Rob Messinger joins the Rams in March of 2026 after after spending the previous three seasons at Butler Community College serving as the Offensive Coordinator. During his time with the Grizzlies, he produced 20 offensive players to the Division I level. In 2025, BCC boasted a top 20 offense in points per game, rushing and red zone scoring while producing a NJCCA 1st Team All American.
Messinger is no stranger to the Lone Star Conference as he was previously with UT Permian Basin, serving in multiple roles including Wide Receivers, Special Teams and Assistant Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator from 2019-2022 where he produced multiple All-Conference selections and the 2022 LSC Player of the Year in wide receiver MJ Link.
Previous roles for Messinger includes five seasons at Northeastern State University. Prior to Northeastern State, Messinger spent the 2013 season as the co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Ottawa University in Kansas. He also coached at Ottawa from 2006-08, serving as the junior varsity head coach and offensive coordinator.
Messinger worked from 2010-12 at the University of Miami (FL). He was the coordinator of football operations from 2011-12 and was a volunteer assistant in 2010. Before that he served as the defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator at Washburn University from 2008-10.
The Topeka, Kansas native received a Bachelor of Science degree in sociology from the University of Kansas in 2005, where he also played defensive back. He went on to earn a Master of Education degree from Washburn in 2010.
Messinger's Coaching History
2006-2007: Ottawa University, Offensive Coordinator
2008-2010: Washburn University, Defensive Backs/Recruiting Coordinator
2011-2012: University of Miami, Coordinator of Football Operations
2013: Ottawa University, Offensive Coordinator
2014-2016: Northeastern State University, Defensive Backs/Special Teams Coordinator
2017-2018: Northeastern State University, Assistant Head Coach/Wide Receivers
2019-2021: UT Permian Basin, Wide Receivers/Special Teams
2022: UT Permian Basin, Assistant Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator
2022-2025: Butler Community College, Offensive Coordinator
