brent pry was the offensive coordinator at penn state.
brent pry was the offensive coordinator at penn state.
who is the offensive coordinator at penn state?
brent pry
following coach james franklin, rahne spent the 2014 and 2015 seasons as the penn state nittany lions quarterbacks coach. working with quarterback christian hackenberg, rahne helped him break all of the nittany lions major career passing records. hackenberg finished his career with 693 completions, 8,457 passing yards, 48 touchdown passes, 9 career 300-yard passing games, and 21 200-yard passing games. after the final game of the 2015 regular season, john donovan was fired as penn states offensive coordinator, and replaced by rahne as the interim to coach the taxslayer bowl. during preparation for the bowl game, it was announced that ex-fordham head coach, joe moorhead would be taking over as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the 2016 season. rahne took over as tight ends coach, a position that was previously held by donovan. in this role rahne mentored mackey award finalist mike gesicki as he broke the penn state career record for receptions (123), receiving yards (1,419) and touchdowns (15) by a tight end. gesicki was selected first-team all-big ten in 2017 and second team in 2016. gesicki set single-season records at penn state for receptions (51), receiving yards (679) and touchdown catches (9) by a tight end. on december 1, 2017, rahne was named penn states offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach after joe moorhead left the nittany lions to become the head coach at mississippi state. in his first game as a full-time offensive coordinator, rahne led penn state's offense to a fiesta bowl record 545 yards of total offense in a 35-28 win over washington.
ricky rahne
from 1991–1994, limegrover spent his first four years of his coaching career at his alma mater chicago, serving in a variety of roles that included interim head coach, offensive coordinator, offensive line coach and tight ends coach. the following two seasons limegrover served as a graduate assistant for the northwestern wildcats and head coach gary barnett who won back-to-back big ten championships in 1995 and 1996. from there limegrover served as the run game coordinator and offensive line coach for division ii ferris state in 1997 and 1998. the next two seasons limegrover would serve as the offensive line coach for division ii emporia state and head coach jerry kill who he would work under for the next 17 seasons. as offensive coordinator from 2001–2007 limegrover guided fcs southern illinois to six consecutive seasons finishing top ten in scoring, nationally. from there serving as the offensive coordinator for fbs northern illinois, limegrover helped the huskies to three consecutive bowl appearances and the 2010 mac west title. from 2011 to 2015, limegrover spent five seasons at minnesota as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach. he held the title of assistant head coach his last two seasons with the gophers. after coach jerry kill was forced to retire because of epilepsy with five games remaining in the 2015 season, defensive coordinator tracy claeys was named as minnesota's head coach. one day after the conclusion of the 2015 season coach claeys fired offensive coordinator limegrover and quarterbacks coach jim zebrowski to make a change that better fit his offensive philosophy. in mid-december limegrover turned down the head coaching job at southern illinois and on january 13, 2016 he was hired as the offensive line coach for penn state and head coach james franklin.
matt limegrover