 In its earliest years, the program had a different coach every year—generally, a former college football player who had just graduated from college.Often, the coaches also played with the team during the games.Some of the coaches during this era include Fay Moulton (1900), who went on to win Olympic medals as a sprinter; Wade Moore (1901), who later was a successful minor league baseball manager; and Cyrus E. Dietz (1902), who became a justice of the Illinois Supreme Court.