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The Western Illinois Leathernecks are the teams and athletes that represent Western Illinois University, located in Macomb, Illinois, in NCAA Division I sports. The school's primary conference affiliation is with The Summit League; its football team is a member of the Division I FCS (formerly Division I-AA) Missouri Valley Football Conference. Beginning in the Fall of 2009 the men's and women's teams will be unified under the Leathernecks name. ^[1] Previously, the women's teams and athletes at the school were known as Westerwinds.

WESTERN ILLINOIS LEATHERNECKS TICKETS

EVENT	DATE	AVAILABILITY
Western Illinois Leathernecks vs. Monmouth Hawks Tickets 11/21	Nov 21, 2024 Thu, 11:00 AM
Western Illinois Leathernecks vs. Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs Tickets 11/23	Nov 23, 2024 Sat, 1:00 PM
South Alabama Jaguars vs. Western Illinois Leathernecks Tickets 11/26	Nov 26, 2024 Tue, 7:00 PM
Western Illinois Leathernecks vs. St. Ambrose Fighting Bees Tickets 12/4	Dec 04, 2024 Wed, 7:00 PM
Western Illinois Leathernecks vs. East West University Phantoms Tickets 12/6	Dec 06, 2024 Fri, 7:00 PM

Men's basketball

The Leathernecks basketball team team has never played in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. The Leathernecks were coached by Derek Thomas before his resignation on March 11 2008; they are now coached by Jim Molinari.

From 1954 to 1963 the Leathernecks appeared in the NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. Although never winning the National Title, the Leathernecks did walk away with national runner-up titles, and third place finishes.

Football

The football program has had several NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) playoff appearances. They play in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. The team is coached by Don Patterson. Western Illinois has been ranked number one once and ranked number two numerous times. The two best chances for an FCS championship were in 1997, when they lost to runner-up McNeese State by two points and beat the FCS champion Youngstown State (coached by Jim Tressel at the time) during the regular season. In 2002, WIU beat national champions Western Kentucky during the regular season 14-0 and lost to that same team at home 31-28 after a missed 63-yard field goal attempt by Mike Scifres that fell just short.

Baseball

The baseball program is currently coached by Stan Hyman. They are one of the few mid-major teams to play every team in the Big 12 Conference. The program's three biggest wins were a 5-4 win over Oklahoma in 2004 when they were ranked #18 in the country; a 3-0 win over #7 Long Beach State in 2008; and a 5-3 win over #4 Missouri, also in 2008.