Missouri Western State University Athletics

Todd Throckmorton begins his fourth stint at Missouri Western with the 2023 football season, returning to his alma mater as offensive coordinator. The 2026 season will mark his 22nd overall season on the Griffon sideline.

Throckmorton helped the Griffon offense take off in 2023, as the team posted an 8-3 record in the regular season. The Griffs that season put up 37.4 points per game (No. 3 MIAA) and 200.2 rush yards per game (No. 1 MIAA). Nine offensive players earned all-MIAA status in 2023, including running back Seth Cromwell, who was MIAA Freshman of the Year in 2023.

Throckmorton helped three Griffons reach all-MIAA accolades in 2024 and two more in 2025.
 
Throckmorton coached a variety of positions for the Griffons from 1990-96, serving as assistant head coach during the 1996 season. He returned for a stint as offensive line coach in 2004-2005, and then became the tight ends coach in 2009, taking over the offensive line from 2009-2012, and then served as offensive coordinator from 2013-16.
 
Throckmorton rejoined Coach Fenwick in 2019 at Southeastern Oklahoma State, serving as the program’s offensive line coach and offensive coordinator. His offensive line was a big part of Southeastern’s posting one of the best turnarounds in the history of Division II football, moving from a 1-10 record in his first season to 9-3 in his second.
 
The 2021 Savage Storm offense racked up 5,067 yards of total offense, averaging 422.3 yards per game behind Throckmorton’s offensive line, with 1,845 of those yards coming on the ground and 3,222 coming in the air. Throckmorton’s offense saw Braxton Kincade take home honorable mention All-Great American Conference honors, while SE finished the year averaging 375.9 yards per game on offense.
 
That team also had 11 players pick up Academic All-GAC honors, seven of them on the offensive side of the ball.
 
Prior to his time at Southeastern, Throckmorton spent two seasons as the offensive line coach and assistant head coach at Wisconsin-Stevens Point from 2017-18, where he also coordinated the team’s recruiting efforts.
 
Throckmorton also spent three years as a tight ends coach at New Mexico from 2006-08 and four years as the head coach at Fort Lewis College from 2000-03.
 
At Fort Lewis, seven of his 11 wins came in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) games. During his tenure at FLC, he coached 30 All-RMAC players, 14 academic All-RMAC picks, and two RMAC Freshman of the Year honorees. In 2002, the Skyhawks led the nation in passing offense with an average of 373.5 passing yards per game.
 
He spent three seasons at San Jose State from 1997-99 after his first stint at MoWest. Throckmorton graduated from MoWest in 1987 with his Bachelor of Science in Physical Education and earned a Master of Arts in Physical Education from the University of South Dakota in 1989.