News from the FCS
August 2nd, 2016, 06:50 PM
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2016 EIU Football Schedule *| *2016 EIU Football Roster *Eastern Illinois football reported to fall camp on Tuesday with the Panthers set to open practice on Wednesday morning.** The Panthers are coming off a 7-5 season advancing to the FCS playoffs for the 16th time in school history.*EIU was selected to finish third in the OVC preseason poll released in July at the OVC Football Media Day.* Seth McDonald, Devin Church and Bradley Dewberry were all named to the preseason All-Ohio Valley Conference team.*The Panthers were ranked 25th in the Sporting News preseason Top 25 as they return 15 starters from last year's squad.*The regular season opener is just over four weeks away as the Panthers will open the season at home hosting Western Illinois on Thursday, Sept. 1 at O'Brien Field.* Single game tickets went on sale on Monday and can be purchased online at www.eiupanthertickets.com or by calling 217-581-2106.** Season ticket packages, the best value to see all five EIU home games this season, are also available online or by phone.*Head coach Kim Dameron begin this third season leading the Panthers looking to take EIU to its fourth playoff appearance in the last five seasons.** Dameron recently announced his staff for the 2016 season.** Greg Stevens returns as the Panthers offensive coordinator while Michael Hodges will now serve as the co-defensive coordinator and coach the safeties.* Hodges was the Panthers linebackers coach last season.** DeMarcus Covington will serve as the other co-defensive coordinator and coach the defensive line after joining the staff in the spring.* Tony Gilbert will be in his third season as the special teams coordinator and coach corner backs on the defensive side of the ball.* Keith Scott will coach linebackers and Greg Carroll will coach the Huskie position to round out the defensive staff.* On the offensive side Micah Smith returns for his third year coaching tight ends.* Mike Simmonds will coach the offensive line.* Greg Peterson will coach the wide receivers and Tyler Stevens will coach the running backs.*
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2016 EIU Football Schedule *| *2016 EIU Football Roster *Eastern Illinois football reported to fall camp on Tuesday with the Panthers set to open practice on Wednesday morning.** The Panthers are coming off a 7-5 season advancing to the FCS playoffs for the 16th time in school history.*EIU was selected to finish third in the OVC preseason poll released in July at the OVC Football Media Day.* Seth McDonald, Devin Church and Bradley Dewberry were all named to the preseason All-Ohio Valley Conference team.*The Panthers were ranked 25th in the Sporting News preseason Top 25 as they return 15 starters from last year's squad.*The regular season opener is just over four weeks away as the Panthers will open the season at home hosting Western Illinois on Thursday, Sept. 1 at O'Brien Field.* Single game tickets went on sale on Monday and can be purchased online at www.eiupanthertickets.com or by calling 217-581-2106.** Season ticket packages, the best value to see all five EIU home games this season, are also available online or by phone.*Head coach Kim Dameron begin this third season leading the Panthers looking to take EIU to its fourth playoff appearance in the last five seasons.** Dameron recently announced his staff for the 2016 season.** Greg Stevens returns as the Panthers offensive coordinator while Michael Hodges will now serve as the co-defensive coordinator and coach the safeties.* Hodges was the Panthers linebackers coach last season.** DeMarcus Covington will serve as the other co-defensive coordinator and coach the defensive line after joining the staff in the spring.* Tony Gilbert will be in his third season as the special teams coordinator and coach corner backs on the defensive side of the ball.* Keith Scott will coach linebackers and Greg Carroll will coach the Huskie position to round out the defensive staff.* On the offensive side Micah Smith returns for his third year coaching tight ends.* Mike Simmonds will coach the offensive line.* Greg Peterson will coach the wide receivers and Tyler Stevens will coach the running backs.*
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