Eliah Drinkwitz

Eliah Drinkwitz (born April 12, 1983) is an American football coach who is the head football coach at the University of Missouri. He served as the head football coach at Appalachian State University in 2019.

Eli Drinkwitz
Drinkwitz at 2019 Sun Belt Media Day
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamMissouri
ConferenceSEC
Record0–0
Biographical details
Born (1983-04-12) April 12, 1983
Norman, Oklahoma
Alma materArkansas Tech (2004)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2005Alma HS (AR) (assistant)
2006–2009Springdale HS (AR) (OC)
2010–2011Auburn (QC)
2012Arkansas State (RB)
2013Arkansas State (co-OC/RB)
2014Boise State (TE)
2015Boise State (OC/QB)
2016–2018NC State (OC/QB)
2019Appalachian State
2020–presentMissouri
Head coaching record
Overall12–1
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 [1]

In 2012, after two successful seasons with Auburn, he moved to Jonesboro, AR with Gus Malzahn to become the running backs and special teams coordinator. [2]

When Malzahn went back to Auburn, Drinkwitz stayed at Arkansas State, under coach Bryan Harsin, as the offensive line and tight ends Coach when Arkansas State won the Godaddy bowl.

Bryan Harsin then accepted the position as the head coach of Boise State in 2014 and Drinkwitz went to Boise to win the Fiesta Bowl in 2014 and the Poinsettia Bowl in 2015.

Then in 2016 Drinkwitz was able to acquire a position with North Carolina State as the Offensive Coordinator to win the Independence Bowl in 2016 and the Sun Bowl in 2017.

Drinkwitz was hired by Appalachian State on December 13, 2018.[3] He was previously the offensive coordinator for NC State.[4] On December 8, 2019 sources reported that he is in final negotiations to become the next head football coach at the University of Missouri.

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.[5] 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.

Head coaching record
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs Coaches# AP°
Appalachian State Mountaineers (Sun Belt Conference) (2019)
2019 Appalachian State 12–18–11st (East)New Orleans*1819
Appalachian State: 12–18–1* Departed Appalachian State for Missouri before bowl game
Missouri Tigers (Southeastern Conference) (2020–present)
2020 Missouri 0–00–0(East)
Missouri: 0–00–0
Total:12–1
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References
  1. https://www.aufamily.com/forums/topic/140132-2010-depth-chart-coaching-staff/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. http://www.astateredwolves.com/pdf8/862783.pdf
  3. 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.
  4. NC State hires Boise State OC Eliah Drinkwitz to run offense
  5. "ASU Redwolves Porgram" (PDF).
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