Austin Zoda, a four-time all-conference Bulldog, is returning to Kirksville to take over as offensive coordinator for the Truman State Football Team in 2024.
Zoda has spent the past six seasons as an assistant coach and four as the quarterbacks coach for Fort Hays (Kan.) State University. He joined Chris Brown’s staff in 2017 and helped the Tigers to a perfect regular season and their first Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association championship. The Tigers also snapped a 22-year NCAA postseason drought that season with a bid to the national playoffs and finished 11-1. They would win the MIAA title and return to the playoffs in 2018. In his six seasons in Hays, the Tigers posted an overall record of 43-25.
Out of Frisco, Texas, Zoda was a second team defensive back selection as a redshirt freshman for the Bulldogs in 2013. He repeated that honor in 2014 then moved up to first team accolades in both 2015 and 2016. He played in 43 career games for Truman State and amassed 318 total tackles, seven interceptions and forced five fumbles with three recoveries. He is seventh on the all-time tackles list at the school. In addition, Zoda was a persistent member of the Academic All-Great Lakes Valley Conference team and graduated from Truman State.
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