Former Illinois State quarterback Kevin Glenn was released by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL) Monday following a winter of trade talks and contract renegotiation attempts between Glenn and the Blue Bombers. Glenn pla… more »

Dan Shula – the grandson of NFL coaching legend Don Shula – has been named an offensive assistant for the Illinois State football team, head coach Brock Spack announced Monday. Shula comes to Illinois State following a two-year graduate assistantship (… more »

Illinois State head football coach Brock Spack announced Wednesday that Jim Williams, who had been serving as the Redbird football team’s director of football operations and recruiting coordinator, will also coach ISU’s special teams, tight ends and H-b… more »

Former Illinois State linebacker Kye Stewart has signed a professional contract to play for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Stewart is the 16th Illinois State player in program history to play in the CFL. Stewart… more »

NORMAL, Ill. – Former Illinois State offensive lineman Joe Niklasch (Hartland, Wis./Arrowhead HS) has signed a professional contract to play with the Bloomington Extreme of the Indoor Football League. Niklasch joins teammate Jonathan St-Pierre as Illino… more »

Redbird head football coach Brock Spack announced Tuesday that former Washington graduate assistant coach Luke Huard has been named the quarterbacks coach and Spence Nowinski as the defensive line coach. Illinois State Hires Huard as Quarterbacks Coa… more »

The NCAA’s career pass receptions leader will bring his skills and knowledge of how to catch and run with a football to the Illinois State football team, as head coach Brock Spack announced Friday that former Purdue wide receiver Taylor Stubblefield has… more »

Jay Peterson, a former assistant coach at NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools Eastern Michigan and Northwestern, has been named the linebackers coach for the Illinois State football team, head coach Brock Spack announced Wednesday. Peterson wi… more »

CONWAY - Central Arkansas Coach Clint Conque is a finalist for the vacant head coaching position at Illinois State. Conque said Thursday that he has interviewed for the job at Illinois State, a Football Championship Subdivision (formerly I-AA) school… more »

NORMAL — Brandon Venson is well aware that Illinois State currently does not have a head football coach. That has not prevented the College of DuPage wide receiver from accepting a scholarship offer from ISU this week. The 6-foot-3, 220-pound Venson… more »

NORMAL -- Sheahon Zenger has taken to the road in pursuit of Illinois State’s next football coach. The ISU athletic director said Thursday he has begun the process of interviewing coaching candidates from a list that has been reduced to 10 to 12. “I… more »

NORMAL -- His face red from an emotional meeting with his players moments before, Denver Johnson stepped down as Illinois State football coach Saturday after the Redbirds’ season-ending 17-10 overtime loss to Southern Illinois at Hancock Stadium. Af… more »

NORMAL -- As primarily a blocking tight end, Ryan Kernes didn’t spend much time downfield Saturday at Hancock Stadium. Kernes’ venture into the Illinois State secondary in overtime proved to be time well spent for Southern Illinois. Racing behind th… more »

You know the saying, act like you’ve been there before. Well, this was not Chip Keys’ first game-winning touchdown. In fact, three years ago Keys’ touchdown not only gave Eastern Illinois a win over Jacksonville State but an undisputed Ohio Valley… more »

NORMAL -- The countdown clocks dropped under seven days inside a mostly empty Kaufman Football Building on Saturday afternoon. The usual occupants, the Illinois State football team, were on the nearby Hancock Stadium turf preparing for the event the… more »