Including new head coach Eliah Drinkwitz, the App State football coaching staff has seven coaches in their first year with the program, while four members of the staff return from last year’s team.
Some App State fans were surprised and some were disappointed when former head coach Scott Satterfield accepted the same position at Louisville just before the Mountaineers played their bowl game in 2018. When Drinkwitz was named the 21st App State head football coach on Dec. 13, reactions were mixed.
Some were expecting the new coach to have more personal ties to App State than Drinkwitz did, but his resume spoke for itself.