Rod devoted nearly 50 years of his life to the game of Eight Man Football. Although his journey began as a Clearwater Cardinal player in 1968, it was when he returned a decade later to coach his alma mater- that he was able to build them into one of the state’s premier football programs. Over the next five decades, Coach Brummels took 20 of his teams to the state playoffs, made the quarterfinals or better on 11 different occasions, and finished the 1993 season as the State Runner-Up. Since that time, Rod also made head coaching stops at both Clearwater-Orchard and Osmond. In 1990, he was selected as an All-Star assistant coach and he later served as the West Head Coach in 1995. Rod later served as both an assistant and head coach of the Nebraska vs. Kansas All-Star games in 2009 and 2010. Over the span of his career, Coach Brummels sent 27 of his players to participate in the All-Star game (including both of his sons), and he also served as NEMFCA President for 5 years before retiring. Rod cites his proudest career accomplishments as: getting to coach both his sons (Seth and Josh), getting to see many of his former players go on to play college football, and building life-long relationships with the many coaches and players that he worked with and against in Nebraska Eight-Man Football. The NEMFCA is honored to now welcome him to the Hall of Fame Class of 2022.