Matt Drinkall
Current position | |
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Title | Offensive line coach |
Team | Army |
Conference | AAC |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2003–2005 | Bettendorf HS (IA) (WR/DC) |
2006–2007 | Western Illinois (TE) |
2008 | St. Ambrose (assistant) |
2009 | St. Ambrose (WR) |
2010–2011 | St. Ambrose (OL) |
2012–2013 | St. Ambrose (OC) |
2014–2018 | Kansas Wesleyan |
2019 | Army (OQC) |
2020–2022 | Army (TE) |
2023 | Army (co-OC/OL) |
2024–present | Army (OL) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 42–17 |
Tournaments | 2–2 (NAIA playoffs) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 KCAC (2018) | |
Matt Drinkall is an American college football coach. He is the offensive line coach for the United States Military Academy. He is currently in his second year on staff, having spent the 2019 season as an offensive quality control coach.
He previously served as the head football coach of Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kansas, starting in January 2014.[1] He had worked previously as a football coach at the high school and college levels before being hired as head coach.[2] In 2015, Drinkall was the second-youngest head college football coach in the country behind Cornell's David Archer and took the Coyotes to the 2015 playoffs.[3]
On January 14, 2019, Drinkall announced his resignation of the head coaching position at Kansas Wesleyan to join the staff of the Army Black Knights as an offensive quality control coach.[4] He had compiled a 42–17 record as head coach. Drinkall has worked primarily on the offensive side of the ball.
Personal Life
Drinkall grew up in Bettendorf Iowa and attended Bettendorf High School where he played football and ran track.
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA# | |||
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Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (2014–present) | |||||||||
2014 | Kansas Wesleyan | 2–9 | 2–7 | T–8th | |||||
2015 | Kansas Wesleyan | 10–2 | 8–1 | 2nd | L NAIA First Round | 14 | |||
2016 | Kansas Wesleyan | 9–2 | 7–2 | T–2nd | 17 | ||||
2017 | Kansas Wesleyan | 8–3 | 7–2 | 3rd | 21 | ||||
2018 | Kansas Wesleyan | 13–1 | 10–0 | 1st | L NAIA Semifinal | 6 | |||
Kansas Wesleyan: | 42–17 | 34–12 | |||||||
Total: | 42–17 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
References
- ^ Davidson, Bob (January 30, 2014). "Wesleyan Welcome: Drinkall takes over Coyote football program". Salina Journal. Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
- ^ "Kansas Wesleyan selects Matt Drinkall as football coach". Victory Sports Network. January 29, 2014. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
- ^ "Tabor, Kansas Wesleyan take high hopes into NAIA playoffs". Wichita Eagle. November 20, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
- ^ "KWU's Drinkall Makes Jump to Army". KSAL.com. January 14, 2019. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
External links
- Army profile
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