Rex Darling
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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 2, 1914 Lincoln, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | October 14, 1996 (aged 82) Charleston, Illinois, U.S. |
| 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) |
| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
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
[edit | edit source]Football
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit | edit source]- ^ Eastern Illinois Coaching Records Archived November 22, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Rex Darling at Find a GraveLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- Basketball coaches from Kansas
- College tennis coaches in Illinois
- Eastern Illinois Panthers football coaches
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- People from Charleston, Illinois
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- 20th-century American people
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