This would be Charlie's new conference (Missouri Valley)and new territory(Upper Mid West).
It's great that Charlie would be in the running for an FCS head coaching job but Western Illinois?
WIU's Head Coach left to become the Head Coach at South Dakota(MVC).Seems quite odd to move
laterally intra-conference.
http://espn.go.com/college-football...stern-illinois-leathernecks-coach-bob-nielson
Head coaches salaries in Illinois:
http://ilnews.org/1002/college-coaches-net-highest-state-salaries-with-benefits/
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Western finalizes search committee for new head football coach
By JOURNAL STAR Staff
Posted Dec 23, 2015 at 8:17 PM
MACOMB — Western Illinois interim director of athletics Matt Tanney on Wednesday announced the eight-member search committee assigned to hire the Leathernecks’ next head football coach.
Tanney will chair the committee, which includes football player Brett Taylor.
Also in the group are John Biernbaum (associate vice president, student services), Laurie Black (registrar’s office), Dr. Tom Cody (faculty athletic representative), Cathy Early (WIU board of trustees and athletic department Hall of Fame member), Dr. Algerian Hart (coordinator of graduate program in kinesiology) and Amy Spelman (director of WIU Alumni Association).
Western is seeking a replacement for three-year coach Bob Nielson, who recently accepted the same position at South Dakota.
“There’s great interest in the position, nationally, and the search committee looks forward to evaluating the applicant pool,” Tanney said in a news release.
“I’ve thanked the group in advance for their commitment to working through the holiday season so that we can identify the next head coach of Leatherneck football in a thoughtful, but timely, manner.”
Western advanced to the second round of the FCS playoffs. The Leathernecks went 7-6 overall and tied for third in the Missouri Valley Football Conference at 5-3.
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Assuming that Charlie et al are able to cultivate another corp of UR running backs in 2016 we have a shot at being better than 2015.
I guess that the WIU interim AD was impressed that we took host ILL State to the woodshed and broke their 19 game home streak.Of course,the entire team on both sides of the ball played great that day in Normal,ILL particulary Jacobi,Kyle,Brian and our Oline.Our D stopping the run was exceptional on that day holding them to 65yds rushing.
MVC Conference:
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Illinois State University Normal, Illinois
Indiana State University Terre Haute, Indiana
Missouri State University Springfield, Missouri
North Dakota State University Fargo, North Dakota
University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, Iowa
University of South Dakota Vermillion, South Dakota
South Dakota State University Brookings, South Dakota
Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Illinois
Western Illinois University Macomb, Illinois
Youngstown State University Youngstown, Ohio
