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HEAD COACHING HISTORY

football coach at the age
of 29. He coached until
1954, when he became
director of SIU’s Outdoor

Recreation Department and
embarked on a career as an
NFL referee.

William McAndrew Glenn (Abe) Martin Don Shroyer
Doug Weaver
1913-16, 1921-38 1939-49
1964-65
1974-75
Record: 83-79-20
Record: 31-42-5
Record: 4-16
Record: 3-18-1
Hired at SINU in 1913 to Abe Martin starred on the Shroyer joined SIU in Weaver was named

develop a physical education university’s only unbeaten 1964 after two seasons athletics director at SIU in
department “for boys,” football team in 1930 and with the football St. Louis 1973 and added the head
McAndrew organized the became the second alumnus Cardinals.His only wins at football coaching duties
athletics program, which to play professional football, SIU were over Louisville, the following year. Weaver
previously had “club competing for the Chicago Drake, Northern Iowa and had been an assistant at
Al Kawal
teams” and occasionally an Cardinals in 1932. As coach 1955-58
Missouri State. He returned Michigan State, Missouri,
approved team. He served at SINU, Martin’s biggest Record: 20-15-2
to the Cardinals and helped Kansas and UCLA, and head
as head coach, with the milestone was guiding the Before arriving at SIU, develop former Saluki coach at Kansas State prior
exception of years spent in 1947 team to a victory in Kawal had eight years of quarterback Jim Hart.
to SIU. He resigned at SIU
the armed forces and while the Corn Bowl. In addition head coaching experience following the 1975 season to

pursuing a second degree, to coaching football, Martin at Drake and Temple. The become the athletics director
until 1938. The stadium was SINU’s interim athletics native Chicagoan, had his at Michigan State, where he
opened in 1938 and named director and head basketball best year in 1958, posting served until retiring in 1990.
in his honor in 1943, shortly coach in 1943 before a 7-2 record, including a
after his death.
eventually being named AD key, 32-31 win over Western

in 1945. He also revived the Illinois. He was unbeaten in
baseball program in 1947.
four seasons at SIU against
Eastern Illinois and was 3-1
vs. Northern Illinois.

Ellis Rainsberger
1966
Record: 4-5-1
Rainsberger came to SIU
after serving as an assistant
Rey Dempsey
at Kansas. He left the Salukis 1976-83
Sam Patterson
after one season to become Record: 54-37
1917
an assistant at Illinois, where The Salukis became a player
Bill Waller
he spent six years.
at the national level during
Record: 2-2
Sam Patterson was a Dempsey’s eight-year stay,
1950-51
volunteer coach for SINU Record: 3-14-1
Carmen Piccone winning games against
and lled in for one season A Benton, Ill., native, Waller 1959-63
Temple, East Carolina,
after William McAndrew was an Illinois graduate who Record: 28-20
Fresno State, Marshall,
joined the armed forces played professional football The 30-year old Piccone Tulsa, West Texas and New
and baseball.
joined Southern Illinois’ staff Mexico State. His lone loss
during World War I.
as an assistant coach in 1955 to Wichita State in 1983 cost
after serving under Al Kawal SIU a conference title, but
as an assistant at Temple. the Salukis ultimately won
Piccone had been a star the National Championship,

quarterback at Temple and and Dempsey was named
captained its 1952 team. In Division I-AA “Coach of
ve seasons at SIU, his teams Dick Towers
the Year.” Dempsey left
never lost to Illinois State 1967-73
Southern within a week of
(4-0), Central Michigan Record: 30-37-2 winning the national title
Towers was promoted
(4-0) or Eastern Michigan to head coach after just and took over the football
(3-0). His 1960 squad won program at Memphis. After
the IIAC championship with one year as an assistant several years at Memphis, he
William Lodge
William O’Brien a perfect 6-0 record.
at SIU. His teams battled resigned to become a full-
1919
1952-54
top competition including, time minister. He remains
Record: 2-2
Record: 6-20
Louisville, East Carolina and
Like Patterson, Lodge was a O’Brien lettered in football, Oklahoma State. Towers’ the second winningest coach
in SIU history and was one
ll-in for McAndrew. He also baseball and track at SINU teams posted three seasons of two coaches named to
coached the basketball team in the early 1940s.After a above .500. After leaving SIU’s All-Century team,
and served as acting athletic stint in the Marine Corps, SIU, he returned to Kansas, along with Jerry Kill.
director.
he returned to SIU in 1952 later serving as AD at Kansas
and was named head
State.

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