Northwest Missouri State quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator Charlie Flohr begins his third year with the team. Flohr also serves as the recruiting coordinator for the Bearcats.

With much of the praise placed on the ground game in recent years, Flohr’s air assault has effectively gotten the job done. Northwest has averaged better than 230 passing yards a game in two seasons under Flohr. The Bearcats’ pass efficiency rating in that span has ranked 10th and 32nd nationally.

The 2007 Bearcats featured the top two tight ends in the MIAA in Mike Peterson and Josh Gannan. Peterson signed a free agent contract with the Green Bay Packers. Gannan returns for his senior season. In addition, Flohr continues to develop All-America wide receiver Kendall Wright, who enters his senior campaign high on several Northwest career charts.

Quarterback Joel Osborn turned in the highest completion percentage in program history under Flohr’s guidance in 2007. Osborn passed for more than 200 yards in five of his seven starts in his junior year.
Flohr served as a graduate assistant with the Bearcats in 2002 and 2003 and was placed in charge of tight ends.

After obtaining his master’s degree in health and physical education at Northwest, Flohr was hired at conference-rival Truman, where he served as the Bulldogs’ wide receivers and recruiting coach. Under the tutelage of Flohr, Truman receiver Jeff Amundson caught 76 passes in 2004, the fourth-highest single-season total in program history.

Flohr is a 2002 graduate of Dakota State University in Madison, S.D., where he earned a degree in health and physical education. Flohr was a four-year letterwinner in football at his alma mater and was a two-time honorable mention all-conference selection at wide receiver. He graduated as the program’s all-time leader in punt returns.

Flohr and his wife, Amy, reside in Maryville and have a son, Adam, who will turn 3 in October. Amy is a 2004 Northwest graduate.