DJ Mangas

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| current_team = Buffalo Bills

| position = Offensive Quality Control Coach

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|2|22|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Arlington, Virginia, U.S.

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| height_ft = 6

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| high_school = Chantilly (VA) Paul VI Catholic

| college = William & Mary

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Hampden–Sydney (2012)
Quarterbacks coach
Georgetown (2013)
Running backs coach
William & Mary (2014–2016)
Running backs coach
William & Mary (2017–2018)
Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach
LSU (2019)
Offensive analyst
Carolina Panthers ({{NFL Year|2020}})
Coaching assistant
LSU (2021)
Passing game coordinator
UCF (2022)
Defensive analyst
Buffalo (2023)
Offensive coordinator & tight ends coach
Buffalo Bills (2023–present)
Offensive quality control coach

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CFP national champion (2019)

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DJ Mangas (born February 22, 1989) is an American football coach who is currently an offensive aide for the Buffalo Bills.

Playing career

Mangas played college football at William & Mary from 2007 to 2011, where he was a former walk-on who played wide receiver and also served as the team's emergency quarterback.{{cite web |title=Meet the Tribe: DJ Mangas, Offensive Coordinator |url=https://wmsportsblog.com/2017/06/12/meet-the-tribe-dj-mangas-offensive-coordinator/ |website=The William & Mary Sports Blog |date=12 June 2017 |access-date=18 October 2021}}

Coaching career

= Early coaching career =

Mangas began his career as the quarterbacks coach at Hampden–Sydney College in 2012, and was later the running backs coach at Georgetown. He would return to his alma mater William & Mary in 2014 as their running backs coach on the recommendation of former college teammate and then-William & Mary linebackers coach Joe Brady.{{cite web |title=Why a humbling stint as a 20-something OC earned DJ Mangas his chance at LSU |url=https://theathletic.com/2321812/2021/01/14/dj-mangas-lsu-pass-game-coordinator-joe-brady/ |website=The Athletic |access-date=18 October 2021}} He was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2017, and was one of the youngest coordinators in Division I football at 28.{{cite web |title=DJ Mangas named W&M offensive coordinator |url=https://richmond.com/sports/dj-mangas-named-w-m-offensive-coordinator/article_5f564a1a-43ce-5bd9-a58f-829b9b44dcab.html |website=Richmond Times-Dispatch |date=16 May 2017 |access-date=18 October 2021}}{{cite web |title=Offensive coordinator the 'ideal position' for W&M's D.J. Mangas |url=https://www.dailypress.com/sports/college/william-mary/dp-spt-wm-mangas-0614-20170613-story.html |website=The Daily Press |date=13 June 2017 |access-date=18 October 2021}}

= LSU =

Mangas joined the coaching staff at LSU in 2019, serving as the right-hand man to Brady, who was the Tigers' passing game coordinator.{{cite web |title=Right-hand man: DJ Mangas' ties to Panthers' Joe Brady go (relatively) way back |url=https://theathletic.com/1886654/2020/06/23/right-hand-man-dj-mangas-ties-to-panthers-joe-brady-go-relatively-way-back/?redirected=1https://theathletic.com/1886654/2020/06/23/right-hand-man-dj-mangas-ties-to-panthers-joe-brady-go-relatively-way-back/ |website=The Athletic |access-date=18 October 2021}}

= Carolina Panthers =

Mangas followed Brady, who was hired as the offensive coordinator of the Carolina Panthers, and joined him as a coaching assistant.{{cite web |title=LSU analyst DJ Mangas joins the Carolina Panthers |url=https://www.wbrz.com/news/former-lsu-analyst-dj-mangas-joins-carolina-panthers/ |website=WBRZ |access-date=18 October 2021}}

= LSU (second stint) =

Mangas was rehired as the passing game coordinator at LSU in 2021, joining Panthers quarterbacks coach Jake Peetz, who was named the Tigers offensive coordinator.{{cite magazine |title=LSU Football to Hire DJ Mangas as Passing Game Coordinator |url=https://www.si.com/college/lsu/football/lsu-hires-dj-mangas-as-passing-game-coordinator |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=6 January 2021 |access-date=18 October 2021}}

= UCF =

In 2022, Mangas was hired as a defensive analyst at UCF.

= Buffalo =

On January 14, 2023, Mangas was hired as the offensive coordinator at Buffalo.{{cite news|url=https://buffalonews.com/sports/college/report-ub-football-to-hire-dj-mangas-as-offensive-coordinator/article_f38a89f4-9420-11ed-a165-a3d8f98e8ab8.html|title=UB football to hire DJ Mangas as offensive coordinator|date=January 14, 2023|agency=The Buffalo News|author=Lenzi, Rachel|accessdate=January 15, 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114222409/https://buffalonews.com/sports/college/report-ub-football-to-hire-dj-mangas-as-offensive-coordinator/article_f38a89f4-9420-11ed-a165-a3d8f98e8ab8.html|archivedate=January 14, 2023}}{{cite news|url=https://buffalonews.com/sports/college/how-experience-connections-will-help-ub-football-offensive-coordinator-dj-mangas/article_f0976780-e047-11ed-bd4b-5b56b9511525.html|title=How experience, connections will help UB football offensive coordinator DJ Mangas|date=April 22, 2023|agency=The Buffalo News|author=Lenzi, Rachel|accessdate=April 22, 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422141449/https://buffalonews.com/sports/college/how-experience-connections-will-help-ub-football-offensive-coordinator-dj-mangas/article_f0976780-e047-11ed-bd4b-5b56b9511525.html|archivedate=April 22, 2023}}

= Buffalo Bills =

Immediately following the conclusion of the 2023 Buffalo Bulls football team's season, Mangas left the Bulls and was hired as an offensive aide by the Buffalo Bills.{{cite news|url=https://buffalonews.com/sports/professional/nfl/bills/buffalo-bills-hire-dj-mangas-close-friend-of-joe-brady-as-offensive-aide/article_60fabc66-983a-11ee-bb0a-9f012d16309f.html|title=Buffalo Bills hire DJ Mangas, close friend of Joe Brady, as offensive aide|date=December 11, 2023|agency=The Buffalo News|author=Gaughan, Mark|accessdate=December 31, 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220163353/https://buffalonews.com/sports/professional/nfl/bills/buffalo-bills-hire-dj-mangas-close-friend-of-joe-brady-as-offensive-aide/article_60fabc66-983a-11ee-bb0a-9f012d16309f.html|archivedate=December 20, 2023}} Mangas joined the Bills in-season during the team's bye week, once again reuniting with Joe Brady, who had been named the team's interim offensive coordinator on November 14, 2023.{{cite news|url=https://buffalonews.com/sports/professional/nfl/bills/ken-dorsey-fired-buffalo-bills-joe-brady-interim-offensive-coordinator/article_233fa02a-830a-11ee-99c0-9b3da04bddb3.html|title=Bills fire offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey in major shakeup|date=November 14, 2023|agency=The Buffalo News|author=Skurski, Jay|accessdate=December 31, 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117110831/https://buffalonews.com/sports/professional/nfl/bills/ken-dorsey-fired-buffalo-bills-joe-brady-interim-offensive-coordinator/article_233fa02a-830a-11ee-99c0-9b3da04bddb3.html|archivedate=November 17, 2023}}