Coaches

Chris Wilkerson

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

Played at Eastern Illinois 1991-1994

Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-28

Years	Team	Role	Title	Head coach
1995-2001	Eastern Illinois	Other	assistant	not known
2002	San José State	Position	DE	Fitz Hill
2003-2004	San José State	DC	DC/S	Fitz Hill
2005-2012	Dartmouth	Other	associate HC	not known
2013-2021	Chicago	Head coach	Head coach	himself
2022-	Eastern Illinois	Head coach	Head coach✓	himself

Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings

Season	Team	Job	EPA/play	Points/poss.	Success	Year before	Teams

Season	Head coach at	Record	AP before → after	Off EPA/play	Def EPA/play	SP+	Team year before	Teams
2022	Eastern Illinois (FCS)	2-9	- → -	103	72	-	9% wins	130
2023	Eastern Illinois (FCS)	8-3	- → -	76	21	-	18% wins	128
2024	Eastern Illinois (FCS)	3-9	- → -	77	106	-	73% wins	129
2025	Eastern Illinois (FCS)	3-9	- → -	114	76	-	25% wins	129
2026	Eastern Illinois (FCS)	3-7	- → -	84	90	-	25% wins	128

Season	Head coach below FBS	Level	Record
2013	Chicago	Division III	6-4
2014	Chicago	Division III	8-1
2015	Chicago	Division III	6-4
2016	Chicago	Division III	4-6
2017	Chicago	Division III	6-4
2018	Chicago	Division III	7-3
2019	Chicago	Division III	6-3
2021	Chicago	Division III	8-2

Coaches who were on his staffs

No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.

Kim Dameron · Eastern Illinois 2000 · him Other, them DC
Charley Molnar · Eastern Illinois 2001 · him Other, them Position
Norman Joseph · San José State 2002 · him Position, them OC
Barry Lunney Jr. · San José State 2003-2004 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
Keith Burns · San José State 2004 · him DC, Position, them DC
Adam Gristick · Eastern Illinois 2022 · him Head coach, them DC
Joe Davis · Eastern Illinois 2022-2023 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
Clay Bignell · Eastern Illinois 2023 · him Head coach, them DC
Collin Geier · Eastern Illinois 2024 · him Head coach, them DC
Kyle Derickson · Eastern Illinois 2024-2026 · him Head coach, them OC
Andrew Strobel · Eastern Illinois 2025-2026 · him Head coach, them DC