FB» Head Coach Doug Neibuhr

phone: 217.424.3609

email: dneibuhr@millikin.edu

Doug Neibuhr wrapped up his 12th season as head football coach at Millikin in 2007 when his team finished 2-8.

A 1974 graduate of Millikin and former Big Blue assistant coach, Neibuhr boasts a .634 career win percentage from 19 seasons. He is 118-68-1 overall in his career and has compiled a 68-50 (.576) overall and 46-38 (.548) College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) record in his 12 years at the helm of Millikin's program.

Neibuhr was named the 1998 CCIW Coach of the Year after leading the Big Blue to its first conference title since 1990 and its third-ever appearance in the NCAA Division III playoffs. His players have earned 56 first-team and 53 second-team all-conference selections at Millikin.

He compiled a 50-18-1 record in seven years at Wittenberg University (Springfield, Ohio), including a 35-5-1 mark in his last four seasons. In 1995, Neibuhr guided Wittenberg to its first undefeated season since 1979, a North Coast Athletic Conference Championship (NCAC) and a berth in the NCAA Division III playoffs. The Tigers also won a conference championship under Neibuhr in 1992.

Neibuhr has put together a .647 win percentage (88-48) in conference games during his career and prior to the 2007 season was one of only four head coaches in NCAA Division III history to take two different institutions to the national playoffs.

During his seven years at Wittenberg, Neibuhr's players earned All-America recognition 19 times, first team all-conference honors 50 times and Academic All-America recognition three times.

He was named the NCAC Coach of the Year twice (1992, 1995), guiding Wittenberg to conference championships during both seasons. He and his offensive line coach, Joe Fincham, were named 1995 Offensive Coordinators of the Year for NCAA Division III by American Football Quarterly.

Neibuhr completed his education at Millikin in three and a half years, graduating cum laude in December 1974. While playing quarterback and place kicker, he helped the Big Blue to a 23-6 record in his four years and the CCIW Championship in 1974. He is also a member of Millikin's Athletic Hall of Fame and still holds the CCIW record for the most PATs in a season (38 in 1974).

After serving as a graduate assistant coach at Illinois State University where he earned a master of science degree in 1976, Neibuhr served one year as assistant football, head baseball and head wrestling coach at Ripon (Wis.) College. He joined the Millikin staff in 1977, serving most of the next 12 years as offensive coordinator. He also coached the Big Blue men's golf team to six consecutive CCIW Championships and led the team to a third-place finish nationally in 1985.

Neibuhr and his wife, Jody, have three sons Brandt, Bryan and Kirk.

Neibuhr's Record at Millikin