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Gregory-Douds Field at Eiler-Martin Stadium
Opened: 1938
Capacity: 6,000
Sports: Football, Men's and Women's Soccer, Track & Field
East Stroudsburg University’s Gregory-Douds Field at Eiler-Martin Stadium is named in honor of John R. Eiler, an outstanding athlete at the school in the early 1930s and later athletic director and a championship soccer coach, and the late Gene Martin, the Warriors’ head football coach from 1942-57 and the school’s long-time Dean of Men. The names of coaches Jack Gregory (1959-65) and Denny Douds (1974-present) were added in a ceremony following a 58-14 win vs. Cheyney on Oct. 30, 2010.
Formerly swamp land in 1932, today’s stadium and field were filled in by East Stroudsburg State Teachers’ College students working in federal work programs instituted after Franklin Roosevelt was elected president in 1932. Many football players at the time were members of the work crew.
Dedication ceremonies were held on Oct. 22, 1938, before a football game against Cortland State. There was a parade to the stadium which included both football teams, members of all other athletic teams in full uniform, students in the Physical Education and Health program, municipal and college officials, and even game officials.
New home bleachers were added in 1960 while a fully enclosed, air-conditioned press box was installed in 1988 and new away bleachers were added in 1989. Also in 1988, an electronic message center scoreboard was erected at the south end of the field, which was upgraded to a video board in 2014. The stadium has undergone other major upgrades in the past decade, including the installation of FieldTurf in the summer of 2008 (and re-installation in summer 2018) that gives ESU a sparkling multi-use facility. Lights were added in the spring of 2007 which made night games possible for the first time in school history. The track was resurfaced and expanded to eight lanes for the Warriors’ track and field program in 2005. The home bleachers were refinished in spring of 2021.
Along with football and soccer and track and field, Gregory-Douds Field at Eiler-Martin Stadium hosted the 2021 and 2022 Division II Women's Lacrosse Atlantic Region Championship.
