Chris Creighton
Christopher William Creighton (born February 7, 1969) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach at Eastern Michigan University, a position he has held since the 2014 season. Creighton has served as the head coach at three other schools: Ottawa University (1997–2000), Wabash College (2001–2007), and Drake University (2008–2013).
Creighton in 2013 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Eastern Michigan |
| Conference | Mid-American |
| Record | 52–68 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | February 7, 1969 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
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| Playing career | |
| 1988–1990 | Kenyon |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1991–1992 | Concordia (IL) (OC) |
| 1993 | Limhamn Griffins |
| 1993–1996 | Manchester (IN) (OC) |
| 1997–2000 | Ottawa (KS) |
| 2001–2007 | Wabash |
| 2008–2013 | Drake |
| 2014–present | Eastern Michigan |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 191–114 |
| Bowls | 1–5 |
| Tournaments | 0–2 (NAIA playoffs) 5–3 (NCAA D-III playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 KCAC (1997, 2000) 4 NCAC (2002, 2005–2007) 2 PFL (2011–2012) 1 MAC West (2022) | |
| Awards | |
| KCAC Coach of the Year (1997) 3x NCAC Coach of the Year (2002, 2005, 2007) | |
Creighton played quarterback at Kenyon College where he established several North Coast Athletic Conference records (since broken). As the head coach at Wabash in the early 2000s, he turned the school into a national contender at the NCAA Division III level. At Drake, he shared back-to-back Pioneer Football League conference titles. Creighton holds the unusual distinction of having won football games on three different continents.
In 1993, he played professionally for the Limhamn Griffins, a Swedish club team, and won the Superserien league championship as the team's quarterback.
In 2011, he coached Drake in an exhibition game in the Sheikh Amri Abeid Memorial Stadium in Arusha, Tanzania, defeating a Mexican all-star team. In addition, he coached Wabash in exhibition games in Austria and Panama.