John Wozniak (football coach)

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John Wozniak
Current position
TitleRunning backs coach
Team Oklahoma State
Conference Big 12
Annual salary$300,000 (2019)
Biographical details
Born (1977-03-24) March 24, 1977 (age 44)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Playing career
1995–1998 Knox
Position(s) Quarterback & Wide receiver
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999 Knox (TE)
2000–2003Knox (OC)
2004 Oklahoma State (GA)
2005 LSU (GA)
2006 Georgia Southern (ST/TE)
2007LSU (OQC)
2008 Montana State (ST/TE)
2009 Memphis (ST)
2010 West Georgia (OC)
2011 UAB (RB)
2012 Alabama (ST Analyst)
2013–2016 Southern Miss (ST/WR)
2017–presentOklahoma State (RB)

John Wozniak (born March 24, 1977) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the Running backs at Oklahoma State University. He has been heavily involved with either offense, special teams, or both at all of his stops, including Oklahoma State.

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Playing career

Wozniak played Quarterback and Wide Receiver during his time at Knox College. [1] After his senior season in 1998, he was named All-Midwest Conference honorable mention as a QB. [2]

Coaching career

Knox College

Following Wozniak's playing career at Knox College, he immediately joined the coaching staff at his alma mater, where he served as the Tight end coach and Punters coach for the 1999 season. The next year, Wozniak was promoted to offensive coordinator, a position he held through the 2003 season. [1]

Les Miles Connection

In 2004, Wozniak made the jump to division 1 football as he was hired by Les Miles at Oklahoma State. Wozniak was an offensive graduate assistant for one season, before following Miles to LSU for the 2005 season. After spending the 2006 season as the tight ends coach and special teams coordinator at Georgia Southern, Wozniak return for one more season with Miles at LSU as an offensive quality control coach. The 2007 season proved to be successful as the Tigers won the 2007 BCS National Championship game. [1]

Special Teams Experience

In 2008, Wozniak returned to an on-the-field position, again as the tight ends coach and special teams coordinator at Montana State for head coach Rob Ash. Wozniak coach three All-Big Sky players in his lone season, as tight end Brandon Bostick, punter Erik Fisher, and kicker Jason Cunningham each earned all-conference honors. [1] The following season, Wozniak was hired by Tommy West to be the special teams coordinator for the Memphis Tigers football program. [1] Unfortunately, the tigers struggled, and West and his staff were fired following the 2009 season. [3]

Back to Offense

For the 2010 season, Wozniak was the offensive coordinator at West Georgia Wolves for head coach Daryl Dickey. In 2011, Wozniak was hired as the running backs coach at UAB by head coach Neil Callaway. Former Memphis head coach Tommy West was also hired to be the defensive coordinator for the team. [1] Bad luck struck again, as the coaching staff was let go following the season. [4]

Return to Special Teams

In 2012, Wozniak rebounded as he won another National Championship. This time, he was a special teams analyst for Nick Saban at Alabama [1] From 2013 through 2016, Wozniak served as the special teams coordinator at Southern Miss, while also coaching the teams wide receivers. Wozniak was hired by Todd Monken, who was the wide receivers coach at Oklahoma State during Wosniak's first year there. [5] Wozniak and Monken also worked together at LSU, and even share the same alma mater. [6] Wozniak was retained by new head coach Jay Hopson for the 2016 season. [1]

Oklahoma State

Since 2017, Wozniak has been on the Oklahoma State coaching staff coaching the running backs. He has coached prominent players such as Justice Hill and Chuba Hubbard. [1] He was hired by current Head Coach Mike Gundy, who was the offensive coordinator during Wozniak's first stop at OSU. [5]

Personal life

Wozniak graduated from Knox with degrees in physics and secondary education in 1999. He is married to his wife, Jessica, and they have a daughter named Audrey. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "John Wozniak". okstate.edu. Oklahoma State University SID. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  2. ↑ "All Midwest Conference Football Team 1998" (PDF). Midwest Conference. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Memphis' West fired after 9 seasons". espn.com. ESPN. ESPN. November 9, 2009. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  4. ↑ Schlabach, Mark (November 27, 2020). "UAB fires coach Neil Callaway". espn.com. ESPN. ESPN. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  5. 1 2 Cooper, Mark. "OSU football: Running backs coach John Wozniak grateful to be back at Oklahoma State, 13 years later". tulsaword.com. Tulsa World. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  6. ↑ "John Wozniak". southernmiss.com. University of Southern Mississippi SID. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
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