Matt Drinkall Explained

Matt Drinkall
Current Title:Offensive line coach
Current Team:Army
Current Conference:AAC
Coach Years1:2003–2005
Coach Team1:Bettendorf HS (IA) (WR/DC)
Coach Years2:2006–2007
Coach Team2:Western Illinois (TE)
Coach Years3:2008
Coach Team3:St. Ambrose (assistant)
Coach Years4:2009
Coach Team4:St. Ambrose (WR)
Coach Years5:2010–2011
Coach Team5:St. Ambrose (OL)
Coach Years6:2012–2013
Coach Team6:St. Ambrose (OC)
Coach Years7:2014–2018
Coach Team7:Kansas Wesleyan
Coach Years8:2019
Coach Team8:Army (OQC)
Coach Years9:2020–2022
Coach Team9:Army (TE)
Coach Years10:2023
Coach Team10:Army (co-OC/OL)
Coach Years11:2024–present
Coach Team11:Army (OL)
Overall Record:42–17
Tournament Record:2–2 (NAIA playoffs)
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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wesleyan Welcome: Drinkall takes over Coyote football program . . Bob . Davidson . January 30, 2014 . January 30, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140203183118/http://www.salina.com/sports/KWU-Drinkall . February 3, 2014 .
  2. Web site: Kansas Wesleyan selects Matt Drinkall as football coach. Victory Sports Network. January 29, 2014. January 30, 2014.
  3. Web site: Tabor, Kansas Wesleyan take high hopes into NAIA playoffs. Wichita Eagle. November 20, 2015. September 22, 2016.
  4. Web site: KWU's Drinkall Makes Jump to Army. KSAL.com. January 14, 2019. January 15, 2019.