Drew Dallas has been named the new head football coach at Hutchinson Community College. Dallas is the 18th football coach in the history of the program that dates back to 1928.
Dallas succeeds Rion Rhoades, who spent 13 seasons at the helm of the Blue Dragons, turning Hutchinson football into a Jayhawk Conference and national power. Rhoades recently resigned to take an assistant's job at the University of Arkansas for former Hutchinson coach Sam Pittman.
Dallas was Rhoades' offensive coordinator and assistant head coach in 2019, a season that saw tremendous offensive and overall team success, including a five-week stint atop the NJCAA National Rankings – which was a first in Blue Dragon Football history.
The 2019 Blue Dragons finished 10-2, tied for second in the KJCCC and won the Salt City Bowl. Hutchinson's final No. 3 national ranking was the highest final ranking in the program's 89-year history.
Dallas comes from a football coaching family. His father, Dave, was a head coach in the KCAC at Ottawa University for eight seasons and Kansas Wesleyan University for 17 seasons. Dave Dallas amassed 132 wins in his time as a head coach.
Under Drew Dallas, the 2019 Blue Dragon offense ranked No. 1 in the Jayhawk Conference and No. 3 in the NJCAA in scoring average at 44.8 points per game. The Blue Dragons were No. 2 in the conference and No. 4 in the NJCAA in rushing offense at 244.5 points per game and No. 2 in the KJCCC and No. 10 in the NJCAA in total offense at 419.6 yards per game.
"The opportunity to work next to Coach Rion Rhoades this past year has been special," Dallas said. "He's been a great friend and mentor in this process. To have a front-row seat in this program and to see in the ins and outs in the process of how we do things will give us great insight. It was a priceless experience."
Before coming to Hutchinson, Dallas was at NCAA Division II Angelo State University from 2011 to 2018. He coached tight ends in 2011, receivers from 2012-2015 and was Angelo State's offensive coordinator from 2016-18.
Angelo State won the Lone Star Conference championship in 2014 as well as making it to the second Division II national playoffs. ASC also played in the 2017 and 2018 Heart of Texas Bowls. Before Angelo State, Dallas was quarterbacks and receivers coach at Kansas Wesleyan. As the quarterbacks and receivers coach at KWU, Dallas mentored seven all-KCAC receivers in 2009 and 2010.
During his playing days as a quarterback, Dallas started his collegiate career at Fort Hays State in 2004 and 2005. He finished his collegiate career at Kansas Wesleyan in 2006 and 2007.
Dallas graduated from Salina Central High School in 2004. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Health, Physical Education & Recreation from Kansas Wesleyan in 2009 and his Masters of Education in Educational Administration from Angelo State in 2013.
Dallas and wife, Heather, have two daughters, Hayden (9) and Parker (3) and a son, Cooper (7).