EIUPanthers Podcast

Episode 18 of EIUPanthers Podcast takes a trip down memory lane as we bring you this Thanksgiving Day episode covering the 1948 Corn Bowl.  The Corn Bowl was played on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 25, 1948 in Bloomington, Illinois.  On today's episode we talk with Ed Buchanan, a freshman on that year's EIU football team and one of the few surviving members of that team.  

One week away from the start of the 2020-21 college basketball season and this week on episode 17 of EIUPanthers Podcast we preview the Eastern Illinois men’s basketball season.   The Panthers were picked fifth in the OVC preseason poll and feature returning preseason All-Conference players Mack Smith and Josiah Wallace.  Today we speak with head coach Jay Spoonhour and seniors George Dixon and Ma...

Episode 16 of EIUPanthers Podcast brings a season preview of the 2020-21 Eastern Illinois women's basketball season.  With season just around the corner, head coach Matt Bollant previews the season along with quick interviews with seniors Taylor Steele and Grace McRae.  The 2020-21 season opens on Nov. 25 with the Panthers hosting UIC.  Due to State of Illinois COVID regulations, no spectators wil...

Episode 15 of EIUPanthers Podcast wraps up the EIU Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2020 series with former Panthers wide receiver Adam Drake.  Drake talks about growing up in Charleston and then playing for his hometown school, a youthful encounter with EIU legend Tony Romo and life after football.  

Episode 14 of EIUPanthers Podcast continues our 2020 Eastern Illinois Athletic Hall of Fame series as we talk with Olivia Klaus.  Klaus was a standout cross country runner for the Panthers becoming the first runner in women's program history to earn All-Ohio Valley Conference honors all four seasons.   Klaus helped the Panthers win the 2011 OVC Cross Country Championship and was a member of severa...

Episode 13 of EIUPanthers Podcast continues our series with the 2020 Eastern Illinois Athletic Hall of Fame inductees.   Today we talk to Chandra Golden who was a standout on the women's track & field teams.  She talks about her time as an OVC Champion Hurdler, winning the Panthers first conference championship and how she got started in a career working at State Farm.  

Episode 12 of EIUPanthers Podcast continues our 2020 Eastern Illinois Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee series with former athletic director R.C. Johnson.  Johnson talks about his time at Eastern Illinois, his hiring of legendary coaches Rick Samuels and Bob Spoo, his long career in athletic administration and his relationship with coach John Calipari.

Welcome to episode Number 11 of EIUPanthers Podcast.   I’m your host Rich Moser.   On this week’s episode we line up the number of the podcast episode with one of the all-time greats to wear that number as we are joined by former Eastern Illinois basketball standout Kyle Hill.   Kyle is now working behind the scenes in the TV & film industry, so we discuss some top Netflix shows along with his tim...

Episode 10 of EIUPanthers Podcast starts our 2020 Eastern Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame series with inductee Vincent Webb.  Webb was the Panthers primary running back from 2003-06 finishing his career second on the Panthers career rushing list with 4,233 yards.  Webb was named the Ohio Valley Conference Offensive Player of the Year in 2006 after helping lead the Panthers to a second straight FCS...

Episode Nine of EIUPanthers Podcast.  On this week’s episode we visit with former Eastern Illinois Pink Panthers member Paige Cavalieri who went on to perform for several years as a member of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.   Paige talks about that experience and her life as the wife of an NFL player as she and husband Jeff Heath have been married for just over two years.

Episode 8 of EIUPanthers Podcast sits down with former EIU track athlete Lamarr Pottinger.  Pottinger was a multiple time Ohio Valley Conference hurdle champion for the Panthers before embarking on a career in athletic administration.  Pottinger currently serves as the Associate Director of Leadership Development at the NCAA.

Episode 7 of EIUPanthers Podcast catches up with former Eastern Illinois women's basketball player Chantelle Pressley.  Pressley ended her four-year career with the Panthers having been on teams that posted the most wins over a 4-year period in school history.  She parlayed that into a career playing professional basketball overseas and recently entered the real estate business.

Episode Six of EIUPanthers Podcast with second year Eastern Illinois head football coach.  Cushing was set to coach the Panthers in the 2020 season opener on Thursday night, Sept. 2 before the fall season was postponed.  Instead he joins us on the podcast to talk about his role on the Football Oversight Committee, how he started his coaching career and following an older brother that played in the...

Episode 5 of EIUPanthers Podcast we talk hoops with former EIU men's basketball player Paul Neidig who was recently named the Commissioner of the Indiana High School Sports Association.  Neidig played boyhood basketball in Indiana and matched up everyday in practice against future NBA All-Star Kevin Duckworth...

On episode four of EIUPanthers Podcast we visit with Jake Mitchell, a former member of both the Eastern Illinois track and football teams.  Mitchell was a member of OVC Championship teams in both sports and at one time held a school record in sprints.  Since graduation Mitchell has gone on to join the police force and currently works as a police officer in the Chicago area. 

On episode 3 of EIUPanthers Podcast we visit with former EIU softball player Maria Sorrentino.   Sorrentino was a member of the Panthers first Ohio Valley Conference regular season softball championship team.  Since her days playing for the Panthers she has gone on to work in Finance at ESPN and recently has turned a hobby into a second source of income. 

On episode 2 of EIUPanthers Podcast we visit with former EIU cross country coach Dr. Tom Woodall who also served as a long time instructor at Eastern Illinois.   Coach Woodall was an assistant coach for the Panthers 1968 and 1969 National Championship Cross Country teams before guiding the 1977 team to a third title at the NCAA Division II level.  He also served as an assistant coach for the EIU 1...

Our first edition of EIUPanthers Podcast starts with a visit from former EIU men's soccer player and coach Schellas Hyndman... Hyndman was a member of the Panthers 1969 NAIA National Championship soccer team before a successful stint as EIU's head coach in the late 1970's and early 1980's... His long coaching career would span time at SMU, FC Dallas in Major League Soccer and currently with Grand...