List of Eastern Kentucky University alumni

Eastern Kentucky University is a public university in Richmond, Kentucky. Following is a list of some of its notable alumni.

Name	Class	Major	Notability	References
Josh Anderson	Non-degreed		Professional baseball player	^[1]^[2]
Richie Bancells	1981	M.S. sports science	Head Athletic Trainer for the Baltimore Orioles	^[3]^[4]
Yeremiah Bell	2002		Professional football player with Miami Dolphins, New York Jets, Arizona Cardinals	^[5]^[6]
Joanna Bernabei-McNamee	1999	M.S. sports administration	Head coach for Boston College Eagles women's basketball	^[7]
Steve Bird	1983		Professional football player and football special teams coordinator for South Carolina State	^[8]
Elmo Boyd			Professional football player with the San Francisco 49ers and Green Bay Packers	^[9]
Chad Bratzke	1994		Professional football player with the New York Giants and Indianapolis Colts	^[10]
Wally Chambers	1973		Professional football player with the Chicago Bears and Tampa Bay Buccaneers; 1973 Defensive NFL Rookie of the Year Award	^[11]
Al Clark			Professional baseball umpire	^[12]
Earle Combs	1919	Education	Professional baseball player with the New York Yankees, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame	^[13]
Danny Copeland	1989		Professional footaball player with the Washington Redskins and Super Bowl XXVI champions	^[14]^[15]
Dale Dawson			Professional football player with the Minnesota Vikings, Philadelphia Eagles, and Green Bay Packers	^[16]
Jessamyn Duke			Professional mixed martial artist formally for the UFC	^[17]
Jason Dunn	1995		Professional football player with the Kansas City Chiefs	^[18]
Matt Figger	1995		College basketball coach	^[19]
Charlie Fisher		M.S.	College football coach	^[20]
George Floyd	1982		Profesesional football player with the New York Jets and member of the College Football Hall of Fame	^[21]
Christian Friedrich	2008		Professional baseball player with the Colorado Rockies and the San Diego Padres	^[22]
Simon B. Gray		M.S. sports administration	Athletic director of Niagara University
Myron Guyton	1989		Professional football player with the New York Giants and New England Patriots	^[23]^[24]
Ole Hesselbjerg	2015	Physics	Runner who competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2016 Summer Olympics for Denmark	^[25]
Sam Holbrook			Major League Baseball umpire	^[26]
Chris Isaac	1981		Professional gridiron football player with the Canadian Football League
John Jackson	1988		Professional football player with the Pittsburgh Steelers	^[27]
Aaron Jones	1988		Professional football player with the Pittsburgh Steelers, New England Patriots, and Miami Dolphins	^[28]
Roy Kidd	1955		College football coach and member of the College Football Hall of Fame	^[29]
W. H. Lyon			College football coach
Antwaun Molden	2008		Professional football player with the Houston Texans
Mark Montgomery	1992		College softball head coach	^[30]
Tom Riginos	1993	M.A. physical education and sports administration	Head baseball coach of the Winthrop Eagles	^[31]
Chrissy Roberts	1998		College basketball coach	^[32]
Dallas Robinson	2006		Bobsledder in the 2014 Winter Olympics	^[33]
Michael Scot		M.A. physical education	Director of the New South Wales Institute of Sport and chief executive officer of Sport New Zealand
Garfield Smith	1968		Professional basketball player with the Boston Celtics and the San Diego Conquistadors	^[34]
Steve Smith		M.S.	Head basketball coach at Oak Hill Academy
Teddy Taylor (football)			College football coach and two-time All-American college football player	^[35]
Corey Walden	2015		Professional basketball player, 2019 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP	^[36]

Name	Class	Major	Notability	References
Lori Stewart Gonzalez		Communication disorders	23rd President of Ohio University	^[38]
Kishonna Gray	2005, 2007	Criminal justice, M.S. justice studies	Researcher in communication and gender studies at the University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences
Teresa W. Haynes	1975, 1978, 1984	B.S. and M.A. mathematics and education, M.S. mathematics	Professor of mathematics and statistics at East Tennessee State University known for her research in graph theory
Don Showalter	1964	Chemistry and math	Professor emeritus and former chairman of the department of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point	^[39]
Aaron Thompson	1978	Political science and sociology	President of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education	^[40]

Name	Class	Major	Notability	References
Chuckie Campbell	2007	M.A. English literature and creative writing	Rapper, poet, and author	^[41]
Sam Champion	1983	Broadcast news	Weather editor and anchor for Good Morning America and ABC News	^[42]
Mallory Ervin		Political science	Miss Kentucky 2009 and The Amazing Race contestant
Faith Esham	Non-degreed	M.S. clinical psychology	Opera singer	^[43]
Carl Hurley	1966	B.S. and M.A. education	Comedian and motivational speaker; former EKU professor	^[44]
Laura Kirkpatrick	Non-degreed	Art	America's Next Top Model cycle 13 runner up	^[45]
Homer Ledford	1954		Bluegrass musician and maker of dulcimers	^[46]
Lee Majors	1962	History and physical education	Actor known for Six Million Dollar Man and The Fall Guy	^[47]
Mike Morgan	1970	Education	Singer-songwriter and record producer	^[48]
Dan Patrick	Non-degreed		Co-host of ESPN's SportsCenter	^[49]

Name	Class	Major	Notability	References
Tom Colbert	1976	M.A.	Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court	^[50]
Pleas Jones		Education	Associate justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals (subsequently renamed the Kentucky Supreme Court)
James E. Keller	1966		Justice on the Kentucky Supreme Court	^[51]
Debra H. Lambert	1983		Associate justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court and former Judge on the Kentucky Court of Appeals	^[52]
Danny C. Reeves	1978		Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky	^[53]
Gregory N. Stivers	1982		Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky	^[54]

Name	Class	Major	Notability	References
Gwenda Bond		Journalism	Novelist	^[55]
Silas House		English	Novelist	^[56]
John Samples	1978	Political science and government	Author, political theorist, and vice president of the Cato Institute	^[57]
Crystal Wilkinson	1985	Journalist	Writer, poet, educator, and winner of the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence	^[58]

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Name	Class	Major	Notability	References
Ken Keen	1974	Mathematics	Lt. General and Military Deputy Commander of United States Southern Command	^[59]
Jeffrey H. Norwitz	1974	Law enforcement	Counter-terrorism and law enforcement officer with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and John Nicholas Brown Chair of Counterterrorism at the Naval War College	^[60]
Craig E. Williams		Philosophy	Vietnam War Army veteran and co-founder of the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation	^[61]

Name	Class	Major	Notability	References
Eula Bingham	1951	Chemistry and biology	Occupational health scientist	^[94]
Ranthony Edmonds	2013	M.S. mathematical sciences	Mathematician specializing in commutative ring theory, factorization theory, and applied algebraic topology	^[95]