Adam Dorrel
Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
5th Season

Northwest Missouri State offensive coordinator Adam Dorrel has helped lead the Bearcats to three straight NCAA Division II championship appearances. In his four seasons as a full-time coach at his alma mater, Northwest is 48-9 (.842).

Running the ball and protecting the quarterback have been staples of the Bearcats’ offense under Dorrell. Northwest has run for more than 10,000 yards in his four seasons and averaged 177 yards on the ground per game. His offensive line has allowed 31 sacks in 29 games the last two seasons, and in 2007 ranked sixth nationally in protecting the quarterback.

Dorrel started the same offensive line in all 14 games in 2007. That unit paved the way for the nation’s leading rusher, Xavier Omon, who became the first player in NCAA history to rush for 1,500 yards in all four seasons of his collegiate career.

Omon totaled 2,337 yards and scored 38 touchdowns during his senior campaign. He was rewarded at the NFL Draft where the Buffalo Bills made him a sixth-round draft pick.

Four All-American linemen and eight All-MIAA performers are the product of Dorrell’s leadership. He himself is a former All-America Northwest lineman. Dorrell was a three-year captain for the Bearcats during his collegiate career in Maryville spanning 1994-97.

After earning his degree from Northwest, Dorrell spent a year as a graduate assistant at Northeastern State in Oklahoma. He became a graduate assistant the following season back at Northwest in 1999 when the team won the second of back-to-back national titles.

Dorrell served coaching stints at Dakota State University in South Dakota and William Jewell College in Missouri before being appointed offensive line coach at Northwest in 2004. He was promoted to offensive coordinator prior to the 2007 season.

This past summer, Dorrel was one of six American football coaches to lead clinics overseas to further strengthen the sport beyond the United States. Two summers ago, he served as offensive line coach for Team USA as it competed and won the IFAF World Championships in Japan.

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