Eliah Drinkwitz
Eliah Drinkwitz (born April 12, 1983) is an American football coach who is the head football coach at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. He was previously the head football coach at Appalachian State University in 2019.
 Drinkwitz at 2019 Sun Belt Media Day | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Missouri |
| Conference | SEC |
| Record | 5–5 |
| Annual salary | $4 million [1] |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | April 12, 1983 Norman, Oklahoma |
| Alma mater | Arkansas Tech (2004) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2005 | Alma HS (AR) (assistant) |
| 2006–2009 | Springdale HS (AR) (OC) |
| 2010–2011 | Auburn (QC) |
| 2012 | Arkansas State (RB) |
| 2013 | Arkansas State (co-OC/RB) |
| 2014 | Boise State (TE) |
| 2015 | Boise State (OC/QB) |
| 2016–2018 | NC State (OC/QB) |
| 2019 | Appalachian State |
| 2020–present | Missouri |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 17–6 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 Sun Belt (2019) 1 Sun Belt East Division (2019) | |
Coaching career
After coaching at Springdale High School (Arkansas), where he coached with Gus Malzahn in 2004, Drinkwitz moved to Auburn in 2009 to work on football operations as the Quality Control Coach and was on the coaching staff when Auburn won the 2010 National Championship under Gene Chizik [2]
In 2012, after two successful seasons with Auburn, he followed Malzahn to Arkansas State, where he spent the 2012 and 2013 seasons as running backs coach, and in 2013 also served as co-offensive coordinator.
In 2014, when Arkansas State head coach Bryan Harsin became head coach at Boise State, Drinkwitz joined his staff as the tight ends coach. In 2015, he was promoted to offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
In 2016, Drinkwitz was named offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at NC State. He served in this position for three seasons, during which he won two bowl games and won 25 games. The Wolfpack also finished at #23 in the AP Poll in 2017.
Drinkwitz was hired as Appalachian State's head coach on December 13, 2018.[3] In his one season as head coach of the Mountaineers, he finished 12-1, with a victory over Louisiana in the 2019 Sun Belt championship.
On December 9, 2019, he was hired as the head coach of the Missouri Tigers, replacing Barry Odom. In his first season with Mizzou, the Tigers have compiled a record of 5-5, including a win over defending national champion LSU.
Personal life
Drinkwitz was born in Norman, Oklahoma to Jerry and Susie Drinkwitz, but his parents and older siblings moved to the Alma, Arkansas area in 1984 when Eli was a year old. Being raised in Alma and playing football for the Alma Airedales is what led him to want to become a football coach, especially hearing the stories of his father playing for Luther College in Decorah, Iowa during the 1960s. During his time at Alma he was an All-Conference and All-State selection and was named FCA Huddle Leader of the Year.[4] He then chose to go to Russellville and received a bachelor's degree in education from Arkansas Tech University in 2004. Drinkwitz and his wife Lindsey have four daughters. After being hired by the University of Missouri, he moved to Columbia, Missouri.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appalachian State Mountaineers (Sun Belt Conference) (2019) | |||||||||
| 2019 | Appalachian State | 12–1 | 8–1 | 1st (East) | New Orleans* | 18 | 19 | ||
| Appalachian State: | 12–1 | 8–1 | * Departed Appalachian State for Missouri before bowl game | ||||||
| Missouri Tigers (Southeastern Conference) (2020–present) | |||||||||
| 2020 | Missouri | 5–5 | 5–5 | 3rd (East) | CX Music City | ||||
| Missouri: | 5–5 | 5–5 | |||||||
| Total: | 17–6 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
- https://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/sec/university-of-missouri/article238234269.html
- https://www.aufamily.com/forums/topic/140132-2010-depth-chart-coaching-staff/. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - Joyce, Ethan (December 13, 2018). "App State hires N.C. State offensive coordinator Eliah Drinkwitz as head football coach". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
- "ASU Redwolves Porgram" (PDF).