Tony Koehling joined the Hutchinson coaching staff in 2023 as the Blue Dragons’ Offensive Coordinator and Offensive Line coach.

Koehling has had coaching experience at the junior college level as well as at the NCAA Division I and Division II levels.

Before coming to Hutchinson, Koehling spent three seasons at Iowa Western Community College as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach.

The Reivers were 7-1 and finished No. 4 in the final NJCAA rankings in that Covid-affected season in 2020/21. Koehling’s 2021 team was the national runner-up and the 2022 Reivers won the NJCAA national championship.

Prior to Iowa Western, Koehling spent five seasons at Emporia State University as the run-game coordinator, offensive line coach and tight ends coach.

While at Emporia State, the Hornets made three trips to the postseason with two NCAA playoff appearances. In 2015, the Hornets defeated Henderson State in the second round of the NCAA playoffs while rushing for 268 yards in that game. In 2018, the Hornets were led by senior Landon Nault who was the only running back in the MIAA to rush for more than 1,000 yards behind the Hornets’ offensive line.

Prior to joining the Emporia State, Koehling spent three seasons at Ohio University as an offensive graduate assistant and worked with the offensive line and special teams. Koehling was working with the linebackers at Ohio during the 2013 season when the Bobcats played in the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl in St. Petersburg, Fla. During his first year working with the Ohio defense in 2012, the Bobcats ended the season by winning the Independence Bowl against the University of Louisiana-Monroe.

Prior to the 2012 season, he assisted the football team at Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky, working primarily with the freshman offensive line.

Koehling played on the offensive line at Thomas More College. While at TMC, the Saints went to the NCAA Division III playoffs following an undefeated regular season and conference championship in 2009.

A 2013 Ohio University graduate, he earned his bachelor’s degree in specialized studies concentrating in sports management and sociology with a minor in political science. He also completed his masters of Recreation and Sports Sciences in Coaching Education at Ohio in the fall of 2014.

Koehling was a participant in the 2015 Future Football Coaches Academy hosted by the NCAA and AFCA in Louisville, KY. He is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio and a graduate of Roger Bacon HS.

Koehling and his wife, the former Andrea Anderson, has one son, Anthony (2).