Junior offensive lineman Nic DiSanto was named the first of four EIU football captains named at the spring game Saturday.   DiSanto started playing football when he was in fourth grade but didn’t...

Coach Cole Hoover has not only completed his first year of coaching the tight ends where he played collegiately, but he also got promoted to the new offensive line coach—a role his father had when...

Coming from McKendree University, redshirt senior tight end Jordan Sprycha decided to transfer to Eastern. Playing for the McKendree Bearcats, a Division II university, Sprycha played in 11 games...

Eastern’s tight ends coach Cole Hoover is in his first season with the Panthers’ football program. After playing for the Panthers throughout his college career, Hoover returned to his alma mater...

Filling the stands at O’Brien field each fall to see the Eastern football team take on its opponents each fall is a seemingly ordinary act for many. But, for Cole Hoover, O’Brien Field represents a...