Sam Chilsen

Offensive Coordinator/Recruiting Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach @IC_Football

[Sam Chilsen @Sam_Chilsen]

📍 The Hilltop

[Bryan Wade @Coach_BWade]

Good Luck to all Illinois High School programs starting their Playoff Runs this weekend and those waiting to get rolling next week as well!

Seniors, win or lose, take in these last opportunities that you get with your guys! They will undoubtedly last a lifetime!

The Blueboys will be watching!

#GroundPounders

[Bryan Wade @Coach_BWade]

The secret is out!

[Illinois College Football @IC_Football]

#FOE #RollBlue

[IC Athletics @IC_Athletics]

Happy Fan Friday! It’s another exciting weekend on the Hilltop! We hope to see you at England Stadium on Saturday night for the football home opener!

Bring your friends, and bring that IC spirit! Beat Lyon!

#FanFriday #GoBlueboys #GoLadyBlues #IllinoisCollege

[Illinois College Football @IC_Football]

Home Opener! Under the lights! #FOE

[Coach Johnny Croyle @CoachCroyle]

2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ - Penn State: O Line Meeting Room...

"HARD WORK IN A SOFT WORLD"

[Bryan Wade @Coach_BWade]

Another Legacy Dinner has come and passed, meaning these 7 Seniors embark on the final seasons of their college football careers as players and student coaches.

I’m truly blessed to be able to work with these guys each and every day!

Also, congratulations to the 2026 Taylor Briggs Award recipient, @BlakeBuckles4. I know that you will wear #55 with the honor and dignity that it deserves! Go Blueboys!

#FOE #GroundPounders

[Last of the Fullbacks @TheLastFullback]

Football guy 🫡

[Jimmy Champion @CoachJChamp]

Ball is back! Friday night lights in the 217 are booming! #DOGS

[Sam Chilsen @Sam_Chilsen]

Friday Night Lights are back in the 217! 👀 on the backyard.

[Bussin' With The Boys @BussinWTB]

“I’m not really into dreams… I’m into nightmares”

Jon Gruden’s Hard Knocks speech is all time

[Bryan Wade @Coach_BWade]

First Day of IHSA Practice for the 2026 Football Season is TODAY.

Future Blueboys, enjoy this Senior season to its fullest and take care of business!

Good luck to all this season!

[Chris Pronger @chrispronger]

You're going to get knocked down.

Sometimes it's an injury. Sometimes it's a setback in business. Sometimes it's life.

The question isn't whether adversity is coming. It's how you'll respond when it does.

Keep showing up. Keep pushing forward.

[Sam Chilsen @Sam_Chilsen]

@IC_Football

[DingoTalk @DingoTalk]

#d3fb 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

[Bryan Wade @Coach_BWade]

Get me to Kickoff! The ‘26 Campaign is going to be a special one for the Blueboys!

#GroundPounders

[tony franklin @coachtf]

I’ve consulted over 1000 coaches and schools as well as coached middle school, high school, Power 4 and Group of 6 College D1, and Professional Arena.

Ive been a DB coach, defensive coordinator, offensive coordinator, running back coach, receiver coach, OL coach, and Head Coach and General Manager.

I’ve won on the last play, been beaten with Hail Mary and 50 yard field goals as time runs out.

I’ve been praised. I’ve been fired. I’ve been attacked for every human flaw from poor play calling to being fat and dressing poorly, and been given more credit than I ever deserve.

As a player I’ve been injured and had surgery to end a season and I’ve fumbled on the last play of the game to lose the game and I’ve been named player of the game and received honors for being a good player.

I’ve buried many of my closest friends and mentors in this business (players and coaches).

In other words I’ve lived a full life and have seen, felt, and experienced the good, the bad, and the ugly of this game and this profession.

And if I could describe the value of the entire experience it would be summed up in these points:

1) I never loved the game…But I cherished, respected, and grew from what the game provided for me and the countless players I’ve been fortunate to coach

2) Not all coaches are good humans. Some are horrible evil men, just as some lawyers, doctors, and military leaders are horrible humans…and I don’t give them a pass for winning and being fun and having power… and I don’t give myself a pass for the harm I’ve done either

3) The good coaches are incredible teachers, have empathy for other humans, have a deep desire to impact young people in a positive way, realize they aren’t perfect, work smart more than work hard, ask for forgiveness when they wrong someone, and are willing to lose their job in order to protect the lives and psyche of the young people they coach, master their craft, coach everyone the same until they “know them” then coach everyone different according to their skillset and learning preference, keep their cool when everyone around them is losing their cool, takes the blame for failures of their team or group and praises others when success lands upon them, and have built lifetime relationships with humans they coached, mentored, and guided…regardless of the success as a player that human had.

4) The best most impactful coaches aren’t transactional with the humans they have influence over. They deal firmly but humanely regardless of what that human can do for them

As the season of 2026 nears and the drums of football beat louder than ever…Choose to be a good man, a good human, a good teacher, a good friend, a good mentor.

Your influence is forever.

Don’t take it lightly

[IC Athletics @IC_Athletics]

FB | IC Promotes Champion to Defensive Coordinator, Adds Three Assistant Coaches

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#ICAthletics #D3Football #GoBlueBoys @IC_Football

[Bryan Wade @Coach_BWade]

33 Academic All-Conference Football players this year! Our guys excel both on and off the field!

[IC Athletics @IC_Athletics]

There's still time to register for the Illinois College Athletics Golf Classic!

Join us on August 7, at The Rail in Springfield for a great day of golf while supporting Illinois College Athletics.

#ICathletics #GoBlueboys #GoLadyBlues

[Jimmy Champion @CoachJChamp]

We're not finished! Come camp with the Blueboys! 🔵⚪️ #DOGS #FOE
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