Spring 2020 HutchCC NOW! Magazine

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ATHLETICS

Drew Dallas is the 18th head coach in Blue Dragon Football history, named to the position on December 31, 2019. Dallas succeeds Rion Rhoades, who spent 13 seasons at the helm of the Blue Dragons Dallas was Rhoades’ offensive coordinator and assistant head coach and tight ends coach for the 2019 season, 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.

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