2021 East Central Tigers football team information
American college football season
2021East Central Tigers football
Conference
Great American Conference
Record
7–4 (7–4 GAC)
Head coach
Al Johnson (4th season)
Offensive coordinator
Kris McCullough (2nd season)
Offensive scheme
No-huddle spread option
Defensive coordinator
John Litrenta (2nd season)
Base defense
3–4
Home stadium
Koi Ishto Stadium
Seasons
← 2020
2022 →
2021 Great American Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 10 Harding $^
10
–
1
11
–
2
Henderson State
9
–
2
9
–
2
No. 23 Ouachita Baptist
9
–
2
9
–
2
SE Oklahoma State #
8
–
3
9
–
3
Oklahoma Baptist #
7
–
4
8
–
4
East Central
7
–
4
7
–
4
Arkansas–Monticello
5
–
6
5
–
6
Arkansas Tech
4
–
7
4
–
7
Southern Arkansas
4
–
7
4
–
7
NW Oklahoma State
2
–
9
2
–
9
Southern Nazarene
1
–
10
1
–
10
SW Oklahoma State
0
–
11
0
–
11
$ – Conference champion
^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
# – bowl participant (Oklahoma Baptist - Heritage Bowl, SEOSU - Live United Texarkana Bowl)
Rankings from AFCA Poll
The 2021 East Central Tigers football team represented East Central University (ECU) in the 2021 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the Great American Conference (GAC). The Tigers were led by fourth-year head coach Al Johnson. The Tigers finished the season with a record of 7–4 to finish tied for fifth in the GAC. The team played its home games at Koi Ishto Stadium in Ada, Oklahoma.
On March 17, 2022, Johnson was hired to be the running backs coach for the Wisconsin Badgers.[1][2] Offensive coordinator Kris McCullough would be named the Tigers' interim head coach before being promoted to full-time head coach in the middle of the following season.[3][4]
^Temple, Jesse (March 17, 2022). "Wisconsin names Al Johnson, former Badgers center, new running backs coach". The Athletic. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
^Potrykus, Jeff (March 28, 2022). "Former Wisconsin center Al Johnson ecstatic to be coaching Badgers". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
^Hummer, Chris (October 21, 2022). "Meet 27-year-old Kris McCullough, the youngest head coach in college football". 247 Sports. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
^"McCullough Looks to Future as ECU's Head Football Coach". ECU. October 27, 2022. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
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