Don Shroyer

Don Shroyer
Biographical details
Born	November 24, 1925; Lovington, Illinois, U.S.
Died	July 7, 2013 (aged 87); Decatur, Illinois, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1946–1949	Millikin
Position(s)	Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1951–1965	Carmi HS (IL)
1956–1961	Millikin
1962–1963	St. Louis Cardinals (assistant)
1964–1965	Southern Illinois
Baseball
1957–1959	Millikin
Head coaching record
Overall	32–35–1 (college football); 28–15 (college baseball); 36–11–3 (high school football)
Accomplishments and honors
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]

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^[3] with an undefeated season in 1961.^[2]

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.^[4]

Head coaching record

College football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Millikin Big Blue (College Conference of Illinois) (1956–1961)
1956	Millikin	6–2	6–1	2nd
1967	Millikin	4–3–1	4–2–1	4th
1958	Millikin	2–6	2–5	6th
1959	Millikin	2–6	2–5	T–6th
1960	Millikin	6–2	3–2	T–2nd
1961	Millikin	8–0	6–0	1st
Millikin:		28–19–1	23–15–1
Southern Illinois Salukis (NCAA College Division independent) (1964–1965)
1964	Southern Illinois	2–8
1965	Southern Illinois	2–8
Southern Illinois:		4–16
Total:		32–35–1
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

References

^ "Millikin Coach is Lemm Aid". Milwaukee Sentinel. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. United Press International. March 28, 1962. p. B4. Retrieved December 19, 2018 – via Google News.
^ ^a ^b News Release | Millikin University Archived September 22, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
^ MU | Home of the Big Blue Archived May 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ Southern Illinois Coaching Records Archived July 6, 2003, at the Wayback Machine

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[1] "Millikin Coach is Lemm Aid". Milwaukee Sentinel. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. United Press International. March 28, 1962. p. B4. Retrieved December 19, 2018 – via Google News.

[News_Release_|_Millikin_University-2] News Release | Millikin University Archived September 22, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

[3] MU | Home of the Big Blue Archived May 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[4] Southern Illinois Coaching Records Archived July 6, 2003, at the Wayback Machine

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