Coaches / Head coach / Matt Drinkall
Form · last two seasons
62
▼ Underperforming -4
Rating66recent
Peak69best 5 yrs
Career65whole career
confidence
Matt Drinkall
Head Coach · Central Michigan
Headline rating: as head coach. Every role he has been rated in is below.
Chemistry
56
continuity at Central Michigan · early
Seasons here2
Programs2
Stints2
Career path
Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
Chemistry
vs every head coach since 2016 · 62 = typical
Tenure here
Seasons as head coach at his current school
Staff continuity
Seasons he and his offensive coordinator have worked together
Player retention
Players kept vs. the league norm for similar rosters (fewer transfers out)
Followers
Players and staff who followed him from his previous job
QB & coordinator
How long his quarterbacks have played for the same coordinator
Roster continuity
Share of starters returning from one season to the next under him
Dashed gold ring on the radar = average (62). Chemistry scale: 62 is typical, 20-50 is a warning sign, under 10 is a collapse.
As head coach
Rating66Form62▼ 4 under-performingPeak69Career65
2014–2026 · 7 seasonsRecord 49-23National titles 0Great seasons 1 (top ~7% of all teams that year)Career: too early to rank all-time (8+ seasons as a head coach)
- Rating 66: his whole career, recent seasons weighted most, measured as how far his teams stood above their era, crediting him with half of what each program already was when he arrived (about the share that, historically, follows a coach to his next job), fading as the program becomes his own.
- Peak 69: best five-season stretch, 2015–2025 at Kansas Wesleyan and Central Michigan (47-14).
- Won big at one of his 2 programs (Kansas Wesleyan).
Over expectation · 2016 on59Results against what his rosters' talent predicted (program lift, evaluation, recruiting, staff building, game management).
Rating = who he is: his whole head-coaching career (since 1936), weighted toward recent years — how far his teams stood above their contemporaries, how much he lifted programs, his great seasons and titles. Form = the last two seasons. Career = the all-time ranking number.
Program lift59
Evaluation77
Results58
Recruiting67
Staff building62
Game management65
| Season | Team | Record | Season rank | vs contemporaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Central Michigan | 0-0 | #109 | -0.88 SD |
| 2025 | Central Michigan | 7-6 | #99 | -0.72 SD |
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).