There’s a strong case to be made that whoever Eli Drinkwitz decided to hire as Missouri’s next defensive coordinator, it would go down the single most important hire of his young coaching career.
I think that case is even stronger now that it’s been announced Drinkwitz has hired Steve Wilks, and it was strengthened further when explained why he accepted this job.
Let’s take a trip down memory lane for a moment.
Remember in 2018 when Josh Heupel left Missouri to be UCF’s next head football coach and the Tigers were left scrambling to find a new offensive coordinator?