Missouri Valley College President Dr. Joseph Parisi and Athletic Director Mike Machholz have announced the hiring of veteran coach Casey Creehan as the 13th head coach of the Viking football program.

Creehan has spent more than 20 years coaching at various levels of collegiate and professional football, and comes to Missouri Valley after spending the 2023 season as the defensive coordinator at NCAA Division II Concord (W.V.). He has head coaching experience at two NAIA institutions.

Machholz said Creehan was selected from a field of more than 140 candidates.

Creehan’s most recent head coaching position came at fellow Heart of America Athletic Conference school Peru State (Neb.), where he led the program from 2020-21. The COVID-impacted 2020 season featured only three games for Peru State. In 2021, Creehan led the Bobcats to a 7-4 overall record, and a 3-2 record in the Heart North Division.

Prior to his time at Peru State, Creehan spent two seasons as head coach of the Lyon (Ark.) football program from 2018-19. Lyon finished with a 4-7 record in his first season, then followed in 2019 at 7-3 overall, including a 6-2 record in the Sooner Athletic Conference. The seven wins in 2019 was the most in program history for Lyon.

In addition to his years as head coach at the NAIA level, Creehan has spent more than a decade as an assistant coach and defensive coordinator with various Canadian Football League teams. Creehan served as defensive coordinator with the Toronto Argonauts from 2014-15, Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2013, and Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 2012. He also served as a positional assistant on defense with the Tiger-Cats in 2022, Winnipeg Blue Bombers from 2010-11, Montreal Alouettes in 2008 and with the Calgary Stampeders from 2004-07.

Creehan has experience as an assistant coach at the FBS and FCS levels, including time with Eastern Michigan, James Madison (Va.), Southern Illinois and Lehigh (Pa.).

Creehan received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Grove City (Pa.) and a Master’s of Science in health, physical education and recreation from Emporia State (Kan.). Creehan and his wife, Lori, have two children, Camille and Weston.
Creehan replaces Troth, who stepped down last month after 22 seasons and a career record of 145-96 record. Missouri Valley finished 5-5 in 2023.