Source: Penn State expected to hire Kansas OC Andy Kotelnicki as new offensive coordinator
Penn State has found its new offensive coordinator.
Kansas offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki is expected to take over the position for the Nittany Lions, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.
The news was first reported by Bruce Feldman of The Athletic.
Kotelnicki would replace Mike Yurcich, who was fired in mid-November.
He would join head coach James Franklin’s staff after spending the last 11 seasons under Lance Leipold at various stops, including the most recent one at Kansas.
He engineered the No. 9 offense in 2022 and No. 24 offense in 2023, according to ESPN’s SP+ — a tempo- and opponent-adjusted measure of college football efficiency — and did so with his star quarterback Jalon Daniels only playing in the team’s first three games this season due to injury. Daniels played in only nine games in 2022 when Kotelnicki led a top-10 offense.
Prior to his time at Kansas as offensive coordinator, he spent 2015-2020 with Leipold at Buffalo and 2013-2014 at DIvision III Wisconsin-Whitewater with him.
He joined Leipold from Division II Mary where he was the offensive coordinator in 2011 and 2012 after spending 2006-2010 at Division III Wisconsin-River Falls as the offensive coordinator.
Kotelnicki began his coaching career at Western Illinois where he was an offensive assistant from 2004-2006. He played collegiately at Wisconsin-River Falls, where he served as an assistant in 2003 before his return to be OC in 2006.
Penn State did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the matter.
This story was originally published November 30, 2023 at 4:14 PM.
