Aaron Bell was announced as the wide receivers coach at Missouri Western in January of 2022.
Bell is in his second stint at Missouri Western. He coached wide receivers from 2006-2014 for the Griffons.Â
Since his time at Missouri Western, Bell has spent time at KIPP Legacy High School, Park Hill High School, and North Kansas City High School as an assistant football coach.
During his first tenure at Missouri Western, the Griffons posted a 77-31 combined record and made six postseason appearances, capturing the MIAA title in 2012. During that time, wideouts Jarrett Brooks and Cedric Houston earned first-team All-MIAA honors, with Houston earning an honorable mention all-America honor from D2Football.com after a season in which he caught 57 passes for 1,006 yards and a school record 15 touchdowns. During that 2009 season, Houston's 229 receiving yards against Colorado Mesa (then Mesa State) set a Missouri Western record that stands to this day — while four receivers mentored by Bell — Houston, Andrew Mead, Jarrett Brooks, and Tarrell Downing, remain in the top-ten all-time at Missouri Western in receiving yards.
Prior to his first stint at Missouri Western, Bell coached defensive backs for two years.
His son, Ronnie, was a two-time all-Big Ten honoree, a five-year letter winner, and served as the captain of the Michigan Wolverines football team. A graduate of Pittsburg State University where he earned a pair of letters at wideout, he also played at Missouri State and Fort Scott Community College.
