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Chris Creighton Sport(s) Football Current position Title Head coach Team Drake Conference Pioneer Record 31–14 Biographical details Born February 7, 1969 Playing career 1988–1990 Kenyon Position(s) Quarterback Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1991–1992
1993–1996
1997–2000
2001–2007
2008–presentConcordia (IL) (OC)
Manchester (IN) (OC)
Ottawa (KS)
Wabash
DrakeHead coaching record Overall 126–38 Bowls 1–0 Tournaments 0–2 (NAIA playoffs)
5–3 (NCAA D-III playoffs)Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Accomplishments and honors Championships 2 KCAC (1997, 2000)
4 NCAC (2002, 2005–2007)
1 Pioneer Football (2011)Awards KCAC Coach of the Year (1997)
3x NCAC Coach of the Year (2002, 2005, 2007)Christopher W. Creighton (born February 7, 1969) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach at Drake University, a position he has held since the 2008 season. Creighton served as the head coach at Ottawa University from 1997 to 2000 and at Wabash College from 2001 to 2007.
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Coaching career
Ottawa
Creighton's first head coaching job was at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas from 1997 to 2000. In those four seasons, his teams went 32–9 and won the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference championship in 1997 and 2000. He was the 26th head football coach for the Ottawa University Braves and ranked fourth in school history in total wins and first in winning percentage (.780).[1]
Wabash
Creighton was the head football coach for Wabash College located in Crawfordsville, Indiana from 2001 to 2007. His career coaching record at Wabash was 63-15, ranking him third in school history in total wins and fifth in winning percentage (.808).[2]
Drake
On December 22, 2007, Creighton was named the head football coach at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.
Personal life
Creighton earned his bachelor's degree in 1991 at Kenyon College and received his master's degree from Concordia University Chicago in 1993.[3]
Head coaching record
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Ottawa Braves (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1997–2000) 1997 Ottawa 9–2 1st L NAIA First Round 1998 Ottawa 8–2 1999 Ottawa 6–3 2000 Ottawa 9–2 1st L NAIA First Round Ottawa: 32–9 Wabash Little Giants (North Coast Athletic Conference) (2001–2007) 2001 Wabash 8–2 6–1 T–2nd 2002 Wabash 12–1 7–0 1st L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal 2003 Wabash 7–3 4–2 T–2nd 2004 Wabash 6–4 4–3 T–4th 2005 Wabash 11–1 7–0 1st L NCAA Division III Second Round 2006 Wabash 8–2 6–1 T–1st 2007 Wabash 11–2 7–0 1st L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal Wabash: 63–15 41–7 Drake Bulldogs (Pioneer Football League) (2008–present) 2008 Drake 6–5 4–4 T–4th 2009 Drake 8–3 6–2 T–3rd 2010 Drake 8–4 6–2 3rd W Kilimanjaro 2011 Drake 9–2 7–1 1st Drake: 31–14 23–9 Total: 126–38 National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title References
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Ottawa Braves head football coaches J. Nort Atkinson (1901–1902) • No team (1903) • Alpha Brummage (1904–1907) • Norman G. Wann (1908–1909) • Oscar Dahlene (1910) • Red Baughman (1911) • Floyd Daniel Hargiss (1912) • Porter Craig (1913–1914) • Arthur Schabinger (1915–1917) • No team (1918) • Arthur Schabinger (1919) • Robert E. Brannan (1920–1922) • Edwin Elbel (1923–1927) • Archie W. Butcher (1928–1929) • John S. Davis (1930) • Charles Erickson (1931–1935) • Dick Godlove (1936–1942) • No team (1943–1945) • Wally A. Forsberg (1946–1948) • Richard Peters (1949–1952) • Paul J. Andree (1953–1955) • Grover Nutt (1956) • Richard Peters (1957–1971) • Ben Moor (1972–1975) • Don McLeary (1976–1977) • John Salavantis (1978) • Nyle Salmans (1979–1983) • Glen Percy (1984–1988) • Dave Dallas (1989–1996) • Chris Creighton (1997–2000) • Ronnie Jones (2001) • Patrick Ross (2002–2003) • Kent Kessinger (2004– )
Wabash Little Giants head football coaches Edwin R. Taber (1884) • No team (1885) • Evans Woollen (1886) • William Martin (1887) • No team (1888) • C. Sherman King (1889) • Robert A. King (1890) • Mason B. Thomas (1891) • William C. Malley (1892) • Elmer Horton (1893) • A. Vernon Randall (1894) • Franklin D. Arms (1895) • Frank M. Gould (1896) • No team (1897) • James B. Modesitt (1898–1899) • Anthony Chez (1900) • Frederick Feil (1901) • Eben Wilson (1902–1903) • Francis M. Cayou (1904–1907) • Ralph Jones (1908) • Jesse Harper (1909–1912) • Clarence H. Thurber (1913–1914) • Paul Sheeks (1915–1916) • J. Russell Townsend (1917–1918) • Robert E. Vaughan (1919–1945) • Glen Harmeson (1946–1950) • Garland Frazier (1951–1960) • Kenneth W. Keuffel (1961–1966) • Max Urick (1967–1970) • Dick Bowman (1971–1973) • Frank Navarro (1974–1977) • Stan Parrish (1978–1982) • Greg Carlson (1983–2000) • Chris Creighton (2001–2007) • Erik Raeburn (2008– )
Drake Bulldogs head football coaches No coach (1893) • W. W. Wharton (1894) • Hermon Williams (1895) • Fred Rogers (1896) • A. B. Potter (1897–1899) • Charles Best (1900–1901) • G. O. Dietz (1902) • W. J. Monilaw (1903–1904) • Willie Heston (1905) • Charles Pell (1906–1907) • John L. Griffith (1908–1915) • Ralph Glaze (1916–1917) • M. B. Banks (1918–1920) • Ossie Solem (1921–1931) • Evan O. Williams (1932) • Vee Green (1933–1946) • Albert Kawal (1947–1948) • Warren Gaer (1949–1958) • Tom O'Connell (1959) • Bus Mertes (1960–1964) • Jack Wallace (1965–1976) • Chuck Shelton (1977–1985) • Exhibition only (1986) • Nick Quartaro (1987–1988) • Rob Ash (1989–2006) • Steve Loney (2007) • Chris Creighton (2008– )
Current head coaches of the Pioneer Football League Jeff Voris (Butler) • Dale Steele (Campbell) • Tripp Merritt (Davidson) • Rick Chamberlin (Dayton) • Chris Creighton (Drake) • Kerwin Bell (Jacksonville) • Jim Parady (Marist) • Matt Ballard (Morehead State) • Ron Caragher (San Diego) • Dale Carlson (Valparaiso)
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