Eastern Illinois is intent on keeping head coach Chris Wilkerson at his alma mater. EIU announced four new contracts including Wilkerson’s two-year extension that will see him stay at EIU through 2028. Wilkerson is 10-12 in two years with the Panthers. Wilkerson has been in charge of the Panthers since 2022 and his first season … Read more
Joe Davis will lead the Western Illinois football program as it moves into the Big South-OVC Football Association in 2024. Davis was most recently the offensive coordinator and quarterback coach for Eastern Illinois since 2022. Davis has been instrumental in helping EIU improve from an abysmal 1-10 record in 2021 and an offensive that averaged … Read more
The FCS regular season has come to a close but the coaching carousel is only beginning with numerous coaching changes announced. Cornell, Northern Arizona, and Western Illinois will have new head coaches in 2024. David Archer will not return to Cornell after 10 seasons in charge of the Big Red. Archer failed to guide his … Read more
Western Illinois will leave the Summit League after the 2023-24 academic year to become a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. The Leathernecks will play the 2023 FCS season as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference and join the OVC in 2024. The move by WIU may help them become more competitive on … Read more
The Big 12 became the latest conference at the FBS level to change its scheduling format for the 2020 season. The Big 12 has opted to employ a 9 + 1 model in which 9 conference games and 1 non-conference game can be played by each team. Below were the 7 games left remaining between … Read more
The Big South Conference has become the 10th at the FCS level to postpone or cancel its fall season. The Big South will attempt to play its conference schedule in the spring. The Big South will allow each member institution to pursue up to four non-conference games. Two Big South schools – Hampton and Monmouth … Read more
The Missouri Valley Football Conference has decided against a fall football season as the conference will move its conference slate to the spring of 2021. The MVFC will attempt an 8 game conference schedule in the spring and hope that the FCS Championship will be moved to the spring as well. The non-conference games are … Read more
The Big Sky Conference and Pioneer Football League have both announced they will not be playing a conference schedule for the 2020 season. As a result, the 2020 FCS Playoffs are in serious jeopardy of not being contested as 50% of the eligible teams have to be playing in the fall for the championship to … Read more
The Tennessee Martin Skyhawks and the Western Illinois Leathernecks have scheduled a home-and-home series according to FBSchedules. The two games will take place in 2022 and 2024. UT Martin will host the first game on Thursday, September 1, 2022 while Western Illinois will be the home team two years later on Saturday, September 7, 2024. … Read more
The Western Illinois Leathernecks and Northern Illinois Huskies are set to renew their in-state rivalry in 2024 according to FBSchedules. Northern Illinois will host Western Illinois on Saturday, August 31, 2024 with the Leathernecks receiving a guarantee of $350,000 for the contest. The two teams have frequently matched up as they have met 40 times … Read more