Billy Fessler

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Billy Fessler
Current position
TitleOffensive Analyst
Team Ohio State
Conference Big Ten
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)
2024–2024 UCLA (QB)
2024-Present Ohio State (Analyst)

Billy Fessler (born August 6, 1995) is an American football coach who currently is an offensive analyst for the Ohio State Buckeyes.

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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 May 11, 2023.
  3. ↑ Hockensmith, Dustin (March 21, 2014). "Erie Cathedral Prep quarterback Billy Fessler will walk on at Penn State, school says". Penn Live. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Only Billy Fessler Until Penn State Football". Black Shoe Diaries. August 18, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Billy Fessler". Penn State Athletics. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  6. ↑ "BILLY FESSLER". Slippery Rock Athletics. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  7. ↑ Hill, Ellisa (January 13, 2019). "Penn State Football Grad Billy Fessler Joins Joe Moorhead's Mississippi State Coaching Staff". Onward State. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  8. ↑ Means, Stephen (January 30, 2020). "Billy Fessler joins Ohio State football's coaching staff: Buckeye Breakfast". Cleveland.com. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
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  10. ↑ "Billy Fessler". Akron Zips Athletics. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  11. ↑ Reilly, Josh (February 13, 2022). "After time with Ohio State, Billy Fessler joins Akron in bigger role as quarterbacks coach". Erie Times News. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  12. ↑ Allen, Zach (January 12, 2023). "Former Penn State quarterback Billy Fessler named Akron's offensive coordinator on Joe Moorhead's staff". Pennsylvania State University. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
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