Rex Darling
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Biographical details | |
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Born | Lincoln, Kansas, U.S. | October 2, 1914
Died | October 14, 1996 Charleston, Illinois, U.S. | (aged 82)
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1945–1950 | Eastern Illinois (assistant) |
1951 | Eastern Illinois |
Basketball | |
1945–1964 | Eastern Illinois (assistant) |
1964–1967 | Eastern Illinois |
Tennis | |
1946–1974 | Eastern Illinois |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 4–2–2 (football) 42–55 (basketball) |
Rex V. Darling (October 2, 1914 – October 14, 1996) was an American football, basketball, and tennis coach. He was the 12th head football coach at Eastern Illinois State College—now known as Eastern Illinois University—in Charleston, Illinois, serving for one season, in 1951, and compiling a record of 4–2–2.[1][2] Darling was also the head basketball coach at Eastern Illinois from 1964 to 1967, tallying a mark of 42–55. He was the school's head tennis coach from 1946 to 1974.
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Eastern Illinois Panthers (Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1951) | |||||||||
1951 | Eastern Illinois | 4–2–2 | 2–2–2 | 4th | |||||
Eastern Illinois: | 4–2–2 | 2–2–2 | |||||||
Total: | 4–2–2 |
References
- ^ Eastern Illinois Coaching Records Archived November 22, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Rex Darling Gets New Post". The New York Times. 18 August 1967.
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