Myers Hendrickson (born April 13, 1989)[1] is an American college football coach. He is a senior analyst for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, a position he has held since 2024.[2] He was the head football coach of Western Illinois University from 2022 to 2023. He was the head football coach at Kansas Wesleyan University from 2019 to 2021.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Senior analyst |
| Team | Illinois |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | April 13, 1989[1] Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 2008–2010 | Western Illinois |
| Position(s) | Wide receiver |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2012 | Auburn (DQC) |
| 2013 | Holmes (RB) |
| 2014–2015 | Kansas Wesleyan (QB/WR) |
| 2016–2017 | Coe (OC/QB) |
| 2018 | Northern State (OC/QB) |
| 2019–2021 | Kansas Wesleyan |
| 2022–2023 | Western Illinois |
| 2024 (spring) | FIU (analyst) |
| 2024–present | Illinois (senior analyst) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 31–27 |
| Tournaments | 2–2 (NAIA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 KCAC (2019, 2021) | |
Hendrickson joined Matt Drinkall's staff at Kansas Wesleyan in 2014 as quarterback and wide receiver coach.[3] Hendrickson returned to Kansas Wesleyan in 2019 after Dinkall announced his resignation to join the staff at Army as an offensive quality control coach.[4] In the spring of 2024 he served as an analyst for FIU.[5][6]
Hendrickson is the son of Mark Hendrickson, who was the head football coach at Western Illinois from 2008 to 2012.
Head coaching record
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NAIA# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (2019–2021) | |||||||||
| 2019 | Kansas Wesleyan | 12–1 | 10–0 | 1st | L NAIA Quarterfinal | 3 | |||
| 2020–21 | Kansas Wesleyan | 8–2 | 5–2 | T–3rd | 25 | ||||
| 2021 | Kansas Wesleyan | 11–2 | 9–1 | T–1st | L NAIA Quarterfinal | 10 | |||
| Kansas Wesleyan: | 31–5 | 24–3 | |||||||
| Western Illinois Leathernecks (Missouri Valley Football Conference) (2022–2023) | |||||||||
| 2022 | Western Illinois | 0–11 | 0–8 | 11th | |||||
| 2023 | Western Illinois | 0–11 | 0–8 | 12th | |||||
| Western Illinois: | 0–22 | 0–16 | |||||||
| Total: | 31–27 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b "Myers Hendrickson". Western Illinois Leathernecks.
- ^ "Hendrickson Named Illinois' Senior Analyst". University of Illinois Athletics. July 22, 2024. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
- ^ "Hendrickson named KWU Head Football Coach". KWCH-TV 12. January 28, 2019. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
- ^ "KWU's Drinkall Makes Jump to Army". KSAL.com. January 14, 2019. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
- ^ Dannelly, Jason (May 28, 2024). "FIU Football Hires Former KWU HC Myers Hendrickson In Analyst Role". Victory Sports Network. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
- ^ Barral, Kevin (May 25, 2024). "FIU Football Hires Myers Hendrickson In Analyst Role". G5 Football Daily. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
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