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HEAD COACHING HISTORY

offensive records One
of the most remarkable Saluki Coaching Records
accomplishments of his ve- By Victories
year tenure came in 1991
Name
L T Pct.
W
when the Salukis managed 79 20 .511 William McAndrew 83
to post a 7-4 record by 32 -- .632 Jerry Kill
55
winning the rst ve games 37 -- .593 Rey Dempsey
54
of the season, rising as high
42 -- .548 Dale Lennon
51
as No. 15 in the national 42 5 .429 Glenn (Abe) Martin 31
polls. The 1991 team won 37 2 .449 Dick Towers 30
six games by a total of just 20 -- .583 Carmen Piccone
28
Ray Dorr
14 points. The club won Jerry Kill
15 2 .568 Al Kawal
20
1984-87
three games by a single 2001-07
Record: 17-27
Record: 55-32
27 -- .386 Ray Dorr
17
Dorr had the dif cult task point.
In seven years at the helm of 38 -- .309 Bob Smith
17
30 -- .318 Jan Quarless 14
of succeeding Dempsey. His SIU, Kill guided the Salukis 22 -- .333 Shawn Watson 11
1986 team went 7-4. A one- to three-straight MVFC 20 -- .231
William O’Brien 6
point loss at Kansas, after Conference championships
taking a late lead, will be and five-straight playoff Ellis Rainsberger 5 1 .450
4
remembered as one of the appearances. In 2004, the Rick Rhoades 4
7 -- .364
Don Shroyer
4
16 -- .200
toughest defeats in school Salukis spent 10 weeks atop Bill Waller
3
14 1 .194
history. His teams were 3-1 the FCS polls, and Kill won Doug Weaver 3
18 1 .159
against both Eastern Illinois the Eddie Robinson Award
and Illinois State. Dorr left for Coach of the Year in William Lodge 2
2 -- .500
SIU to become offensive FCS. Kill left SIU after the Sam Patterson
2
2 -- .500

coordinator at USC. He died 2007 season to become head
in 2001 of Lou Gehrig’s Shawn Watson
coach at Northern Illinois By Winning Percentage
Disease.
1994-96
and is currently the head Name WLT
Pct.
coach at Minnesota.
Jerry Kill
55 32 -- .632
Record: 11-22
Watson took over at SIU Rey Dempsey 54 37 -- .593
Carmen Piccone
28 20 -- .583
after putting in impressive
seasons as an assistant at Al Kawal
20 15 2 .568
Miami (Ohio). Following Dale Lennon 51 42 -- .548
the 1-10 start, his teams William McAndrew 83 79 20 .511
Dick Towers
30 37 2 .449
recorded back-to-back 5-6
seasons in 1995 and 1996. Glenn (Abe) Martin
31 42 5
.429
His nal club in 1996 got
off to a 4-1 start before a By Games Coached
ve-game losing streak and
Name WLT
Games
5-6 overall nish. Left SIU to William McAndrew 83 79 20 182
Rick Rhoades
become quarterbacks coach Dale Lennon
51 48 -- 93
1988
at Northwestern and is now Dale Lennon
Rey Dempsey
54 37 -- 91
Record: 4-7
the assistant head coach at 2008-15
Jerry Kill
55 32 -- 87
Although credited with Texas.
Record: 51-42
upgrading the program, the Dale Lennon guided SIU Glenn (Abe) Martin 31 42 5 78
genial Rhoades resigned just to back-to-back MVFC Dick Towers
30 37 2
69

two months after his rst Championships and FCS By Years Coached
season ended. He returned Playoff appearances in 2008
“home” to Alabama where and 2009. In 2009, Lennon Name
Record
Years
No.
he joined the Crimson Tide’s led the Salukis to the No. 1913-16, 21-38 William McAndrew 83-79-20 22
staff. He later became an 1 national ranking for the 1939-49* Glenn (Abe) Martin 31-42-5 10
1976-83 Rey Dempsey
54-37 8
assistant at Kentucky, and in first time since Oct. 10,
1993 was named head coach 2005. The Sports Network 2008-15 Dale Lennon
51-42 8
at McNeese State.
had SIU ranked as the No. 2001-07 55-32 Jerry Kill
7
1 team for the last three 1967-73 30-37-2 Dick Towers
7
weeks of the regular season. 1959-63 28-20 Carmen Piccone
5
1989-93
17-38
Bob Smith
5
Jan Quarless Lennon was named the
1997-2000
AFCA Region IV Coach of * SIU did not compete in 1943 due to World War II
Record: 14-30
the Year as well as the MVFC
Quarless became SIU’s 18th Bruce Craddock Coach of

head coach in January 1997. the Year in both 2008 and
He had previously served 2009. He joined six previous
as an assistant with the league coaches to be named
Salukis from 1977 through the conference’s coach of
1982 under Rey Dempsey. the year in back-to-back

Although his rst team was seasons. SIU won 11-straight
Bob Smith
3-8, his 1999 club went 5-6 games in 2009 and nished
1989-93
and set a new SIU scoring with an 11-2 record. He
Record: 17-38
record.
is one of just three Saluki
In five seasons at SIU, coaches to lead the Dawgs
Smith’s teams and players
established numerous
to a 10-win season.

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