Football 9/25/2023 1:00:00 PM Chris Brannick

Adam Dorrel Nominated For NCAA Division II Gold Award

INDIANAPOLIS – Central Oklahoma head football coach Adam Dorrel has been nominated for the NCAA Division II Gold Award, it was announced Monday.

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Dorrel, a second-year coach at UCO, has spent 25 of the last 30 years in Division II as a student-athlete, graduate assistant coach, assistant coach, and head coach. He came to UCO in December 2021 after five years at the Division I level.

The NCAA Division II Gold Award recognizes individuals that have made a positive impact on Division II. There were 231 total nominations. Conference offices will review the nominations and select one male and one female from each conference to be named finalists Nov. 6. The NCAA Division II Management Council Identity Subcommittee will review the finalists and select the two overall winners, who will be recognized at the 2024 NCAA Convention in Phoenix.

The award is being presented as part of the division's year-long celebration on the 50th anniversary of Division II.

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE AWARD HERE

Dorrel, who is from Maryville, Missouri, attended his hometown Northwest Missouri State University where he played football. After graduation, he immediately began his coaching career in a graduate assistant role. After brief stops as an assistant coach at Dakota State (South Dakota) and William Jewell, Dorrel was hired as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Northwest, in 2004.

There he was part of a staff that led Northwest to five consecutive national championship appearances, winning the fifth in 2009. In 2011, Dorrel became the head coach of the Bearcats and immediately began assembling one of the best coaching resumes in football. Dorrel led his alma mater to three national championships (2013, 2015, 2016) and went 15-0 in each of those seasons. Dorrel has been named the American Football Coaches Association National Coach of the Year three times.

Dorrel moved on from Northwest following the 2016 season to take a head coaching position at Abilene Christian but would make his return to Division II after five years there.

He was hired at the University of Central Oklahoma in December 2021, and has spent the past two years working on building upon the legacy of the Edmond school and contributing to its 650-plus wins, the fourth-most in Division II history. Dorrel has a 102-47 career record as a head coach.

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