HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Luke Berblinger, a Hutchinson native and Buhler High School graduate, has been named the new coach of Hutchinson High School Football.
Berblinger starred at Buhler High School, where he helped lead the Crusaders to a State Football Championship in 2013. At Emporia State University, Berblinger competed as a slotback from 2014–2017 while earning his bachelor’s degree in Health & Human Performance in 2018.
Following his playing career, Berblinger quickly transitioned into coaching, serving as a student assistant slotbacks and strength and conditioning coach at Emporia State from 2017–18, then as a graduate assistant in 2019.
Berblinger spent the last seven seasons on the coaching staff at Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO) under Head Coach Tom Matukewicz, holding a variety of roles including offensive quality control, video coordinator, running backs coach, tight ends coach, and special teams coordinator.
During that period, Southeast Missouri State football was part of a stretch of sustained success, highlighted by three Ohio Valley Conference championships (2019, 2022, 2024), a peak national ranking of No. 6 in October 2024, and the program’s receipt of the 2024–25 Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Cup for overall athletic excellence.
Berblinger and his wife, Baylee—a Hutchinson High School graduate—have a daughter, Lucy, and are excited to raise their family in the community that helped shape who they are today.
