Football Coaching Staff Complete

Head football coach Matt Williamson ’96, who was hired at Missouri Western in December 2016,

compiled his coaching staff for the 2017 season, and it includes three alumni:

Scorpio Horn ’05, defensive line, former Griffon defensive and offensive lineman, spent the past three seasons as head coach at William Chrisman High School in Independence, Missouri. Horn was defensive coordinator for three seasons at Park Hill South High School before moving to Chrisman.

Colin McQuillan ’12, running backs, transitions from graduate assistant to full-time assistant on the Griffon coaching staff. He served as a defensive graduate assistant for two years at Missouri Western after high school coaching stops at Wyandotte High School and Riverside High School. McQuillan was also a student assistant at Missouri Western while earning his bachelor’s degree.

Chet Pobolish, offensive coordinator, returns to the MIAA after a successful playing career at Emporia State 1996-99. He comes to Missouri Western after spending six seasons in various positions on the Southeastern Louisiana University football staff, including offensive coordinator for two seasons.

Justin Richter, defensive backs, was most recently a defensive graduate assistant at the University of California-Berkley. He also coached at West Texas A&M, University of New Mexico, Angelo State and New Mexico Military Institute.

Patrick St. Louis ’08, run game coordinator/offensive line, returns to his alma mater after spending six of the last seven seasons at Morehead State University. The former Griffon offensive lineman was offensive coordinator at Morehead State for the past two seasons after serving as offensive line coach since 2013.

Like Williamson, Mike Walton, defensive coordinator, comes to Missouri Western from Stephen F. Austin University, where he was the special teams coordinator and safeties coach since 2014.

Ryan Watts, wide receivers, was most recently an offensive assistant at Abilene Christian. Prior to that, he was a graduate assistant and assistant director of football operations at Stephen F. Austin University.

Williamson also announced the addition of Kedrick Harrison as a graduate assistant and made some changes to existing graduate assistants’ duties.

The staff hit the ground running, announcing the signing of 41 student athletes for the 2017 season on Feb. 1. That is the largest signing class in more than five years, and includes signees from eight different states.