Eureka Red Devils football

The Eureka Red Devils football team represents Eureka College in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Red Devils are members of the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC), fielding its team in the NACC since 2018. Eureka played home games at Pete FioRito Stadium in Eureka, Illinois. The team's head coach is Dion Jordan, who took over the position in 2026.

Conference affiliations Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1921–1942) Independent (1949–1952) Prairie College Conference (1953–1957) NAIA independent (1957–1961) Gateway Conference (1962–1969) NAIA Division II independent (1970–1975) Illini–Badger Football Conference (1976–2007) St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (2008) Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (2009–2017) Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (2018–present)

List of head coaches Key

Coaches + List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards No. Name Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT DC CC NC Awards — Unknown 1891–1893, 1895–1902, 1913 70 33 34 3 – – – – – – – – – – – 1 George Dygert 1894 8 5 2 1 – – – – – – – – – – – 2 Thomas O'Neal 1914–1915 15 7 8 0 – – – – – – – – – – – 3 George H. Pritchard 1916–1919 24 11 12 1 – – – – – – – – – – – 4 Eugene L. Dersnah 1920 8 5 2 1 – – – – – – – – – – – 5 Ralph McKinzie 1921–1937 126 36 80 10 – – – – – – – – – – – 6 O. A. Hankner 1938 7 1 6 0 0 2 0 – – – – – – – 7 Harold Ave 1939–1942 29 6 21 2 – – – – – – – – – – – 8 Harold Barrow 1946–1948 20 8 10 2 2 4 0 – – – – – – – 9 Paul LaVinn 1949–1951 22 4 17 1 1 2 0 – – – – – – – 10 Spud Owen 1952–1955 29 6 20 3 – – – – – – – – – – – 11 Leo Traister 1956–1966 72 11 55 6 – – – – – – – – – – – 12 John Dooley 1966–1968 23 3 19 1 2 9 0 – – – – – – – 13 Ray Urban 1969–1973 42 14 26 2 1 3 0 – – – – – – – 14 Tom Hosier 1974–1978 47 23 23 1 6 6 0 – – – – – – – 15 Warner McCollum 1979–1989 100 26 71 3 17 32 2 – – – – – – – 16 John Tully 1990–1994 52 31 21 0 20 11 0 0 2 0 – 1 – – 17 Nicholas Fletcher 1995–1999 49 27 22 0 15 15 0 – – – – – – – 18 Darrell Crouch 2000–2004 50 9 41 0 7 28 0 – – – – – – – 19 Daniel Sullivan 2005–2008 35 5 30 0 4 20 0 – – – – – – – — Matthew Smiley 2008 (interim) 4 2 2 0 2 2 0 – – – – – – – 20 Kurt Barth 2009–2023 147 70 77 0 55 58 0 0 2 0 – 2 – – 21 Randy Starks 2024–present 20 2 18 0 1 15 0 – – – – – – –

Year-by-year results National championConference championBowl game berthPlayoff berth SeasonYearHead coachAssociationDivisionConferenceRecordPostseasonFinal rankingOverallConferenceWinLossTieFinishWinLossTieEureka Red Devils 1891 1891Unknown——— 0 3 0 —— 1892 1892 1 1 0 —— 1893 1893 3 1 0 —— 1894 1894George Dygert 5 2 1 —— 1895 1895Unknown 3 3 1 —— 1896 1896 6 2 0 —— 1897 1897 3 4 0 —— 1898 1898 2 2 1 —— 1899 1899 2 4 0 —— 1900 1900 2 1 1 —— 1901 1901 4 4 0 —— 1902 1902 6 4 0 ——No team from 1903 to 1912 1913 1913 UnknownNCAA—— 1 5 0 —— 1914 1914Thomas O'Neal 3 4 0 —— 1915 1915 4 4 0 —— 1916 1916George H. Pritchard 5 3 0 —— 1917 1917 3 3 1 —— 1918 1918 0 1 2 —— 1919 1919 3 5 0 —— 1920 1920Eugene L. Dersnah 5 2 1 —— 1921 1921Ralph McKinzieIIAC 5 2 0 —— 1922 1922 5 3 0 —— 1923 1923 4 4 0 —— 1924 1924 3 4 1 —— 1925 1925 5 4 0 —— 1926 1926 0 6 1 —— 1927 1927 0 9 0 —— 1928 1928 3 4 1 —— 1929 1929 3 3 2 —— 1930 1930 2 6 0 —— 1931 1931 3 4 1 —— 1932 1932 1 4 1 —— 1933 1933 0 7 0 —— 1934 1934 0 3 2 —— 1935 1935 0 6 0 —— 1936 1936 2 5 1 —— 1937 1937 0 6 0 —— 1938 1938O. A. Hankner 1 6 0 —— 1939 1939Harold Ave 0 7 0 —— 1940 1940 2 5 1 —— 1941 1941 3 3 1 —— 1942 1942 1 6 0 ——No team from 1943 to 1945 1946 1946Harold BarrowNCAA—— 2 2 2 —— 1947 1947 2 5 0 —— 1948 1948 4 3 0 —— 1949 1949Paul LaVinnIndependent 1 7 0 —— 1950 1950 2 4 1 —— 1951 1951 1 6 0 —— 1952 1952Spud Owen 1 5 1 —— 1953 1953PCC 3 4 0 —— 1954 1954 1 5 1 —— 1955 1955 1 6 1 T–3rd 1 2 0 —— 1956 1956Leo TraisterNAIA 1 6 0 —— 1957 1957 3 4 0 —— 1958 1958Independent 1 7 0 —— 1959 1959 0 5 3 —— 1960 1960 1 4 2 —— 1961 1961 3 2 1 —— 1962 1962Gateway 1 6 0 5th 0 4 0 —— 1963 1963 0 7 0 5th 0 4 0 —— 1964 1964 0 7 0 5th 0 4 0 —— 1965 1965 1 7 0 5th 0 4 0 —— 1966 1966John Dooley 0 7 0 4th 0 3 0 —— 1967 1967 1 7 0 5th 0 4 0 —— 1968 1968 2 5 1 3rd 2 2 0 —— 1969 1969Ray Urban 1 7 0 T–3rd 1 3 0 —— 1970 1970Division IIIndependent 5 3 0 —— 1971 1971 3 5 1 —— 1972 1972 2 5 1 —— 1973 1973 3 6 0 —— 1974 1974Tom Hosier 3 6 0 —— 1975 1975 3 5 1 —— 1976 1976IBFC 6 3 0 2nd 3 1 0 —— 1977 1977 7 3 0 3rd 2 2 0 —— 1978 1978 4 6 0 4th 1 3 0 —— 1979 1979Warner McCollum 2 6 0 1 3 0 —— 1980 1980 3 5 1 4th 2 2 1 —— 1981 1981 3 5 1 4th 2 2 1 —— 1982 1982 1 7 0 5th 0 4 0 —— 1983 1983 1 8 0 1 3 0 —— 1984 1984 2 7 0 5th 1 3 0 —— 1985 1985 4 5 0 T–3rd 2 3 0 —— 1986 1986 3 5 1 T–2nd 3 2 0 —— 1987 1987 2 8 0 5th 1 4 0 —— 1988 1988 1 9 0 1 4 0 —— 1989 1989 4 6 0 4th 4 2 0 —— 1990 1990John Tully 5 5 0 5th 3 4 0 —— 1991 1991 10 1 0 1st 6 0 0 L NAIA Division II First Round3 1992 1992 5 5 0 3 3 0 —— 1993 1993 3 7 0 3 3 0 —— 1994 1994 8 3 0 5 1 0 L NAIA Division II First Round— 1995 1995Nicholas Fletcher 9 1 0 1st 6 0 0 Conference champion— 1996 1996NCAADivision III 5 4 0 4th 2 3 0 —— 1997 1997 5 5 0 4th 2 3 0 —— 1998 1998 4 6 0 6th 2 5 0 —— 1999 1999 4 6 0 T–5th 3 4 0 —— 2000 2000Darrell Crouch 2 8 0 7th 1 6 0 —— 2001 2001 1 9 0 T–7th 1 6 0 —— 2002 2002 2 8 0 6th 2 5 0 —— 2003 2003 1 9 0 8th 1 6 0 —— 2004 2004 3 7 0 6th 2 5 0 —— 2005 2005Daniel Sullivan 1 9 0 7th 1 6 0 —— 2006 2006 0 10 0 8th 0 7 0 —— 2007 2007 2 8 0 T–6th 2 5 0 —— 2008 2008Daniel Sullivan / Matthew SmileySLIAC 4 5 0 T–5th 3 4 0 —— 2009 2009Kurt BarthUMAC 4 6 0 3rd (South) 1 2 0 —— 2010 2010 2 8 0 7th 2 5 0 —— 2011 2011 4 6 0 6th 4 5 0 —— 2012 2012 4 6 0 5th 3 5 0 —— 2013 2013 8 2 0 3rd 7 2 0 —— 2014 2014 2 8 0 8th 2 7 0 —— 2015 2015 5 5 0 T–5th 4 5 0 —— 2016 2016 2 8 0 T–2nd 7 2 0 –— 2017 2017 8 3 0 1st 8 1 0 L NCAA Division III First Round– 2018 2018NACC 9 2 0 1st 6 1 0 L NCAA Division III First Round– 2019 2019 6 4 0 3rd 4 3 0 –— 2020–21 2020–21 2 3 0 T–4th 1 2 0 –— 2021 2021 2 8 0 7th 2 6 0 —— 2022 2022 2 8 0 T–7th 2 60—— 2023 2023 4 6 0 7th 2 6 0 ——20242024Randy Starks 0 10 0 9th 0 8 0 —— 2025 2025 2 8 0 8th 1 7 0 ——

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