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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 ...
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).
By 1952, with Feix now in his senior year, Clayton coached WKU to their first Ohio Valley Conference championship, tied the school record for wins, and the school's first bowl appearance, winning 34–19 over Arkansas State in the Refrigerator Bowl, finishing the season 9–1. Feix became the first WKU football athlete ever to earn All-America ...
The Hilltoppers represent the Western Kentucky University (WKU) in Conference USA. WKU plays its home games at Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium in Bowling Green , Kentucky . [ 1 ]
The Eastern Kentucky Colonels women's basketball team is a women's college basketball team at Eastern Kentucky University, located in Richmond, Kentucky.After having played women's basketball in the Ohio Valley Conference since it began sponsoring women's sports in 1977, EKU joined the Atlantic Sun Conference in July 2021. [2]
The move by UMass to join the MAC could set off a chain reaction that impacts both Western Kentucky and Eastern Kentucky.
The 2020–21 Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball team represented Eastern Kentucky University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.The Colonels, led by third-year head coach A. W. Hamilton, played their home games at McBrayer Arena within Alumni Coliseum in Richmond, Kentucky in their 73rd and final season as members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC).
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