:Jim Rexilius

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Jim Rexilius

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| birth_date = April 23, 1932

| death_date = June 25, 2003 (aged 71){{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2003/06/27/funeral-service-is-set-for-rexilius/|publisher=Chicago Tribune|date=June 27, 2003|title=Funeral service is set for Rexilius|access-date=April 11, 2013}}

| death_place = Wheaton, Illinois

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| coach_years1 = 1981

| coach_team1 = Wheaton (IL)

| overall_record = 2–7 (college)
177–77 (high school)

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James Rexilius (April 23, 1932 – June 25, 2003){{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailyherald/obituary.aspx?n=james-rexilius&pid=1115176&fhid=2048|title=James Rexilius|publisher=Chicago Suburban Daily Herald|accessdate=26 July 2019}} was an American football coach. He was one of the more prominent and successful coaches in the Chicago area during his career.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=arWK8xHbZysC&q=jim+rexilius+wheaton+north&pg=PA230|page=230|title=Dusty, Deek, and Mr. Do-Right: High School Football in Illinois|first=Taylor|last=Bell|accessdate=April 11, 2013|publisher=University of Illinois Press|year=2010|isbn=9780252077319}} In 1992, he was inducted into the Illinois High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame.{{cite web|url=http://www.ihsfca.com/index.htm|publisher=Illinois High School Football Coaches Association|title=Hall of Fame (directory)|accessdate=April 11, 2013}}

Coaching career

=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.Michael Kates. [https://web.archive.org/web/20141006082813/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2003-06-26/sports/0306260376_1_state-playoffs-liver-oldest-son "James `Jim' Rexilius, 71, longtime Wheaton N. coach,"] Chicago Tribune, June 26, 2003. Retrieved April 11, 2013. 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1995/12/06/rexilius-resigns-as-football-coach-at-wheaton-n/|publisher=Chicago Tribune|access-date=April 11, 2013|date=December 6, 1995|title=Rexilius Resigns As Football Coach At Wheaton N.|first=Bob|last=Sakamoto}} It was at Wheaton North that he mentored a young Chuck Long toward a career in coaching.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/28486/iowa-star-chuck-long-reflects-on-career|publisher=ESPN|title=Iowa star Chuck Long reflects on career|access-date=April 11, 2013|date=June 28, 2011|first=Adam|last=Rittenberg}}

=Wheaton=

Rexilius was head football coach at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois for the 1981 season, compiling a record of 2–7.{{Cite web

|last=DeLassus

|first=David

|title=Wheaton Thunder Records By Year

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|accessdate=March 20, 2013

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|archivedate=July 29, 2014

}}{{cite web|url=http://athletics.wheaton.edu/sports/2007/6/26/FB-YBY.aspx?id=46 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410000534/http://athletics.wheaton.edu/sports/2007/6/26/FB-YBY.aspx?id=46 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 10, 2013 |title=Football year-by-year results |publisher=Wheaton Thunder |accessdate=March 20, 2013 }}

References

Category:1932 births

Category:2003 deaths

Category:Wheaton Thunder football coaches

Category:High school football coaches in Illinois