Billy Fessler

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Billy Fessler
Current position
TitleQuarterbacks coach
Team UCLA
Conference Pac-12
Biographical details
Born (1995-08-06) August 6, 1995 (age 28)
Erie, Pennsylvania
Playing career
2014–2017 Penn State
Position(s) Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2018 Slippery Rock (GA)
2019 Mississippi State (GA)
2020–2021 Ohio State (GA)
2022 Akron (QB)
2023Akron (OC/QB)
2024–present UCLA (QB)

Billy Fessler (born August 6, 1995) is an American football coach who is the quarterbacks coach for the UCLA Bruins.

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Early life

Fessler grew up in Erie, Pennsylvania and attended Erie Cathedral Prep. He lettered in football all four years, completing 199 of his 364 passing attempts for 3,606 yards and 47 touchdowns to only 13 interceptions. He also added 407 yards and ten touchdowns on the ground. [1] He also lettered in baseball for one year batting .350 with 10 runs batted in (RBI) in 12 games. [2] Fessler would decide to walk on to play college football at Penn State. [3]

College career

Fessler was redshirted in his first season at Penn State and he did not see any playing time in his second season. [4] In Fessler's third season, he made his collegiate debut against Indiana as a holder. He played in four games that year. [5] In Fessler's fourth season, he played in all 13 games, primarily as the holder. However, he would get his one and only career completion to Jonathan Holland for 8 yards. [5]

Coaching career

Fessler started his coaching career at Slippery Rock where he would serve as a graduate assistant and a running backs coach for one year. [6] From there he was hired as a graduate assistant for the Mississippi State Bulldogs, where he would also coach for one year. [7] He was then hired as an offensive graduate assistant at Ohio State. [8] [9] Fessler coached with the Buckeyes for two seasons, helping them rank at the top of many major passing stats and help the achieve two Heisman Trophy finalists in Justin Fields and C. J. Stroud. [10] Fessler's next coaching job would come as the quarterback's coach for the Akron Zips. [11] On January 12, 2023, Fessler was promoted to be Akron's offensive coordinator while still coaching the quarterbacks. [12] [13] On January 10, 2024, Fessler was hired by the UCLA Bruins to be the team's quarterback's coach. [14]

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  2. ↑ "Billy Fessler's Stats". MaxPreps. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  3. ↑ Hockensmith, Dustin. "Erie Cathedral Prep quarterback Billy Fessler will walk on at Penn State, school says". Penn Live. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "Only Billy Fessler Until Penn State Football". Black Shoe Diaries. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Billy Fessler". Penn State Athletics. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "BILLY FESSLER". Slippery Rock Athletics. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  7. ↑ Hill, Ellisa. "Penn State Football Grad Billy Fessler Joins Joe Moorhead's Mississippi State Coaching Staff". Onward State. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  8. ↑ Means, Stephen. "Billy Fessler joins Ohio State football's coaching staff: Buckeye Breakfast". Cleveland.com. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  9. ↑ "Cathedral Prep grad Billy Fessler hired as Ohio State assistant". Erie Times News. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  10. ↑ "Billy Fessler". Akron Zips Athletics. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  11. ↑ Reilly, Josh. "After time with Ohio State, Billy Fessler joins Akron in bigger role as quarterbacks coach". Erie Times News. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
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  13. ↑ McGuire, Kevin. "Former Penn State QB gets promotion on Joe Moorhead's staff at Akron". USA Today. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  14. ↑ Samra, Steve. "Report: UCLA hiring Akron OC Billy Fessler as QB coach". On3.com. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
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