The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. Scott Richey, The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. Aug. 28—CHAMPAIGN — Chris Wilkerson was already on staff at San Jose State, moving up from defensive ...

Eastern Illinois head coach Chris Wilkerson took the podium after the Panthers fell 56-0 to No. 10 Alabama in Week 13 of the 2025 season. Here's everything he said: On the opportunity to play Alabama ...

CHARLESTON, Ill. (WAND) - The 2024 season for Eastern Illinois University football led to a disappointing 3-9 record. It followed a positive step forward just one year prior when head coach Chris ...

CHARLESTON, Ill. (WAND) - All summer they've been told how good they're going to be. But finally, EU football can start proving it on the field. "It's almost like Christmas," said head coach Chris ...

CHARLESTON, Ill. (WCIA) — EIU Football won its most games in a season since 2013 and its first winning season since 2017 last year under head Coach Chris Wilkerson. CHRIS WILKERSON “The place doesn’t ...

The duo of Ja'Wuan Nickson and Tylan Foster are tied for the Eastern Illinois team lead with 89 total tackles this season.

CHAMPAIGN — Chris Wilkerson was already on staff at San Jose State, moving up from defensive ends coach to defensive coordinator, when Barry Lunney Jr. was hired in 2003 as the Spartans' co-offensive ...

CHICAGO – Former Eastern Illinois football player and assistant coach Chris Wilkerson has been named the head coach at the University of Chicago. He replaces Dick Maloney, who announced his retirement ...

Beating Eastern Illinois on Saturday afternoon would do nothing to bolster Alabama's College Football Playoff hopes. But a loss to the struggling FCS program almost certainly would extinguish them.

Eastern Illinois coach Chris Wilkerson has a connection with Illinois offensive coordinator Barry Lunney Jr. that dates back two decades to their time on staff together at San Jose State. The Panthers ...