Don Shroyer Explained

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]

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] with an undefeated season in 1961.[4]

Southern Illinois

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]

Head coaching record

College football

Notes and References

  1. News: . Millikin Coach is Lemm Aid . . . . March 28, 1962 . B4 . December 19, 2018 . .
  2. http://www.millikin.edu/athletics/football/season_by_season.asp MU | Home of the Big Blue
  3. 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[2]

  4. http://www.millikin.edu/media/print_release.asp?NEWS_ID=98 News Release | Millikin University
  5. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/gateway/southern_illinois/coaching_records.php Southern Illinois Coaching Records