Mike Yurcich
Mike Yurcich (born November 5, 1975) is an American football coach who currently serves as offensive coordinator at Penn State.[1] He was the offensive coordinator at the University of Texas at Austin in 2020 prior to Penn State. He was the passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the Ohio State University for the 2019 season.[2] Yurcich was the offensive coordinator at Oklahoma State University from 2013 to 2018.[3] He was previously the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Saint Francis, Edinboro, and Shippensburg. Yurcich also spent some time at Indiana as a graduate assistant.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Offensive coordinator |
| Team | Penn State |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | November 5, 1975 Euclid, Ohio, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1996–1998 | California (PA) |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1999 | Saint Francis (IN) (RB) |
| 2000–2001 | Saint Francis (IN) (QB) |
| 2002 | Saint Francis (IN) (OC/QB) |
| 2003–2004 | Indiana (GA) |
| 2005 | Edinboro (QB/WR) |
| 2006–2010 | Edinboro (OC/QB/WR) |
| 2011–2012 | Shippensburg (OC/QB) |
| 2013–2018 | Oklahoma State (OC/QB) |
| 2019 | Ohio State (PGC/QB) |
| 2020 | Texas (OC/QB) |
| 2021–present | Penn State (OC/QB) |
Some of the prominent players Yurcich has helped develop include Trevor Harris, Zach Zulli, J. W. Walsh, Mason Rudolph, Taylor Cornelius, Justin Fields, Sam Ehlinger, and Sean Clifford.
Personal life
Yurcich earned a degree in psychology at California and a master's degree in education from St. Francis, where he picked up a school counseling license.[4]
Playing career
Yurcich is a 1999 graduate of California University in Pennsylvania. He spent three seasons as the school's starting quarterback and was a two-year captain. He began his playing career at Mount Union College.[5]
Coaching career
Mike Yurcich was named Penn State's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach on January 8, 2021. Yurcich (YER-sitch), has 22 years of collegiate coaching experience, including 15 as an offensive coordinator, joins the Nittany Lions after spending the 2020 season at Texas as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. In his career as an FBS offensive coordinator, Yurcich's offenses have averaged 6.49 yards per play, which ranks first among OC's since 2013 and 14.03 yards per completion, which is first among Power Five OC's in that timeframe. Since 2013, Yurcich's offenses have scored 50 or more points 26 times and 40 or more points 51 times (50 percent of games coached), both of which are tops among FBS offensive coordinators since 2013. His teams average 61.5 touchdowns per year.[6]
References
- "Penn State hires Mike Yurcich as offensive coordinator to replace Kirk Ciarrocca". ESPN. 8 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- "Texas hires Ohio State's Mike Yurcich as offensive coordinator". Espn.com. 30 December 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- Rittenberg, Adam (December 28, 2017). "How Mike Gundy found his offensive coordinator on the internet". ESPN.com.
- "Mike Yurcich - Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks - Football Coaches".
- "Mike Yurcich - Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks - Football Coaches".
- "Mike Yurcich - Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks - Staff Directory".