Jim Harkema to be Special Guest at EMU Football Golf Outing

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YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) — Former Eastern Michigan University Head Football Coach Jim Harkema will be a featured speaker and participant at the 12th Annual Golf Outing to support the EMU football team Friday, June 5, at Eagle Crest Golf Club.

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The cost for this year's golf outing is $150 for an individual golfer and $600 per foursome. In addition, a special rate of $100 is available for young EMU football alumni from the classes of 2011-15. Tickets for the dinner only portion of the event are just $25.

A 1999 inductee into the E-Club Athletic Hall of Fame, Harkema enjoyed a successful 10-year career at EMU from 1983-94. He took over an EMU football program that had won just two games in three previous years and developed the program into one of the best in the Mid-American Conference, resulting in the best MAC won-lost record from 1986-89.

Harkema turned the team into a championship contender with his 1987 football squad reaching the top of the Mid-American Conference, capturing the first-ever league title and leading the team to a 30-27 upset win over a highly favored San Jose State University team in the California Bowl. That 1987 squad notched the most wins in school history with a 10-2 record and he was named MAC Coach of the Year for his efforts. He followed it up by directing the 1988 and 1989 teams to runner-up spots in the final league standings.

Before arriving in Ypsilanti, Harkema enjoyed an outstanding 10-year career as head football coach at Grand Valley State University where he posted a 68-29-1 record. Harkema was selected into the GVSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1988 and he was in the inaugural class inducted into the Kalamazoo College Athletic Hall of Fame in 1986 where he was also recognized as a Distinguished Alumnus in 1992.

Dinner will include many contests and prizes, and there will also be a raffle and a silent auction for various EMU memorabilia. Registration for the tournament begins at 9 a.m. followed by a shotgun start four person scramble format event at 10 a.m. The post-round reception and dinner starts at approximately 3 p.m.

For more information on the event, please contact EMU Director of Football Operations Jake Kirkendall at 734.487.3420.

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