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Andrew Dresner

Andrew Dresner began his fifth year on staff in 2022 and fourth season as the offensive coordinator.

Dresner, who served a short stint as interim head coach in December of 2021, guided Maine's offense to the fourth ranked scoring attack in the CAA (25.0 ppg) in 2021. Despite losing starting quarterback Joe Fagnano, the offense didn't skip a beat under the guidance of Dresner who ushered in backup quarterback Derek Robertson to the starting role for seven of the final eight games. The Black Bears featured the fifth best passing attack in the CAA while Dresner guided the offense to a scoring average of 32.5 points per game down the stretch as the Black Bears reeled off wins in three of their final four contests.

In the shortened 2021 spring season, Dresner continued to mentor quarterback Joe Fagnano. Fagnano, who earned his first All-CAA honor with a spot on the league's second team for his performance in the spring session, ranked second among all CAA quarterbacks at 198.8 yards passing per game. Maine's passing game continued its consistency, ranking second best in the league at 205.8 yards per game.

In 2019, Dresner mentored Maine's quarterback room to some of the most impressive passing totals in school history. Under his direction, the Black Bears accumulated over 5,000 yards of offense, setting a school record with 3,558 passing yards with the No. 1 ranked passing offense in the Colonial Athletic Association, compiling a school record 296.5 passing yards per game. The Black Bears offense ranked 26th nationally within the FCS with a 12th ranked passing offense and a 16th ranked yards per play average. Maine also registered a school record 29 touchdown passes under his direction and guidance. Three Black Bears were named to All-Conference offensive teams; Jaquan Blair, Earnest Edwards, and Liam Dobson.  

Dresner's leadership helped guide Maine through a quarterback transition. Maine, which ranked tied for second in the nation with twelve 100+ yard receiving performances, averaged 9.1 yards per passing attempt - the most by a CAA team in three years. The Maine offense averaged 6.5 yards per play in 2019, the most by the Black Bears in 20 years.  After the Black Bears lost three-year starter Chris Ferguson to injury, Dresner mentored true freshman Joe Fagnano to one of the most impressive freshman quarterback performances in history. The rookie finished the year with the three longest completions in program history as well as a 65.8 completion percentage, going 121-184 for 1,835 yards and 17 touchdowns to just three interceptions.

In his first year at UMaine, as the wide receivers coach Dresner helped lead the Black Bears to an outright Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Championship and Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) final four appearance. Dresner assisted Maine's offensive unit to its best scoring output (26.5 points per game) since the 2013 season, along the way mentoring a pair of all-conference receivers in Earnest Edwards and Micah Wright. Maine's offense completed the season with three of its receivers ranked in the top-10 among CAA leaders in receptions, led by Edwards. Edwards wrapped up his junior season with 53 catches for 839-yards and 10 touchdowns. Wright added 47 receptions and six touchdowns as five Black Bears ended the year with 30 or more receptions.

Dresner spent the 2017 season as the offensive coordinator at Pace University. Under his offensive guidance in 2017, Pace turned in its best overall record since 2008 while improving its offensive numbers in over 10 different categories. Dresner mentored an offense that grew its point per game by 50 percent while individually guiding three all-conference selections and the first 1,000-yards rusher in school history.

Prior to Pace, Dresner spent four seasons on staff at Merrimack College. While at Merrimack, Dresner served as quarterbacks coach and recruiting coordinator before being promoted to pass game and recruiting coordinator for the 2015 and 2016 seasons.  At Merrimack Dresner guided All-American Jere Brown to top-12 national rankings in receiving yards and catches per game.  He also mentored All-American quarterback Joe Clancy to a Northeast-10 record 4,000 yards passing and 40 touchdowns. Clancy was named a Harlon Hill finalist after leading the nation in virtually every passing category at the Division II level.

Early in his career, Dresner spent a year at Worcester Polytechnic Institute as the quarterbacks' coach after starting his career with two seasons on staff at his alma mater, Union College.

Dresner played three seasons at Union College where he earned his Bachelor of Arts in 2010.  In 2016, Dresner obtained a Master of Science in Management from Merrimack College.

Coaching Experience:
2019 - present - Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks (UMaine)
2018 - Assistant Coach Wide Receivers (UMaine)
2017 - Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks (Pace University)
2013 - 2016 - Pass Game Coord./Recruit Coord./ QB Coach (Merrimack)
2012 - Quarterbacks Coach (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
2011 -  Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers (Union College)
2010 - Wide Receivers Coach (Union College)
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