PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana Christian University football program saw its leader over the past four seasons depart for an NCAA Division I (FCS) coaching opportunity on Monday as former Minden High School grad and Glenbrook Coach Drew Maddox announced his resignation effective immediately.

The Louisiana College alum will now head north to Cape Girardeau, Missouri where he has accepted the position of Defensive Line Coach for the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks out of the Big South-Ohio Valley Conference.

During the four seasons leading his alma mater, Maddox led the Wildcats to back-to-back winning seasons (2022 and 2023) while guiding the LCU to its first ever conference championship (Sooner Athletic Conference) and NAIA Football Championship Series appearance this past year.

He leaves the program with the third-highest winning percentage (57.9 percent), fifth-most wins (22-16), and as the fourth-longest tenured (Spring 2021 – 2023) Head Coach in its 82-year history.

Under his watch, the Orange and Blue at one point owned the state’s longest collegiate winning streak of 13 games from October 1, 2022 through October 14, 2023 while the Cats have proven to be a dominant force inside Wildcat Field, sporting a 15-4 (78.9 percent) record in Pineville including a current streak of 13 consecutive victories at home heading into 2024.

The five-year U.S. Army veteran will go down as one of the most decorated coaches of all-time at LCU, being named Victory Sports Network Coach of the Year, AFCA NAIA Region 5 Coach of the Year, and a two-time Sooner Athletic Conference Coach of the Year after leading Louisiana Christian to a program-best 81.8 percent winning percentage and nine wins in his final campaign on “The Hill.”

To read Bob Tompkins’ column about Maddox, visit https://websterparishjournal.com/2023/11/16/states-biggest-college-football-success-story-has-roots-in-minden-and-at-glenbrook-academy/ .