| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Central Michigan |
| Conference | MAC |
| Record | 0–0 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | November 8, 1982 Bettendorf, Iowa, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 2001 | Iowa |
| 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 | Army (OL) |
| 2025–present | Central Michigan |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 42–17 |
| Tournaments | 2–2 (NAIA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 KCAC (2018) | |
Matt Drinkall (born November 8, 1982) is an American college football coach who is the head football coach for the Central Michigan Chippewas. He previously held various offensive coaching positions for the Army Black Knights.
Drinkall began his coaching career as a student assistant coach in 2002 for Kirk Ferentz at the University of Iowa, after suffering a career ending injury as a wide receiver for the Hawkeyes. [1] [2]
He previously served as the head football coach of Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kansas, starting in January 2014. [3] He had worked previously as a football coach at the high school and college levels before being hired as head coach. [4] 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. [5]
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. [6] He had compiled a 42–17 record as head coach. Drinkall has worked primarily on the offensive side of the ball.
On December 9th, 2024, Drinkall was hired by Central Michigan University as the next head coach. [7]
Drinkall grew up in Bettendorf, Iowa and attended Bettendorf High School where he played football and ran track.
He was briefly a wide receiver for the Iowa Hawkeyes before an injury ended his playing career and set his coaching career in motion as a student assistant for Iowa. [8]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas Wesleyan (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference)(2014–2018) | |||||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| Central Michigan (Mid-American Conference)(2025–present) | |||||||||
| 2025 | Central Michigan | ||||||||
| Total: | 42–17 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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