NIU offensive line coach Daryl Agpalsa joined the Huskie coaching staff in January 2019 after four seasons at the University at Buffalo.
During his first two years at NIU, Agpalsa blended Huskie veterans with newcomers to build a strong front five. Brayden Patton, who moved to center in the final games of 2019, and left tackle Marques Cox, earned All-MAC honors in 2020.
In the 2021 MAC Championship season, the Huskies’ offensive line paved the way for the fourth-best rushing offense in the country at 241.4 yards per game. It also allowed the second-fewest sacks in the Football Bowl Subdivision with 13 in 14 games. Three starters on the line - Patton, Nolan Potter and Logan Zschernitz - earned All-MAC honors. In 2022 the Huskies were 10th in the country with 12 sacks allowed and was also second in the MAC with 190.4 rushing yards per game. Potter and Zschernitz repeated as All-MAC selections in 2022 with Potter earning a spot on the First Team.
As the offensive line coach for the Bulls, Agpalsa coached five All-MAC performers from 2015-18, while UB ranked in the Top 10 in the country in fewest sacks and fewest tackles for loss allowed in 2018, and were 22nd in sacks allowed and seventh in fewest TFLs surrendered in 2017. The Bulls won 10 games and the MAC East Division in 2018 en route to an appearance in the Dollar General Bowl.
Prior to his time at Buffalo, Agpalsa spent two seasons as the offensive line coach at Division III power Wisconsin-Whitewater. During his two seasons, the Warhawks went undefeated, winning the 2013 and 2014 National Championships, and led the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) in scoring offense (40.1 ppg), rushing offense (218.2) and passing offense (269.5).
Before Whitewater, Agpalsa served as a graduate assistant coach at the University of Minnesota, working primarily with the offensive line, for three seasons, where he first encountered NIU Head Coach Thomas Hammock.
Agpalsa coached the offensive line at Hamline (Minn.) University for three seasons (2007-09) and was on the staff at Linfield College (Oregon), his alma mater, from 2003-06. He helped produce four all-conference offensive linemen during his time at Hamline, and 10 all-conference linemen, including two All-Americans, at Linfield, which won three straight league titles (2003, 2004, 2005) and the 2004 NCAA Division III championship.
A native of Waipahu, Hawaii, Agpalsa was a first team All-American offensive lineman at Linfield in 2002 and was named all-Northwest Conference three times. The Wildcats won three league championships in his four seasons as a starter.
He earned his bachelor’s in business from Linfield in 2002 and a master’s degree in education (applied kinesiology and sport management) from Minnesota in 2012.
Agpalsa and his wife Ali have two daughters, Addison and Hailey, and a son, Noa.
