MAC Spotlight: EMU Head Coach Chris Creighton

Eastern Michigan head coach Chris Creighton was named head coach of the Eagles program on Dec. 11, 2013. Eastern Michigan is coming off a bye weekend and will begin MAC play this Saturday, Oct. 4 at Akron at 2 pm ET on ESPN3. The Eagles completed the non-conference portion of the 2014 schedule with an opening night win over Morgan State, then lost three games at Florida, Old Dominion and Michigan State.

Creighton joins Eastern Michigan after serving as head football coach at Drake for the past six years. Creighton built Drake into a consistent power in the Pioneer Football League, sharing the conference crown during the 2011 and 2012 campaigns. During his 17-year head coaching career, he has accumulated eight conference titles. Creighton departs Drake with the highest winning percentage in school history (.667) after also posting 63 wins as the head coach at Wabash College and 32 at Ottawa University.

In his time at Drake, Creighton boasted a 30-5 home record and a 21-2 home conference record going undefeated against five conference opponents. Drake had an 11-game home win streak during Creighton's tenure as well as winning 16-straight home conference games with him at the helm.

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