Hall of Fame
Alex Dominguez, a member of EKU’s All-Century Football Team, played four seasons for coach Roy Kidd at linebacker, playing for all four of the Eastern teams that made it to the national championship game from 1979-82. His career took off for Eastern his sophomore season in 1980 when he led the team in tackles and assists with 90 stops and 60 assists, the fifth best tackle totals for a single season in school history, and was named second-team All-Ohio Valley Conference when EKU finished as the national runner-up. Good things continued his junior season as he was selected to the first-team All-OVC unit in leading Eastern to the regular season OVC championship and a second consecutive national runner-up finish. In 1982, while serving as co-captain, Dominguez was a huge part of the magical undefeated season for the Colonels that culminated with a final 13-0 record and the school’s second national championship, a 17-14 victory over Delaware. He totaled 69 solo tackles, 64 assists, three caused fumbles, one fumble recovery, one interception and eight tackles for loss that year and received first-team all-conference honors for a second straight season. He finished his EKU career as the seventh all-time leading tackler with 378 stops.
