Matt Drinkall

Last updated
Matt Drinkall
Current position
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)
2009St. Ambrose (WR)
2010–2011St. Ambrose (OL)
2012–2013St. Ambrose (OC)
2014–2018 Kansas Wesleyan
2019 Army (OQC)
2020–2022Army (TE)
2023Army (co–OC/OL)
2024–presentArmy (OL)
Head coaching record
Overall42–17
Tournaments2–2 (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.

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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.

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs NAIA#
Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference)(2014–present)
2014 Kansas Wesleyan2–92–7T–8th
2015 Kansas Wesleyan10–28–12ndL NAIA First Round 14
2016 Kansas Wesleyan9–27–2T–2nd17
2017 Kansas Wesleyan8–37–23rd21
2018 Kansas Wesleyan13–110–01stL NAIA Semifinal 6
Kansas Wesleyan:42–1734–12
Total:42–17
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

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References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "Kansas Wesleyan selects Matt Drinkall as football coach". Victory Sports Network. January 29, 2014. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Tabor, Kansas Wesleyan take high hopes into NAIA playoffs". Wichita Eagle. November 20, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  4. ↑ "KWU's Drinkall Makes Jump to Army". KSAL.com. January 14, 2019. Retrieved January 15, 2019.


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