Sport(s) Football 1981 Wheaton | Overall 2–7 (.222) Name Jim Rexilius | |
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Died June 25, 2003, Wheaton, Illinois, United States | ||
Jim Rexilius was an American football coach in the United States. He was one of the more prominent and successful coaches in the Chicago area during his career. In 1992, he was inducted into the Illinois High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame.
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High school
Rexilius spent most of his career as the coach at Wheaton North High School where he coached high school football and other sports. In his 27-year coaching career, Rexilius twice led his high-school teams to state championships—first in 1979 and again in 1986 after returning to the secondary-school level. When he retired as head coach, his overall high school record was 177 wins and 77 losses. It was at Wheaton North that he mentored a young Chuck Long toward a career in coaching.
Wheaton
Rexilius was head college football coach for the Wheaton Thunder located in Wheaton, Illinois for the 1981 season. His coaching record at Wheaton College was 2 wins and 7 losses. As of the conclusion of the 2012 season, this ranks him #17 at Wheaton in total wins and #19 at the school in winning percentage (.222).