcus Shephard
  • Matt Miller · Washington State 2026 (OC, Position) · under Kirby Moore
  • Mike MacIntyre · Oregon State 2026 (DC, Position) · under JaMarcus Shephard
  • Mitch Dahlen · Oregon State 2026 (OC) · under JaMarcus Shephard
  • Ryan Wallace · Oregon State 2026 (OC) · under JaMarcus Shephard
  • Trent Bray · Washington State 2026 (DC, Position) · under Kirby Moore

Coached together

  • Brian Ward · Wabash 2001-2004 · him Head coach, them Other, Position, ST coord.
  • Tom Allen · Wabash 2007 · him Head coach, them Position, ST coord.
  • Tom Allen · Drake 2010 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
  • Brian Ward · Drake 2011 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
  • Brad McCaslin · Drake 2012-2013 · him Head coach, them DC
  • Aaron Keen · Eastern Michigan 2014-2019 · him Head coach, them OC, Position, ST coord.
  • Brad McCaslin · Eastern Michigan 2014-2015 · him Head coach, them DC
  • Kalen DeBoer*+ · Eastern Michigan 2014-2016 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
  • Ryan Grubb · Eastern Michigan 2014-2016 · him Head coach, them Position
  • Chuck Bullough · Eastern Michigan 2016-2018 · him Head coach, them Position
  • Neal Neathery · Eastern Michigan 2016-2022 · him Head coach, them DC
  • Taver Johnson · Eastern Michigan 2022 · him Head coach, them Position
  • Ben Needham · Eastern Michigan 2023-2025 · him Head coach, them DC
  • Mike Piatkowski · Eastern Michigan 2023-2026 · him Head coach, them OC
  • Grant Heard · Eastern Michigan 2024-2026 · him Head coach, them Position
  • Mike Hart · Eastern Michigan 2025 · him Head coach, them Analyst
  • Kasey Teegardin · Eastern Michigan 2026 · him Head coach, them DC
  • Tate Omli · Eastern Michigan 2026 · him Head coach, them DC

Played together