Mike Yurcich

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Mike Yurcich
Current position
Conference Big Ten
Biographical details
Born (1975-11-05) November 5, 1975 (age 48)
Euclid, Ohio, U.S.
Playing career
1996–1998 California (PA)
Position(s) Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999 Saint Francis (IN) (RB)
2000–2001Saint Francis (IN) (QB)
2002Saint Francis (IN) (OC/QB)
2003–2004 Indiana (GA)
2005 Edinboro (QB/WR)
2006–2010Edinboro (OC/QB/WR)
2011–2012 Shippensburg (OC/QB)
2013–2018 Oklahoma State (OC/QB)
2019 Ohio State (PGC/QB)
2020 Texas (OC/QB)
2021–2023 Penn State (OC/QB)

Mike Yurcich (born November 5, 1975) is an American football coach who most recently served 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[ quantify ] time at Indiana as a graduate assistant.

Contents

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, Sean Clifford, and Drew Allar.

Personal life

Yurcich earned a degree in psychology at California[ specify ] 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] In November 2023, after a loss to the University of Michigan, Yurcich was fired as Penn State's Offensive Coordinator. Yurcich was in his third season with the program. [7]

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References

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  2. "Texas hires Ohio State's Mike Yurcich as offensive coordinator". Espn.com. 30 December 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
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