Edwin Struck

Edwin Struck

Struck pictured in The Index 1952, Illinois State yearbook
Biographical details
Born	(1905-03-27)March 27, 1905 Illinois, U.S.
Died	September 24, 1981(1981-09-24) (aged 76) Pinellas County, Florida, U.S.
Alma mater	DePauw University Indiana University[1]
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1945–1964	Illinois State Normal / Illinois State
Head coaching record
Overall	86–78–14
Tournaments	0–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 IIAC (1945, 1950)

Edwin G. Struck (March 27, 1905 – September 24, 1981) was an American football coach. He was the 13th head football coach at Illinois State Normal University—now known as Illinois State University–in Normal, Illinois, serving for 20 seasons, from 1945 to 1964, and compiling a record of 86–78–14.^[2]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Illinois State Normal / Illinois State Redbirds (Illinois / Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1945–1964)
1945	Illinois State Normal	4–3	3–1	1st
1946	Illinois State Normal	6–3	2–2	3rd
1947	Illinois State Normal	4–3–2	1–1–2	T–3rd
1948	Illinois State Normal	7–2	3–1	2nd
1949	Illinois State Normal	6–2–1	1–2–1	T–3rd
1950	Illinois State Normal	7–1–2	5–0–1	1st	L Corn
1951	Illinois State Normal	3–5–1	1–4–1	6th
1952	Illinois State Normal	1–6–2	1–4–1	6th
1953	Illinois State Normal	5–4	3–3	4th
1954	Illinois State Normal	5–3–1	3–2–1	4th
1955	Illinois State Normal	3–4–2	2–3–1	T–4th
1956	Illinois State Normal	4–4–1	3–3	T–3rd
1957	Illinois State Normal	5–3	3–3	T–4th
1958	Illinois State Normal	3–6	2–4	T–5th
1959	Illinois State Normal	3–5–1	0–5–1	7th
1960	Illinois State Normal	2–6–1	1–4–1	5th
1961	Illinois State Normal	5–4	4–2	T–2nd
1962	Illinois State Normal	5–4	1–3	4th
1963	Illinois State Normal	3–6	0–4	5th
1964	Illinois State	5–4	2–2	3rd
Illinois State Normal / Illinois State:		86–78–14	41–53–10
Total:		86–78–14
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

1. "The Index". Illinois State Normal University, Normal IL. 1950.
2. Illinois State Coaching Records Archived November 26, 2005, at the Wayback Machine