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On March 21, 1906, Governor J. C. W. Beckham signed legislation which established the Eastern Kentucky State Normal School No. 1. [9] On May 7, 1906, the Normal School Commission selected the site of the former Central University campus as the location of this new college; EKU remains at this location today.
Aug. 13—Blake Vickers Earlier this week, more than 3,000 Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) students began moving back to campus for the start of the new school year. While more than 14,000 ...
Eastern Kentucky University football is considered the first dynasty in FCS football. Including a four-year run to the championship game from 1979 to 1982. During this time period they went 46–7 under legendary coach Roy Kidd. Eastern Kentucky is third all time in the FCS for playoff appearances with 21 total appearances (Montana 26/UNI 22).
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The 2024–25 Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball team represents Eastern Kentucky University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Colonels are led by seventh-year head coach A. W. Hamilton as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference.
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EKU's intercollegiate athletics teams are nicknamed the Colonels. [9] Maroon has been the official color of Eastern athletics since the school was begun as the Eastern Kentucky State Normal School in 1906, and the school's official team nickname was the "Maroons" from the start of intercollegiate competition in 1909–10 until 1963, when then ...
The move by UMass to join the MAC could set off a chain reaction that impacts both Western Kentucky and Eastern Kentucky.