DALLAS NAMED ACCFCA COACH OF THE YEAR

Hutchinson CC Sports Information

After one of the most successful seasons in program history, Hutchinson Community College football head coach Drew Dallas was named the 2022 American Community College Football Coaches Association 2022 Coach of the Year on Tuesday.

Last week, Dallas and the Blue Dragons played for the NJCAA Division I National Championship in Little Rock, Arkansas to complete an 11-1 season that included a Jayhawk Conference championship and a six-week run at No. 1 in the NJCAA National Rankings.

This is Dallas' first AFCA national award and his second national coaching award in three seasons as the Blue Dragons' head coach. After the 2020-21 season, when the Blue Dragons captured the program's first national championship, Dallas was named the NJCAA National Coach of the Year. Dallas has also been named the Jayhawk Conference Coach of the Year twice in three seasons.

Over his three seasons on the Blue Dragon sideline, Dallas is 28-3 as a head coach with two league titles a KJCCC playoff championship, a national semifinal victory, two appearances in the national championship game and one national championship (2020-21).

The Blue Dragons led the nation in scoring offense this season at 44 points per game. By winning their first 11 games of the season against one of the toughest schedules in the country, the Blue Dragons amassed a 17-game winning streak, which was the second longest in a program history that dates back to 1928.

Hutchinson's 11 wins this season tied for the most wins in program history, matching the 2014 team's 11-win season.

This season, the Blue Dragons produced 30 all-KJCCC performers, including 14 first-team selections and KJCCC Offensive Player of the Year Dylan Kedzior.

Dallas completes his fourth season altogether with the Blue Dragon Football program.

He joined the Hutchinson staff in 2019 as assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and tight ends coach. The Blue Dragons finished 10-2 that year with a win in the Salt City Bowl. Under Dallas, the offense ranked No. 3 in the nation in scoring, No. 4 in rushing offense and No. 10 in total offense.

In 2002, the American Community College Football Coaches Association selected its first national coach of the year, Michael White of Reedley College. Past winners of the ACCFCA Coach of the Year are: Troy Morrell, Butler Community College, 2003; Tim Hatten, Pearl River Community College, 2004; Don Dillon, American River College, 2005; John Featherstone, El Camino College, 2006; Jeff Chudy, Bakersfield College, 2007; Jeff Jordan, Butte College, 2008; Brad Franchione, Blinn College, 2009; Bob Jastrab, Mt. San Antonio College, 2010; Bert Williams, Georgia Military College, 2013; Buddy Stephens, East Mississippi Community College, 2011 and 2014; Mark McElroy, Saddleback College, 2015;Jeff Sims, Garden City Community College, 2016; Scott Strohmeier, Iowa Western Community College, 2012 and 2017; Steve Mooshagian, Ventura College, 2018; Tom Craft, Riverside City College, 2019 and Kurt Taufa'asau, New Mexico Military Institute, 2021.