Mike Drass

Title: Executive Director of Athletics

Email: drassmi@wesley.edu

Phone: 302-736-2363

College: Mansfield '83

Mike Drass, who also serves as the  Director of Athletics at Wesley, completed his 17th season as Wesley’s Head Football Coach leading the Wolverines to a record of 143-44-1 through the end of the 2009 season. 

During the past five seasons, Wesley's 58 victories are the third most in Division III and the team has won 12 NCAA playoff games during the run, advancing to the national semifinals three times and one trip to each the quarterfinals and the second round.

Including his four years as an assistant coach before taking over the Wesley program, Drass has been on the sideline for all but one win in the program's Division III history.  He also guided the team into the Atlantic Central Football Conference in 1998 and the Wolverines have won eight ACFC Championships and posted an .833 win percentage in conference play.

The 2009 version of Wesley football tied a school record with 13 wins and posted the second undefeated regular season for the Wolverines since 2006 to finish fourth in the final national rankings for the season.  The squad won the NCAA Division III South Region Championship and advanced to the national semifinals after winning the program's fifth straight ACFC Championship.  Drass also won his seventh ACFC Coach of the Year Award during the season.  In addition to his Coach of the Year Award, the Wolverines featured both the conference's Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year among 19 all-conference selections.  Wesley produced the D3football.com South Region Defensive Player of the Year, The ECAC Southwest Player of the Year, seven D3football.com All-South Region picks, 10 ECAC All-Stars, and AFCA All-American and four D3football.com All-Americans.

His 2008 team finished 9-2 and won its fourth straight ACFC Championship.  The squad also earned a bid to the NCAA Division III Championships for the fourth consecutive year, advancing to the second round.   The ACFC Coach of the Year, his squad also produced the Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Players of the Year in the conference.  In addition to 19 All-ACFC selections, the Wolverines had five ECAC All-Stars, five D3football.com All-South Region players and a trio of student-athletes who combined for five All-America honors.

Wesley finished the 2007 season with a record of 11-2 and went undefeated in conference play to win its third consecutive ACFC Championship. The Wolverines also advanced to the NCAA Division III Championship Quarterfinals. Wesley finished the season ranked fifth in both of the major top 25 rankings - the American Football Coaches Association and D3football.com. It was the highest ever season-ending ranking for the program. Coach Drass was also named ACFC Coach of the Year for the sixth time after the season.

The 2007 team also earned the prestigious Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy, recognizing supremacy in Eastern college football, and the ECAC Division III Team of the Year Award, both for the first time in school history.

Drass was named American Football Monthly Division III Coach of the Year in 2006 as the Wolverines won their second consecutive NCAA South Region Championship. The Wolverines defeated The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor 34-20 to advance the the NCAA Division III Semifinals posting a 13-1 record. Drass was honored as the Atlantic Central Football Conference Coach of the Year after the 1998, 2000 2001, 2005 and 2007 seasons. In March of 1993 Drass was named the Wolverines third Division III coach, after spending three years as the defensive coordinator. 

The Wolverines, committed to success on the field and in the classroom, stress an academics first approach to college football.  “Football at Wesley College is about a cap and gown, not a helmet and shoulder pads,” says Drass “I get the most satisfaction when one of our players walks across the graduation stage. Our belief is simple: There can be no success on the field unless there is progress toward a degree in the classroom.”

Drass has coordinated the Wesley defense and has spearheaded the Wolverines’ recruiting since his arrival at Wesley in 1989. Wesley led the ACFC in total defense in 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2009. The Wolverine defensive unit has held top 25 total defense ranking 10 of the last 15 seasons. This past season, the Wolverines' defense was ranked in the national top 20 in total defense, pass efficiency defense and tackles for loss.

Coach Drass began his coaching career at North Penn High School in Blossburg, Pennsylvania in 1983. Following two seasons as an assistant, he spent two years as the school’s head coach before accepting a coaching position at Mansfield University. At his alma mater, he developed the reputation of being an outstanding recruiter. In 1989, he was hired at Wesley as the defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator.

As a player, Drass was a two-time All-PSAC selection as an offensive lineman and captain of the Mountaineers his senior year. Coach Drass originally hails from Glen Mills, Pennsylvania and attended Penncrest High School.

Coach Drass is an active member of the American Football Coaches Association. He has served as the chairman of the Division III All American selection Committee and has served two terms as the District II Chairman of the AFCA Rules Committee. Coach Drass is a member of the ECAC Championship committee for football. He and his wife Laurie reside in Dover and have one child Molly Ann (9).

Coach Drass Year-by-Year Won Loss Record