In 2018, Kevin DeWall '00 was appointed the 24th head coach in the history of the Statesmen football program. He is the first alum to lead Hobart on the gridiron since Francis L. "Babe" Kraus '24 guided the program in 1942. DeWall’s coaching resume includes 15 years as an assistant coach at Hobart during the most successful era in program history.
The 2000 Patriot League Men's Lacrosse Scholar-Athlete of the Year, DeWall received a bachelor's degree in biology at Hobart, earning Dean's List honors in each of his four years on campus where he was a member of the Orange Key and Druid honor societies.
DeWall serves as Hobart's offensive coordinator and works closely with the quarterbacks and tight ends. His tutelage has helped Statesmen earn 11 All-America awards, 16 all-region honors and 98 All-Liberty League selections. His student-athletes have excelled in the classroom as well, garnering 157 Liberty League All-Academic awards.
On the field, DeWall sports a 47-17 record with the Statesmen, ranking fourth on the program's wins list. He has guided Hobart to six consecutive winning seasons, including five straight postseason bids, including 2025's Liberty League Championship and and NCAA playoff bid. Last season marked the third time in the past five seasons that DeWall's Statesmen posted a 9-2 overall record—Hobart won the 2019 New York State Bowl 30-10 at Cortland and the 2021 ECAC Asa S. Bushnell Bowl 21-3 at Westminster. The 2025 Statesmen earned 19 All-Liberty League nods, while securing the Offensive, Defensive, Special Teams players of the year, the Rookie of the Year and the Coaching Staff of the Year awards.
Overall, DeWall has two decades of coaching experience, including nine as a head coach and 12 as Hobart's offensive coordinator.
As the Statesmen's offensive coordinator, DeWall oversaw the development of 77 All-Liberty League selections, including three Liberty League Offensive Players of the Year. He was the position coach for former Tampa Bay Buccaneer Ali Marpet '15. DeWall's quarterbacks routinely broke game, season and career passing records. He also had four running backs combine for six 1,000-yard rushing seasons.
The architect behind some of the most productive teams in program history, DeWall's offense generated eight of the top nine scoring seasons and eight of the top 10 seasons of total offense in school history. In 2012 and 2014, the Statesmen advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals.
DeWall began his coaching career with the Statesmen in 2000, serving as the defensive backs coach for three seasons. In his first year on the sideline, Hobart broke the NCAA season record for lowest completion percentage allowed (31.3%).
As a Hobart student, DeWall was a defensive back in football and an attackman for the Division I Statesmen lacrosse team. When he graduated in 2000, he held the lacrosse program’s Division I era record for career assists, helping Hobart earn two NCAA tournament appearances while capturing the 2000 Patriot League Championship.
DeWall is originally from Waterloo, New York, and was inducted into the Waterloo Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008.
