Chris Wilkerson

Chris Wilkerson
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamEastern Illinois
ConferenceOVC
Record10–12
Annual salary$185,000
Playing career
1991–1994Eastern Illinois
Position(s)Defensive tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995–2001Eastern Illinois (assistant)
2002San Jose State (DE)
2003–2004San Jose State (DC/S)
2005–2012Dartmouth (associate HC)
2013–2021Chicago
2022–presentEastern Illinois
Head coaching record
Overall61–39
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 UAA (2014)

Chris Wilkerson is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach at Eastern Illinois University a position he assumed in 2022, succeeding Adam Cushing. He served as the head football coach at the University of Chicago from 2013 to 2021.[1] A graduate of Eastern Illinois, Wilkerson was an assistant football coach at his alma mater as well as San Jose State University and Dartmouth College.[2][3]

  1. ^ Richey, Scott (January 27, 2022). "EIU taps alum as next football coach". The News-Gazette. Champaign, Illinois. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  2. ^ "Ex-Panther Wilkerson gets head coaching job at Chicago". Journal Gazette. Mattoon, Illinois. July 31, 2013. p. 7. Retrieved December 31, 2018 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Chris Wilkerson hired as UChicago Head Football Coach | Campus & Student Life". Csl.uchicago.edu. Archived from the original on December 1, 2013. Retrieved November 25, 2013.

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