Adam Dorrel

Dorrel is to date the only Maryville native to coach Northwest Missouri State. He graduated from Maryville High School, where he was a two-time All-Midland Empire Conference and all-district lineman. In 1992 Dorrel was named as an all-state offensive lineman. Dorrel's great-grandfather was a fullback on Northwest's first team in 1908, and his grandfather and two great-uncles played for the team in the 1940s. Dorrel played under Northwest's Mel Tjeerdsma during Tjeerdsma's first Northwest season in 1994 in which the Bearcats went 0–11 before Tjeerdsma began his run of seven NCAA Division II Football Championship games. He was captain of the team under Tjeerdsma in 1995, 1996 and 1997. He was Daktronics Second-Team All-America offensive lineman as a senior in 1997 (with Bearcats reaching the quarterfinals in both 1996 and 1997). ==Coaching career==

After graduating from Northwest in 1998 he was a graduate assistant in 1998 at Northeastern State University in Oklahoma. He returned to Northwest as a graduate assistant in 1999 when Bearcats won their second national championship in 1999. He received his master's degree from Northwest in 2000. He held a position as offensive line coach at Dakota State University in 2000 and offensive coach at William Jewell College from 2001 to 2003. In 2004, he returned to Northwest and held offensive positions as the team made five consecutive national championship appearances in 2005-2009 including a national championship in 2009 (a year in which the Bearcats averaged 42 points and 474 yards per game). After winning the 2016 Division II Championship, Dorrel announced he will be leaving the Bearcats to become head coach at Abilene Christian University. Following a 5–6 campaign in the 2021 season, Abilene Christian relieved Dorrel of his coaching duties. Dorrel ended with an overall record of 19-32 at Abilene Christian. On December 5, 2021 Dorrel became the head coach of Central Oklahoma. He led the team to its first playoff berth in over 20 years in just his third season and was named Super Region III Coach of the Year in 2024. ==Head coaching record==