Don Shroyer | |
Birth Date: | 24 November 1925 |
Birth Place: | Lovington, Illinois, U.S. |
Death Place: | Decatur, Illinois, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1946–1949 |
Player Team2: | Millikin |
Player Positions: | Halfback |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1951–1965 |
Coach Team2: | Carmi HS (IL) |
Coach Years3: | 1956–1961 |
Coach Team3: | Millikin |
Coach Years4: | 1962–1963 |
Coach Team4: | St. Louis Cardinals (assistant) |
Coach Years5: | 1964–1965 |
Coach Team5: | Southern Illinois |
Coach Sport6: | Baseball |
Coach Years7: | 1957–1959 |
Coach Team7: | Millikin |
Overall Record: | 32–35–1 (college football) 28–15 (college baseball) 36–11–3 (high school football) |
Championships: | Football 1 CCI (1961) |
Awards: | Football NAIA Coach of the Year (1961) |
Donald Gene Shroyer (November 24, 1925 – July 7, 2013) was an American football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois from 1956 to 1961 and at Southern Illinois University Carbondale from 1964 to 1965, compiling a career college football coaching record of 32–35–1. Shroyer was also the head baseball coach at Millikin from 1957 to 1959, tallying a mark of 28–15. From 1962 to 1963, he was an assistant coach for St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL).[1]
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] with an undefeated season in 1961.[4]
After Millikin, Shoyer became the tenth head football coach at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and he held that position for two seasons, from 1964 until 1965. His record at Southern Illinois was 4–16.[5]
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[2]