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Eliah Drinkwitz — Missouri, December 2019
Missouri 2020–The Appalachian State coach who took the Missouri job the week of the Sun Belt Championship — and produced the program's first 11-win season since 2014.
Year-3: 11-2 · '23 Cotton Bowl · stable 8-4 since
Drinkwitz's hire was the December 2019 surprise — App State had won the Sun Belt the day after he took the Missouri job. Years one and two were unremarkable (5-5, 6-7); years three through five (8-5, 11-2 with a Cotton Bowl win, 10-3 in 2024) compounded into the program's strongest sustained run since the Pinkel years. The 2023 Cotton Bowl win over Ohio State anchored the rank — the SEC East schedule's evolving shape is now Drinkwitz's to navigate.
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