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

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 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]

References

  1. ↑ "Penn State hires Mike Yurcich as offensive coordinator to replace Kirk Ciarrocca". ESPN. 8 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "Texas hires Ohio State's Mike Yurcich as offensive coordinator". Espn.com. 30 December 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  3. ↑ Rittenberg, Adam (December 28, 2017). "How Mike Gundy found his offensive coordinator on the internet". ESPN.com.
  4. ↑ "Mike Yurcich - Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks - Football Coaches".
  5. ↑ "Mike Yurcich - Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks - Football Coaches".
  6. ↑ "Mike Yurcich - Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks - Staff Directory".
  7. ↑ "Penn State football fires offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich, per sources".
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