Coaches

Matt Drinkall

His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)

Head coach, Central Michigan · Played at Iowa 2001 · alma mater (CFBD): Western Illinois

Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26

Years	Team	Role	Title	Head coach
2003-2005	Bettendorf HS (IA) (HS)	DC	WR/DC	not known
2006-2007	Western Illinois	Position	TE	not known
2008	St. Ambrose	Other	assistant	not known
2009	St. Ambrose	Position	WR	not known
2010-2011	St. Ambrose	Position	OL	not known
2012-2013	St. Ambrose	OC	OC	not known
2014-2018	Kansas Wesleyan	Head coach	Head coach	himself
2019	Army	Analyst	OQC	Jeff Monken*
2020-2022	Army	Position	TE	Jeff Monken*
2023	Army	OC	co-OC/OL	Jeff Monken*
2024	Army	Position	OL	Jeff Monken*
2025-	Central Michigan	Head coach	Head coach✓	himself

Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings

Season	Team	Job	EPA/play	Points/poss.	Success	Year before	Teams

Season	Head coach at	Record	AP before → after	Off EPA/play	Def EPA/play	SP+	Team year before	Teams
2025	Central Michigan	7-6	- → -	88	33	-8.8	33% wins	136
2026	Central Michigan	5-5	- → -	87	87	-13.2	54% wins	138

Season	Head coach below FBS	Level	Record
2014	Kansas Wesleyan	NAIA	2-9
2015	Kansas Wesleyan	NAIA	10-2
2016	Kansas Wesleyan	NAIA	9-2
2017	Kansas Wesleyan	NAIA	8-3
2018	Kansas Wesleyan	NAIA	13-1

Coaches who were on his staffs

On his staffs · 3