Rex Darling
American football, basketball, and tennis coach
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1914-10-02)October 2, 1914 Lincoln, Kansas, U.S. |
Died | October 14, 1996(1996-10-14) (aged 82) Charleston, Illinois, U.S. |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1945–1950 | Eastern Illinois (assistant) |
1951 | Eastern Illinois |
Basketball | |
1945–1964 | Eastern Illinois (assistant) |
1964–1967 | Eastern Illinois |
Tennis | |
1946–1974 | Eastern Illinois |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 4–2–2 (football) 42–55 (basketball) |
Rex V. Darling (October 2, 1914 – October 14, 1996) was an American football, basketball, and tennis coach. He was the 12th head football coach at Eastern Illinois State College—now known as Eastern Illinois University—in Charleston, Illinois, serving for one season, in 1951, and compiling a record of 4–2–2.[1][2] Darling was also the head basketball coach at Eastern Illinois from 1964 to 1967, tallying a mark of 42–55. He was the school's head tennis coach from 1946 to 1974.
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Eastern Illinois Panthers (Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1951) | |||||||||
1951 | Eastern Illinois | 4–2–2 | 2–2–2 | 4th | |||||
Eastern Illinois: | 4–2–2 | 2–2–2 | |||||||
Total: | 4–2–2 |
References
External links
- Rex Darling at Find a Grave
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Eastern Illinois Panthers head football coaches
- Otis Caldwell (1899–1901)
- Thornton Smallwood (1902)
- Thomas Briggs (1903)
- Joseph Brown (1904–1909)
- Harold Railsback (1910)
- Charles Lantz (1911–1917)
- No team (1918)
- Charles Lantz (1919–1934)
- Winfield Angus (1935)
- Gilbert Carson (1936–1937)
- Harold Ave (1938)
- Gilbert Carson (1939–1941)
- Clayton Miller (1942)
- No team (1943)
- Charles Lantz (1944)
- James Goff (1945)
- Maynard O'Brien (1946–1950)
- Rex Darling (1951)
- Maynard O'Brien (1952–1955)
- Keith Smith (1956)
- Ralph Kohl (1957–1964)
- Clyde Biggers (1965–1971)
- Jack Dean (1972–1974)
- John Konstantinos (1975–1977)
- Darrell Mudra (1978–1982)
- Al Molde (1983–1986)
- Bob Spoo (1987–2005)
- Mark Hutson # (2006)
- Bob Spoo (2007–2011)
- Dino Babers (2012–2013)
- Kim Dameron (2014–2018)
- Adam Cushing (2019–2021)
- Chris Wilkerson (2022– )
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