Chris Wilkerson

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]

Chris Wilkerson

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Eastern Illinois
Conference	OVC–Big South
Record	13–21
Annual salary	$185,000
Playing career
1991–1994	Eastern Illinois
Position(s)	Defensive tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995–2001	Eastern Illinois (assistant)
2002	San Jose State (DE)
2003–2004	San Jose State (DC/S)
2005–2012	Dartmouth (associate HC)
2013–2021	Chicago
2022–present	Eastern Illinois
Head coaching record
Overall	64–48
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 UAA (2014)

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Chicago Maroons (University Athletic Association) (2013–2014)
2013	Chicago	6–4	1–2	3rd
2014	Chicago	8–1	3–0	1st
Chicago Maroons (Southern Athletic Association) (2015–2016)
2015	Chicago	6–4	5–3	T–4th
2016	Chicago	4–6	4–4	T–5th
Chicago Maroons (Midwest Conference) (2017–2021)
2017	Chicago	6–4	3–2	T–2nd (North)
2018	Chicago	7–3	4–1	2nd (North)
2019	Chicago	6–3	3–1	2nd (South)
2020–21	No team—COVID-19
2021	Chicago	8–2	7–2	3rd
Chicago:		51–27	30–15
Eastern Illinois Panthers (Ohio Valley Conference) (2022)
2022	Eastern Illinois	2–9	1–4	T–6th
Eastern Illinois Panthers (Big South–OVC Football Association) (2023–present)
2023	Eastern Illinois	8–3	4–2	T–3rd
2024	Eastern Illinois	3–9	2–6	8th
2025	Eastern Illinois	0–0	0–0
Eastern Illinois:		13–21	7–12
Total:		64–48
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth