Head Coach - Chip Wilde

Chip Wilde will enter his third season as the head men’s basketball coach and assistant professor at Eureka College in 2009-10.  A native of Macomb, Ill., Wilde is no stranger to the central Illinois basketball landscape. 

Before taking the reins of the Eureka men’s basketball program in the summer of 2007, Wilde worked at the Division I level for three seasons, starting as the coordinator of basketball operations at Rutgers from 2004-06.  Following that stint, he was an assistant coach at Eastern Michigan during the 2006-07 season.  He began his college coaching career as an undergraduate assistant coach at Western Illinois in 1988.

Wilde served as the men’s basketball head coach (1997-2003) and women’s basketball head coach (1994-97) at Concordia University in Ann Arbor, Mich.  In 2001, he led the Cardinals to the NCCAA Men’s National Tournament and was named NCCAA Regional Coach of the Year.  Wilde also served as the university’s Director of Athletics from 1997-98.   His career has also included assistant coaching stops at Central Michigan and Collin County Community College in Plano, Texas.  While at Collin County, Wilde helped the Cougars finish the season ranked second in the nation in the NJCAA.

Wilde earned a bachelor’s of science in physical education from Western Illinois University in 1991 in his hometown of Macomb before earning his master’s degree from WIU in 1994.

Always involved in teaching the game, Wilde and his staff conduct an annual youth summer basketball camp at Eureka, as well as a Fall Hoops Festival for area youths in the month of November.  Wilde resides in Normal with his wife Darby and 1-year old daughter Zoey.

Assistant Coach Josh Binder

Josh Binder will enter his first season as an assistant coach on the Eureka College staff in 2009-10.

Binder played collegiately from 2005-09 for Ray Shovlain at Saint Amrbose University in Davenport, Iowa, helping the Bees average 15 wins per season during his four-year career.  A native of Sterling, Ill., Binder was an Illinois Basketball Coaches Association All-State Honorable Mention selection and unanimous All-North Central Illinois Conference First Team choice at Sterling High School.

Binder is engaged to Betsy Baumann, who attends graduate school at Midwestern University in Downers Grove, Ill.

Assistant Coach Clint Rabbe

Following a four-year playing career at Eureka College, Clint Rabbe will join the Eureka coaching staff for the first time as an assistant coach in 2009-10.

Rabbe played for Eureka from 2003-06 and again in 2008-09.  He played a total of 66 games during his EC career, including 19 games as a reserve last season.

A native of El Paso, Ill., Rabbe was a First Team All-Midstate Conference performer at El Paso High School in 2002-03 after averaging 14 points, six rebounds and six assists per game.  He was also named All-Area Honorable Mention by The Bloomington Pantagraph and left El Paso as its all-time leader in free throw percentage at 83.2 percent.