- Don Shroyer
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Don Shroyer Sport(s) Football Biographical details Born c. 1926 Playing career 1946–1949 Millikin Position(s) Halfback Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1956–1961
1964–1965Millikin
Southern IllinoisHead coaching record Overall 32–25–1 Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Accomplishments and honors Awards 1961 NAIA Coach of the Year Don Shroyer (born c. 1926)[1] was a college football player and coach. He played and coached at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois and then went on to coach at Southern Illinois University.
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Playing career
As a player at Millikin University, Shroyer was all-conference halfback in football for three consecutive years and all-conference champion in track in the broad jump.[2]
Coaching career
Millikin
After a brief stint in the high school ranks, Shoyer returned to his alma mater Millikin University for his first college head coaching job and led the team from 1956 until 1961, accumulating a record of 28-19-1[3] with an impressive undefeated season in 1961.[2]
Southern Illinois
After Millikin, Shoyer became the tenth head football coach for the Southern Illinois Salukis in Carbondale, Illinois and he held that position for two seasons, from 1964 until 1965. His overall coaching record at SIU was 4 wins, 16 losses, and 0 ties. This ranks him 13th at SIU in terms of total wins and 17th at SIU in terms of winning percentage.[4]
References
Millikin Big Blue head football coaches Duane Masterson & Charles A. Meserve (1903) • James N. Ashmore (1904–1906) • J. C. Elder (1907) • L. L. Hoopes (1908) • James N. Ashmore (1909–1913) • Neal Price (1914) • Norman G. Wann (1915–1917) • Robert E. Brannon (1918) • Norman G. Wann (1919–1922) • Rollie Williams (1923) • Leo T. Johnson (1924–1936) • Harold Johnson (1937–1939) • Marshall Wells (1940–1941) • C. E. Sutherd (1942) • No team (1943–1945) • Marshall Wells (1946–1947) • Henry J. Keil (1948–1950) • Robert Appleby (1951–1952) • Jack Allen (1953–1955) • Don Shroyer (1956–1961) • Fred Will (1962–1963) • Mel Bishop (1964–1965) • Lester Mathieson (1966–1976) • Merle Chapman (1977–1981) • Carl Poelker (1982–1995) • Doug Neibuhr (1996–2010) • Patrick Etherton (2011– )
Southern Illinois Salukis head football coaches William McAndrew (1913–1916) • Sam Patterson (1917) • William Lodge (1919) • William McAndrew (1921–1938) • Glenn Martin (1939–1949) • Bill Waller (1950–1951) • William O'Brien (1952–1954) • Albert Kawal (1955–1958) • Carmen Piccone (1959–1963) • Don Shroyer (1964–1965) • Ellis Rainsberger (1966) • Dick Towers (1967–1973) • Doug Weaver (1974–1975) • Rey Dempsey (1976–1983) • Ray Dorr (1984–1987) • Rick Rhoades (1988) • Bob Smith (1989–1993) • Shawn Watson (1994–1996) • Jan Quarless (1997–2000) • Jerry Kill (2001–2007) • Dale Lennon (2008– )
Categories:- 1920s births
- Living people
- American football halfbacks
- Millikin Big Blue football coaches
- Millikin Big Blue football players
- Southern Illinois Salukis football coaches
- St. Louis Cardinals (football) coaches
- College football coaches first appointed in the 1950s stubs
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