# Eureka Red Devils football

The Eureka Red Devils football team represents Eureka College in college football at the NCAA Division III level. The Red Devils are members of the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC), fielding its team in the NACC since 2018. The Red Devils play their home games at the Pete FioRito Stadium in Eureka, Illinois.
Their head coach is Randy Starks, who took over the position in 2024.

## Conference affiliations

* Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1921–1942)
* Independent (1949–1952)
* Prairie College Conference (1953–1957)
* NAIA independent (1957–1961)
* Gateway Conference (1962–1969)
* NAIA Division II independent (1970–1975)
* Illini–Badger Football Conference (1976–2007)
* St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (2008)
* Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (2009–2017)
* Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (2018–present)

## List of head coaches
### Key

Key to symbols in coaches list :
| General | General | Overall | Overall | Conference | Conference | Postseason | Postseason |
| No. | Order of coaches | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
| DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
| CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
| NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties | C% | Conference winning percentage | | |
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage | | | | |

### Coaches

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards :
| No. | Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | NC | Awards |
| 1 | Unknown | 1891–1893; 1895–1902 | 64 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 0.523 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2 | George Dygert | 1894 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0.688 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | No coach | 1913–1914 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0.308 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | Thomas O'Neal | 1915–1916 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0.563 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | George H. Pritchard | 1917–1919 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0.417 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | Eugene L. Dersnah | 1920 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0.688 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | Ralph McKinzie | 1921–1937 | 126 | 36 | 80 | 10 | 0.325 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | O. A. Hankner | 1938 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0.143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | Harold Ave | 1939–1942 | 29 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 0.241 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10 | Harold Barrow | 1946–1948 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0.450 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | Paul LaVinn | 1949–1951 | 22 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0.205 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12 | Spud Owen | 1952–1955 | 29 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 0.259 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.333 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 13 | Leo Traister | 1956–1966 | 79 | 11 | 62 | 6 | 0.177 | 0 | 19 | 0 | .000 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | John Dooley | 1967–1968 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0.219 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | Ray Urban | 1969–1973 | 42 | 14 | 26 | 2 | 0.357 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.250 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 16 | Tom Hosier | 1974–1978 | 47 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 0.500 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | Warner McCollum | 1979–1989 | 100 | 26 | 71 | 3 | 0.275 | 18 | 32 | 2 | 0.365 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 18 | John Tully | 1990–1994 | 52 | 31 | 21 | 0 | 0.596 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0.645 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | – | – |
| 19 | Nicholas Fletcher | 1995–1999 | 49 | 27 | 22 | 0 | 0.551 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | Darrell Crouch | 2000–2004 | 50 | 9 | 41 | 0 | 0.180 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 0.200 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | Daniel Sullivan | 2005–2008 | 35 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 0.143 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0.167 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | Matthew Smiley | 2008 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.500 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.500 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | Kurt Barth | 2009–2023 | 147 | 70 | 77 | 0 | 0.476 | 55 | 58 | 0 | 0.505 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | – | – |
| 24 | Randy Starks | 2024–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |

## Year-by-year results

| National champions | Conference champions | Bowl game berth | Playoff berth |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Postseason | Final ranking |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | | | Postseason | Final ranking |
| Season | Year | Head coach | Association | Division | Conference | Win | Loss | Tie | Finish | Win | Loss | Tie | Postseason | Final ranking |
| Eureka Red Devils |||||||||||||||
| 1891 | 1891 | Unknown | — | — | — | 0 | 3 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1892 | 1892 | Unknown | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1893 | 1893 | Unknown | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1894 | 1894 | George Dygert | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | | | | | — | — |
| 1895 | 1895 | Unknown | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | | | | | — | — |
| 1896 | 1896 | Unknown | — | — | — | 6 | 2 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1897 | 1897 | Unknown | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1898 | 1898 | Unknown | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | | | | | — | — |
| 1899 | 1899 | Unknown | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1900 | 1900 | Unknown | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | | | — | — |
| 1901 | 1901 | Unknown | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1902 | 1902 | Unknown | — | — | — | 6 | 4 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| No team from 1903 to 1912 |||||||||||||||
| 1913 | 1913 | No coach | NCAA | — | — | 1 | 5 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1914 | 1914 | No coach | NCAA | — | — | 3 | 4 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1915 | 1915 | Thomas O'Neal | NCAA | — | — | 4 | 4 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1916 | 1916 | Thomas O'Neal | NCAA | — | — | 5 | 3 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1917 | 1917 | George H. Pritchard | NCAA | — | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | | | | | — | — |
| 1918 | 1918 | George H. Pritchard | NCAA | — | — | 0 | 1 | 2 | | | | | — | — |
| 1919 | 1919 | George H. Pritchard | NCAA | — | — | 3 | 5 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1920 | 1920 | Eugene L. Dersnah | NCAA | — | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | | | | | — | — |
| 1921 | 1921 | Ralph McKinzie | NCAA | — | IIAC | 5 | 2 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1922 | 1922 | Ralph McKinzie | NCAA | — | IIAC | 5 | 3 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1923 | 1923 | Ralph McKinzie | NCAA | — | IIAC | 4 | 4 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1924 | 1924 | Ralph McKinzie | NCAA | — | IIAC | 3 | 4 | 1 | | | | | — | — |
| 1925 | 1925 | Ralph McKinzie | NCAA | — | IIAC | 5 | 4 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1926 | 1926 | Ralph McKinzie | NCAA | — | IIAC | 0 | 6 | 1 | | | | | — | — |
| 1927 | 1927 | Ralph McKinzie | NCAA | — | IIAC | 0 | 9 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1928 | 1928 | Ralph McKinzie | NCAA | — | IIAC | 3 | 4 | 1 | | | | | — | — |
| 1929 | 1929 | Ralph McKinzie | NCAA | — | IIAC | 3 | 3 | 2 | | | | | — | — |
| 1930 | 1930 | Ralph McKinzie | NCAA | — | IIAC | 2 | 6 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1931 | 1931 | Ralph McKinzie | NCAA | — | IIAC | 3 | 4 | 1 | | | | | — | — |
| 1932 | 1932 | Ralph McKinzie | NCAA | — | IIAC | 1 | 4 | 1 | | | | | — | — |
| 1933 | 1933 | Ralph McKinzie | NCAA | — | IIAC | 0 | 7 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1934 | 1934 | Ralph McKinzie | NCAA | — | IIAC | 0 | 3 | 2 | | | | | — | — |
| 1935 | 1935 | Ralph McKinzie | NCAA | — | IIAC | 0 | 6 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1936 | 1936 | Ralph McKinzie | NCAA | — | IIAC | 2 | 5 | 1 | | | | | — | — |
| 1937 | 1937 | Ralph McKinzie | NCAA | — | IIAC | 0 | 6 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1938 | 1938 | O. A. Hankner | NCAA | — | IIAC | 1 | 6 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1939 | 1939 | Harold Ave | NCAA | — | IIAC | 0 | 7 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1940 | 1940 | Harold Ave | NCAA | — | IIAC | 2 | 5 | 1 | | | | | — | — |
| 1941 | 1941 | Harold Ave | NCAA | — | IIAC | 3 | 3 | 1 | | | | | — | — |
| 1942 | 1942 | Harold Ave | NCAA | — | IIAC | 1 | 6 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| No team from 1943 to 1945 |||||||||||||||
| 1946 | 1946 | Harold Barrow | NCAA | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | | | — | — |
| 1947 | 1947 | Harold Barrow | NCAA | — | — | 2 | 5 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1948 | 1948 | Harold Barrow | NCAA | — | — | 4 | 3 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1949 | 1949 | Paul LaVinn | NCAA | — | Independent | 1 | 7 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1950 | 1950 | Paul LaVinn | NCAA | — | Independent | 2 | 4 | 1 | | | | | — | — |
| 1951 | 1951 | Paul LaVinn | NCAA | — | Independent | 1 | 6 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1952 | 1952 | Spud Owen | NCAA | — | Independent | 1 | 5 | 1 | | | | | — | — |
| 1953 | 1953 | Spud Owen | NCAA | — | PCC | 3 | 4 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1954 | 1954 | Spud Owen | NCAA | — | PCC | 1 | 5 | 1 | | | | | — | — |
| 1955 | 1955 | Spud Owen | NCAA | — | PCC | 1 | 6 | 1 | T–3rd | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 1956 | 1956 | Leo Traister | NAIA | — | PCC | 1 | 6 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1957 | 1957 | Leo Traister | NAIA | — | PCC | 3 | 4 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1958 | 1958 | Leo Traister | NAIA | — | Independent | 1 | 7 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1959 | 1959 | Leo Traister | NAIA | — | Independent | 0 | 5 | 3 | | | | | — | — |
| 1960 | 1960 | Leo Traister | NAIA | — | Independent | 1 | 4 | 2 | | | | | — | — |
| 1961 | 1961 | Leo Traister | NAIA | — | Independent | 3 | 2 | 1 | | | | | — | — |
| 1962 | 1962 | Leo Traister | NAIA | — | Gateway | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5th | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 1963 | 1963 | Leo Traister | NAIA | — | Gateway | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5th | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 1964 | 1964 | Leo Traister | NAIA | — | Gateway | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5th | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 1965 | 1965 | Leo Traister | NAIA | — | Gateway | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5th | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 1966 | 1966 | Leo Traister | NAIA | — | Gateway | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4th | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 1967 | 1967 | John Dooley | NAIA | — | Gateway | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5th | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 1968 | 1968 | John Dooley | NAIA | — | Gateway | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3rd | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 1969 | 1969 | Ray Urban | NAIA | — | Gateway | 1 | 7 | 0 | T–3rd | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 1970 | 1970 | Ray Urban | NAIA | Division II | Independent | 5 | 3 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1971 | 1971 | Ray Urban | NAIA | Division II | Independent | 3 | 5 | 1 | | | | | — | — |
| 1972 | 1972 | Ray Urban | NAIA | Division II | Independent | 2 | 5 | 1 | | | | | — | — |
| 1973 | 1973 | Ray Urban | NAIA | Division II | Independent | 3 | 6 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1974 | 1974 | Tom Hosier | NAIA | Division II | Independent | 3 | 6 | 0 | | | | | — | — |
| 1975 | 1975 | Tom Hosier | NAIA | Division II | Independent | 3 | 5 | 1 | | | | | — | — |
| 1976 | 1976 | Tom Hosier | NAIA | Division II | IBFC | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 1977 | 1977 | Tom Hosier | NAIA | Division II | IBFC | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3rd | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 1978 | 1978 | Tom Hosier | NAIA | Division II | IBFC | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4th | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 1979 | 1979 | Warner McCollum | NAIA | Division II | IBFC | 2 | 6 | 0 | | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 1980 | 1980 | Warner McCollum | NAIA | Division II | IBFC | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4th | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| 1981 | 1981 | Warner McCollum | NAIA | Division II | IBFC | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4th | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| 1982 | 1982 | Warner McCollum | NAIA | Division II | IBFC | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5th | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 1983 | 1983 | Warner McCollum | NAIA | Division II | IBFC | 1 | 8 | 0 | | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 1984 | 1984 | Warner McCollum | NAIA | Division II | IBFC | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5th | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 1985 | 1985 | Warner McCollum | NAIA | Division II | IBFC | 4 | 5 | 0 | T–3rd | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 1986 | 1986 | Warner McCollum | NAIA | Division II | IBFC | 3 | 5 | 1 | T–2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 1987 | 1987 | Warner McCollum | NAIA | Division II | IBFC | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5th | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 1988 | 1988 | Warner McCollum | NAIA | Division II | IBFC | 1 | 9 | 0 | | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 1989 | 1989 | Warner McCollum | NAIA | Division II | IBFC | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4th | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 1990 | 1990 | John Tully | NAIA | Division II | IBFC | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 1991 | 1991 | John Tully | NAIA | Division II | IBFC | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 6 | 0 | 0 | L NAIA Division II First Round | 3 |
| 1992 | 1992 | John Tully | NAIA | Division II | IBFC | 5 | 5 | 0 | | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 1993 | 1993 | John Tully | NAIA | Division II | IBFC | 3 | 7 | 0 | | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 1994 | 1994 | John Tully | NAIA | Division II | IBFC | 8 | 3 | 0 | | 5 | 1 | 0 | L NAIA Division II First Round | — |
| 1995 | 1995 | Nicholas Fletcher | NAIA | Division II | IBFC | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1st | 6 | 0 | 0 | Conference champion | — |
| 1996 | 1996 | Nicholas Fletcher | NCAA | Division III | IBFC | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 1997 | 1997 | Nicholas Fletcher | NCAA | Division III | IBFC | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4th | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 1998 | 1998 | Nicholas Fletcher | NCAA | Division III | IBFC | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 1999 | 1999 | Nicholas Fletcher | NCAA | Division III | IBFC | 4 | 6 | 0 | T–5th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 2000 | 2000 | Darrell Crouch | NCAA | Division III | IBFC | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2001 | 2001 | Darrell Crouch | NCAA | Division III | IBFC | 1 | 9 | 0 | T–7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2002 | 2002 | Darrell Crouch | NCAA | Division III | IBFC | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 2003 | 2003 | Darrell Crouch | NCAA | Division III | IBFC | 1 | 9 | 0 | 8th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2004 | 2004 | Darrell Crouch | NCAA | Division III | IBFC | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 2005 | 2005 | Daniel Sullivan | NCAA | Division III | IBFC | 1 | 9 | 0 | 7th | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2006 | 2006 | Daniel Sullivan | NCAA | Division III | IBFC | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8th | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| 2007 | 2007 | Daniel Sullivan | NCAA | Division III | IBFC | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–6th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 2008 | 2008 | Daniel Sullivan / Matthew Smiley | NCAA | Division III | SLIAC | 4 | 5 | 0 | T–5th | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 2009 | 2009 | Kurt Barth | NCAA | Division III | UMAC | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3rd (South) | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 2010 | 2010 | Kurt Barth | NCAA | Division III | UMAC | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 2011 | 2011 | Kurt Barth | NCAA | Division III | UMAC | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 2012 | 2012 | Kurt Barth | NCAA | Division III | UMAC | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5th | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 2013 | 2013 | Kurt Barth | NCAA | Division III | UMAC | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3rd | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 2014 | 2014 | Kurt Barth | NCAA | Division III | UMAC | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8th | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| 2015 | 2015 | Kurt Barth | NCAA | Division III | UMAC | 5 | 5 | 0 | T–5th | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 2016 | 2016 | Kurt Barth | NCAA | Division III | UMAC | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–2nd | 7 | 2 | 0 | – | — |
| 2017 | 2017 | Kurt Barth | NCAA | Division III | UMAC | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1st | 8 | 1 | 0 | L NCAA Division III First Round | – |
| 2018 | 2018 | Kurt Barth | NCAA | Division III | NACC | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1st | 6 | 1 | 0 | L NCAA Division III First Round | – |
| 2019 | 2019 | Kurt Barth | NCAA | Division III | NACC | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | – | — |
| 2020–21 | 2020–21 | Kurt Barth | NCAA | Division III | NACC | 2 | 3 | 0 | T–4th | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | — |
| 2021 | 2021 | Kurt Barth | NCAA | Division III | NACC | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2022 | 2022 | Kurt Barth | NCAA | Division III | NACC | 2 | 8 | 0 | T–7th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2023 | 2023 | Kurt Barth | NCAA | Division III | NACC | 4 | 6 | 0 | 7th | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2024 | 2024 | Randy Starks | NCAA | Division III | NACC | | | | | | | | | |