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Hardin named WIU wide receiver coach

| By: WIU Athletic Communications

New coach joins staff from Eastern Washington

MACOMB – The Western Illinois football program announced the hiring of Gregory Hardin as the new Leatherneck wide receiver coach. Hardin inherits a wide receiver group that caught 20 touchdowns and averaged 207 receiving yards per game a year ago. Hardin joins the Leatherneck coaching staff after serving as wide receiver coach at Eastern Washington University.

"We are extremely excited to welcome Coach Hardin to our football family and staff," coach Myers Hendrickson said. "He is an outstanding person, recruiter, and football coach. He brings a wealth of knowledge to our wide receivers group here at Western Illinois University, both in his playing and coaching experiences. Coach Hardin is a tremendous addition to our program and I am excited to work with him as we move forward into spring ball and the 2023 season."

Last season, Eastern Washington averaged 253.55 yards per game and finished the campaign with 25 receiving touchdowns. Before joining Eastern Washington, Hardin coached at Millersville University, Robert Morris University and most recently at Oregon State.

While at Oregon State, Hardin served as a graduate assistant for the Beavers, where in addition to assisting with the wide receivers, he provided scouting reports, worked on weekly passing game concepts, ran scout defense and assisted in recruiting.
 
Before his time at Oregon State, Hardin spent three seasons at Robert Morris University as the wide receiver coach while assisting with recruiting and academics.
 
At Millersville, Hardin coached Kevin Wiggins to first and second team All-PSAC East Honors in 2016 and 2017 while serving as the wide receiver coach.
 
Hardin played at the University of North Dakota from 2009 to 2013. He earned First Team All-Big Sky status in 2012 and 2013 and was a two-time Third Team All-American. In 2012, he won the CFPA FCS Elite Wide Receiver Award and spent a season with the Denver Broncos as an undrafted free agent in 2014 before playing a season in the CFL with the Saskatchewan Rough Riders.
 
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