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{{Short description|American football player (1932–2021)}}
{{College coach infobox
{{Infobox college coach
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| Name = Ellis Rainsberger
| name = Ellis Rainsberger
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|10|20}}
| DateOfDeath =
| birth_place = [[St. Louis, Missouri]], U.S.
| Sport = [[College football]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|7|17|1932|10|20}}
| College =
| death_place = [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]], U.S.
| Title =
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| player_years1 = 1955–1957
| OverallRecord = 10-32-1
| player_team1 = [[Kansas State Wildcats football|Kansas State]]
| Awards =
| CFbDWID = 1930
| player_years2 = 1958
| player_team2 = [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]]
| Player = Yes
| player_positions = [[Offensive lineman]]
| Years = 1955-1957
| coach_years1 = 1959–1961
| Team = [[Kansas State University|Kansas State]]
| coach_team1 = [[Drake Bulldogs football|Drake]] (assistant)
| Position =
| coach_years2 = 1962–1964
| Coach = Trigger
| coach_team2 = [[Washburn Ichabods football|Washburn]]
| CoachYears = [[1959]]-[[1961]]<br />[[1962]]-[[1964]]<br />[[1965]]<br />[[1966]]<br />[[1967]]-[[1972]]<br />[[1973]]-[[1974]]<br />[[1975]]-[[1977]]<br />[[1989]]-[[1991]]
| coach_years3 = 1965
| CoachTeams = [[Drake University|Drake]] <small>(asst)</small><br />[[Washburn University|Washburn]]<br />[[University of Kansas|Kansas]] <small>(asst)</small><br />[[Southern Illinois University|Southern Illinois]]<br />[[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign|Illinois]] <small>(asst)</small><br />[[University of Wisconsin-Madison|Wisconsin]] <small>(asst)</small><br />[[Kansas State University|Kansas State]]<br />[[University of Toledo|Toledo]] <small>(asst)</small>
| coach_team3 = [[Kansas Jayhawks football|Kansas]] (assistant)
| FootballHOF =
| coach_years4 = 1966
| coach_team4 = [[Southern Illinois Salukis football|Southern Illinois]]
| coach_years5 = 1967–1972
| coach_team5 = [[Illinois Fighting Illini football|Illinois]] (assistant)
| coach_years6 = 1973–1974
| coach_team6 = [[Wisconsin Badgers football|Wisconsin]] (assistant)
| coach_years7 = 1975–1977
| coach_team7 = [[Kansas State Wildcats football|Kansas State]]
| coach_years8 = 1978–1982
| coach_team8 = [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] (assistant)
| coach_years9 = 1983
| coach_team9 = [[Denver Gold]] (assistant)
| coach_years10 = 1984
| coach_team10 = [[Pittsburgh Maulers (1984)|Pittsburgh Maulers]]
| coach_years11 = 1986–1988
| coach_team11 = [[Toronto Argonauts]] (OL)
| coach_years12 = 1989–1991
| coach_team12 = [[Toledo Rockets football|Toledo]] (assistant)
| admin_years1 = 2000–2004
| admin_team1 = [[Tennessee Titans]] (scout)
| admin_years2 = 2005–2007
| admin_team2 = [[Miami Dolphins]] (scout)
| overall_record = 27–42–1 (college)<br />1–7 (USFL)
| bowl_record =
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| championships = 1 [[Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|CIAC]] (1964)
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'''Ellis D. Rainsberger''' is a [[American football|football]] coach who has held a number of jobs in [[college football]] and pro football, including head coach of the [[Pittsburgh Maulers]] of the [[USFL]]. He was most recently a [[Scout (sport)|scout]] with the [[Miami Dolphins]] (2005-2007) and the [[Tennessee Titans]] (2000-2004).
'''Ellis Dwight Rainsberger Sr.''' (October 20, 1932 – July 17, 2021) was an American [[gridiron football]] player, coach, and scout.<ref>[https://www.dignitymemorial.com/en-ca/obituaries/colorado-springs-co/ellis-rainsberger-10272266 Ellis Rainsberger] obituary</ref> He served as the head football coach at [[Washburn University]] (1962–1964), [[Southern Illinois University Carbondale]] (1966), and [[Kansas State University]] (1975–1977), compiling a career [[college football]] record of 27–42–1. Rainsberger was the head coach of the [[USFL]]'s [[Pittsburgh Maulers (1984)|Pittsburgh Maulers]] for part of the 1984 season, tallying a mark of 1–7. He was most recently a [[Scout (sport)|scout]] with the [[Tennessee Titans]] (2000–2004) and [[Miami Dolphins]] (2005–2007) of the [[National Football League]] (NFL).


==Playing career==
Rainsberger was a three-year football letterman at [[Kansas State University]] in the 1950s, as well as a two-time All-[[Big Eight Conference]] selection. He was also a letterman for the Kansas State wrestling team. Rainsberger returned to his alma mater to serve as head football coach from 1975 to 1977. He started quickly at Kansas State, winning his first three games, but ultimately compiled a record of 6-27. Further, Rainsberger left Kansas State under a cloud when his program was placed on probation for giving too many scholarships.
Rainsberger was a three-year football letterman at [[Kansas State University]] in the 1950s, as well as a two-time All-[[Big Eight Conference]] selection. He was also a letterman for the Kansas State wrestling team.


==Coaching career==
Following his termination at Kansas State, Rainsberger served as [[offensive coordinator]] for the [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] of the [[Canadian Football League]] from 1978 to 1982. He spent the 1983 season as an assistant coach with the [[Denver Gold]] of the USFL. In 1984, he was interim head coach of the [[Pittsburgh Maulers]] for the second half of the season. Notably, the head coach he replaced, [[Joe Pendry]], had been Rainsberger's offensive coordinator at Kansas State.
Rainsberger served as the head football coach at [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]]-level [[Washburn University]] from 1962 to 1964, posting a record of 17–10 and winning a conference championship in 1964. His record at Washburn ranks him ninth in terms of total wins and tenth in terms of winning percentage.<ref>http://www.wusports.com/documents/2007/7/30/07fbguide-127-137-history1.pdf?id=69 {{Bare URL PDF|date=September 2022}}</ref> He became the 11th head football coach at [[Southern Illinois University Carbondale]] for one season in 1966, tallying a record of 4–5–1. Rainsberger returned to his alma mater to serve as head football coach at Kansas State from 1975 to 1977. He started his tenure there while, winning his first three games, but ultimately compiled a record of 6–27. Rainsberger left Kansas State with the program placed on probation for giving too many scholarships.


Following his termination at Kansas State, Rainsberger served as [[offensive coordinator]] for the [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] of the [[Canadian Football League]] (CFL) from 1978 to 1982. He spent the 1983 season as an assistant coach with the [[Denver Gold]] of the [[United States Football League]] (USFL). In 1984, he was interim head coach of the [[Pittsburgh Maulers (1984)|Pittsburgh Maulers]] for the second half of the season. The head coach he replaced, [[Joe Pendry]], had been Rainsberger's offensive coordinator at Kansas State. During his long career, Rainsberger has also held a number of assistant coaching positions in the college ranks. He worked as an assistant coach at the [[Drake University]] (1959–1961), the [[University of Kansas]] (1965), the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois]] (1967–1972), the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] (1973–1974), and the [[University of Toledo]] (1989–1991).<ref>Fitzgerald, Tim. (2001) ''Wildcat Gridiron Guide: Past & Present Stories About K-State Football'' {{ISBN|0-9703458-0-1}}</ref>
Before his term at Kansas State, Rainsberger served as the head coach for [[NAIA]]-level [[Washburn University|Washburn]] from 1962 to 1964 (posting a record of 17-10 and earning a conference championship). His record at Washburn ranks him ninth in terms of total wins and tenth in terms of winning percentage.<ref>http://www.wusports.com/documents/2007/7/30/07fbguide-127-137-history1.pdf?id=69</ref>


==Head coaching record==
He later went to become the 11th coach of the [[Southern Illinois Salukis]] for one season in [[1966]] (with a record of 4-5-1). This ranks him 13th at SIU in terms of total wins and eighth at SIU in terms of winning percentage.<ref>[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/gateway/southern_illinois/coaching_records.php Southern Illinois Coaching Records<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Washburn Ichabods football|Washburn Ichabods]]
| conf = [[Central Intercollegiate Conference]]
| startyear = 1962
| endyear = 1964
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1962 NAIA football season|1962]]
| name = Washburn
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 2–3
| confstanding = T–4th
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1963 NAIA football season|1963]]
| name = Washburn
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 2–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = [[1964 NAIA football season|1964]]
| name = Washburn
| overall = 8–1
| conference = 4–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Washburn
| overall = 17–10
| confrecord = 8–5
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Southern Illinois Salukis football|Southern Illinois Salukis]]
| conf = NCAA College Division independent
| startyear = 1966
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1966 NCAA College Division football season|1966]]
| name = [[1966 Southern Illinois Salukis football team|Southern Illinois]]
| overall = 4–5–1
| conference =
| confstanding =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Southern Illinois
| overall = 4–5–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Kansas State Wildcats football|Kansas State Wildcats]]
| conf = [[Big Eight Conference]]
| startyear = 1975
| endyear = 1977
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1975 NCAA Division I football season|1975]]
| name = [[1975 Kansas State Wildcats football team|Kansas State]]
| overall = 3–8
| conference = 0–7
| confstanding = 8th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1976 NCAA Division I football season|1976]]
| name = [[1976 Kansas State Wildcats football team|Kansas State]]
| overall = 1-10
| conference = 0–7
| confstanding = 8th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1977 NCAA Division I football season|1977]]
| name = [[1977 Kansas State Wildcats football team|Kansas State]]
| overall = 2–9
| conference = 0–7
| confstanding = 8th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Kansas State
| overall = 6–27
| confrecord = 0–21
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 27–42–1
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}


==References==
During his long career, Rainsberger has also held a number of assistant coaching positions in the college ranks. He worked as an assistant coach at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois]] from 1967 to 1972, and at the [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]] from 1973 to 1974. He also held assistant coach positions at [[Drake University|Drake]] (1959-1961), the [[University of Kansas]] (1965), and the [[University of Toledo]] (1989-1991).<ref>Fitzgerald, Tim. (2001) ''Wildcat Gridiron Guide: Past & Present Stories About K-State Football'' ISBN 0-9703458-0-1</ref>
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== References ==
{{Southern Illinois Salukis football coach navbox}}
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{{Kansas State Wildcats football coach navbox}}
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=1930 Major college coaching record]
* [http://www.miamidolphins.com/pressbox/mediaguide/PAGES_01-46.pdf Profile]
* [http://www.thisistheusfl.com/USFLcoaches.htm USFL profile]
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Latest revision as of 18:17, 23 February 2024

Ellis Rainsberger
Biographical details
Born(1932-10-20)October 20, 1932
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
DiedJuly 17, 2021(2021-07-17) (aged 88)
Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
Playing career
1955–1957Kansas State
1958Saskatchewan Roughriders
Position(s)Offensive lineman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1959–1961Drake (assistant)
1962–1964Washburn
1965Kansas (assistant)
1966Southern Illinois
1967–1972Illinois (assistant)
1973–1974Wisconsin (assistant)
1975–1977Kansas State
1978–1982Winnipeg Blue Bombers (assistant)
1983Denver Gold (assistant)
1984Pittsburgh Maulers
1986–1988Toronto Argonauts (OL)
1989–1991Toledo (assistant)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2000–2004Tennessee Titans (scout)
2005–2007Miami Dolphins (scout)
Head coaching record
Overall27–42–1 (college)
1–7 (USFL)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 CIAC (1964)

Ellis Dwight Rainsberger Sr. (October 20, 1932 – July 17, 2021) was an American gridiron football player, coach, and scout.[1] He served as the head football coach at Washburn University (1962–1964), Southern Illinois University Carbondale (1966), and Kansas State University (1975–1977), compiling a career college football record of 27–42–1. Rainsberger was the head coach of the USFL's Pittsburgh Maulers for part of the 1984 season, tallying a mark of 1–7. He was most recently a scout with the Tennessee Titans (2000–2004) and Miami Dolphins (2005–2007) of the National Football League (NFL).

Playing career[edit]

Rainsberger was a three-year football letterman at Kansas State University in the 1950s, as well as a two-time All-Big Eight Conference selection. He was also a letterman for the Kansas State wrestling team.

Coaching career[edit]

Rainsberger served as the head football coach at NAIA-level Washburn University from 1962 to 1964, posting a record of 17–10 and winning a conference championship in 1964. His record at Washburn ranks him ninth in terms of total wins and tenth in terms of winning percentage.[2] He became the 11th head football coach at Southern Illinois University Carbondale for one season in 1966, tallying a record of 4–5–1. Rainsberger returned to his alma mater to serve as head football coach at Kansas State from 1975 to 1977. He started his tenure there while, winning his first three games, but ultimately compiled a record of 6–27. Rainsberger left Kansas State with the program placed on probation for giving too many scholarships.

Following his termination at Kansas State, Rainsberger served as offensive coordinator for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 1978 to 1982. He spent the 1983 season as an assistant coach with the Denver Gold of the United States Football League (USFL). In 1984, he was interim head coach of the Pittsburgh Maulers for the second half of the season. The head coach he replaced, Joe Pendry, had been Rainsberger's offensive coordinator at Kansas State. During his long career, Rainsberger has also held a number of assistant coaching positions in the college ranks. He worked as an assistant coach at the Drake University (1959–1961), the University of Kansas (1965), the University of Illinois (1967–1972), the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1973–1974), and the University of Toledo (1989–1991).[3]

Head coaching record[edit]

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Washburn Ichabods (Central Intercollegiate Conference) (1962–1964)
1962 Washburn 4–5 2–3 T–4th
1963 Washburn 5–4 2–2 3rd
1964 Washburn 8–1 4–0 1st
Washburn: 17–10 8–5
Southern Illinois Salukis (NCAA College Division independent) (1966)
1966 Southern Illinois 4–5–1
Southern Illinois: 4–5–1
Kansas State Wildcats (Big Eight Conference) (1975–1977)
1975 Kansas State 3–8 0–7 8th
1976 Kansas State 1-10 0–7 8th
1977 Kansas State 2–9 0–7 8th
Kansas State: 6–27 0–21
Total: 27–42–1
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ellis Rainsberger obituary
  2. ^ http://www.wusports.com/documents/2007/7/30/07fbguide-127-137-history1.pdf?id=69 [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ Fitzgerald, Tim. (2001) Wildcat Gridiron Guide: Past & Present Stories About K-State Football ISBN 0-9703458-0-1
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