Mike Yurcich
{{Short description|American football coach (born 1975)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
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| name = Mike Yurcich
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| current_title = Offensive coordinator
| current_team = Youngstown State
| current_conference = MVFC
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|11|5}}
| birth_place = Euclid, Ohio, U.S.
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| alma_mater = California University of Pennsylvania (1999)
Indiana University Bloomington (2004)
| player_years1 = 1996–1998
| player_team1 = California (PA)
| player_positions = Quarterback
| coach_years1 = 1999
| coach_team1 = Saint Francis (IN) (RB)
| coach_years2 = 2000–2001
| coach_team2 = Saint Francis (IN) (QB)
| coach_years3 = 2002
| coach_team3 = Saint Francis (IN) (OC/QB)
| coach_years4 = 2003–2004
| coach_years5 = 2005
| coach_team5 = Edinboro (QB/WR)
| coach_years6 = 2006–2010
| coach_team6 = Edinboro (OC/QB/WR)
| coach_years7 = 2011–2012
| coach_team7 = Shippensburg (OC/QB)
| coach_years8 = 2013–2018
| coach_team8 = Oklahoma State (OC/QB)
| coach_years9 = 2019
| coach_team9 = Ohio State (PGC/QB)
| coach_years10 = 2020
| coach_team10 = Texas (OC/QB)
| coach_years11 = 2021–2023
| coach_team11 = Penn State (OC/QB)
| coach_years12 = 2025–present
| coach_team12 = Youngstown State (OC)
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Mike Yurcich (born November 5, 1975) is an American football coach who serves as offensive coordinator at Youngstown State. Prior to going to Youngstown State, he was the offensive coordinator at the University of Texas at Austin in 2020 and at Penn State University from 2021 to 2023. He was the passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the Ohio State University for the 2019 season.{{cite news |title=Texas hires Ohio State's Mike Yurcich as offensive coordinator |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/28392439/texas-hires-ohio-state-mike-yurcich-offensive-coordinator |newspaper=Espn.com |date=30 December 2019 |access-date=9 January 2021}} Yurcich was the offensive coordinator at Oklahoma State University from 2013 to 2018.{{cite news |title=How Mike Gundy found his offensive coordinator on the internet |work=ESPN.com |date=December 28, 2017 |first=Adam |last=Rittenberg |url=http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/21862192/oklahoma-state-cowboys-mike-gundy-offensive-coordinator-internet }} He was previously the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Saint Francis, Edinboro, and Shippensburg. Yurcich also spent 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 University of Pennsylvania and a master's degree in education from St. Francis, where he picked up a school counseling license.{{Cite web|url=https://okstate.com/coaches.aspx?rc=23|title = Mike Yurcich - Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks - Football Coaches}}
Playing career
Coaching career
On January 8, 2021, Yurcich was named the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Penn State.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/30674224/penn-state-hires-mike-yurcich-offensive-coordinator-replace-kirk-ciarrocca|title=Penn State hires Mike Yurcich as offensive coordinator to replace Kirk Ciarrocca|website=ESPN|first=Tom|last=VanHaaren|date=January 8, 2021|access-date=January 9, 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.{{cite web | url=https://gopsusports.com/staff-directory/mike-yurcich/882 | title=Mike Yurcich - Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks - Staff Directory }} 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. {{cite web | url= https://www.centredaily.com/sports/college/penn-state-university/psu-football/article281762773.html | title= Penn State football fires offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich, per sources}}
On January 7, 2025, Yurcich was hired as the offensive coordinator for the Youngstown State Penguins.{{cite web|url=https://www.on3.com/teams/penn-state-nittany-lions/news/former-penn-state-offensive-coordinator-mike-yurcich-has-a-new-job-lined-up-where-will-he-work-now/|title=Former Penn State OC Mike Yurcich has a new job|website=On3.com|first=Greg|last=Pickel|date=January 7, 2025|access-date=January 17, 2025}}
References
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External links
- [https://shipraiders.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/mike-yurcich/422 Shippensburg profile]
- [https://okstate.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/mike-yurcich/23 Oklahoma State profile]
- [https://texaslonghorns.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/mike-yurcich/2962 Texas profile]
- [https://gopsusports.com/staff-directory/mike-yurcich/882 Penn State profile]
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