FIU Football hires Myers Hendrickson as analyst

After two seasons as head coach at Western Illinois, Myers Hendrickson is joining the FIU Panthers as an assistant, according to Matt Zenitz of 247Sports. He will be the third analyst on the team, joining Brandon Buchner and Luke Ebbesmeyer.

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Prior to Western Illinois University, he led Kansas Wesleyan University to two NAIA quarterfinal appearances in his three years with the program. He posted a 31-5 record with Kansas Wesleyan. He posted a 0-22 record in two seasons with Western Illinois.

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Hendrickson began his coaching career as a defensive line coach at Auburn in 2012 before moving to Holmes Community College in 2013. He then spent two seasons as an assistant at Kansas Wesleyan and then two as offensive coordinator at Division III Coe College in Iowa. Hendrickson then spent one season as OC at Division II Northern State (South Dakota). He returned to Kansas Wesleyan as head coach in 2019 and WIU in 2022.

FIU begins its third season under head coach Mike MacIntyre on August 31 at Indiana.