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News—Dec. 16, 2025—Updated 2-27
Matt Campbell’s Coaching Staff for 2026 Season
New Penn State Head Coach Matt Campbell has nearly completed his new coaching/management/support staff for the 2026 season. The primary field coaching staff was completed on Feb. 24 with the hiring of a new Wide Receivers Coach. On Feb. 26, 247Sports reported that Trace McSorley (Asst. QB Coach) was departing for a job with the Buffalo Bills and their new head coach Joe Brady (who had been a Grad Asst. at PSU under James Franklin in 2015-16 seasons). McSorley’s name is now missing from the coaches’ roster and the staff directory.
Here are the current list and assignments—Blue name indicates former Iowa State coach/staffer in 2025 (32)—Asterisk * indicates holdover from 2025 Penn State staff (13)—Caret symbol ^ indicates former PSU player (7)
Terry Smith*^—Associate Head Coach/Cornerbacks Coach—returning for 13th season
Justin Lustig*—Special Teams Coordinator—returning for 3rd season
Taylor Mouser—Offensive Coordinator/Tight Ends Coach
Ryan Clanton—Offensive Line Coach
Jake Waters—Quarterbacks Coach
Kashif Moore—Wide Receivers Coach—CBS Sports originally reported Feb. 16 that Moore would replace departed Noah Pauley—Moore had just moved to Colorado State after 3 seasons at his alma mater UConn under Jim Mora Jr.—PSU officially announced his hiring on Feb. 24—added to Coaches online roster Feb. 27
Savon Huggins—Running Backs Coach—former RB Coach at Boston College under Bill O’Brien—in role at BC since 2022—former RB at Rutgers (2011-14) & Northern Iowa (2015)—hiring reported Jan. 8, but not officially announced by PSU until Jan. 13
D’Anton Lynn ^—Defensive Coordinator—hiring announced Jan. 2 after 2 seasons at USC—Lynn is a former CB at PSU (2008-11)—3-time All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (162 tackles, 7 TFL, 4 INTs, 1 fumble recovery)
Ikaika Malloe—Defensive Line Coach/Run Game Coordinator—Most recently with Deshaun Foster’s staff that was dismissed at UCLA in 2025—Coached under D’Anton Lynn at UCLA in 2023—PSU announced hiring Jan. 6
Deon Broomfield—Safeties Coach/Pass Game Coordinator
Tyson Veidt—Linebackers Coach—former DC at Cincinnati & former LB Coach/Assoc. Head Coach at ISU—PSU announced hiring Jan. 6
Christian Smith—Defensive Ends/Edge Rusher Coach—formerly the Northwestern D-Line Coach—also former ISU Grad Assistant—officially announced on Jan. 9
Reid Kagy—Director of Football Strength & Conditioning
Dan Connor*^—Assistant Linebackers Coach—PSU announced retention officially Jan. 6
Jordan Lucas*^—Assistant Cornerbacks Coach
DeOn’tae Pannell ^—Assistant Defensive Line Coach—formerly Austin Peay DL Coach (2024-25)—former PSU OT/OG (2008-11) and roommate of D’Anton Lynn—hiring officially announced on Jan. 10
Sheldon Croney—Assistant Running Backs Coach—was Assistant at Central Michigan in 2025—former ISU player and Grad Assistant under Campbell—hiring officially announced on Jan. 10
Jake Landry-Sr. Offensive Analyst—former Running Backs Coach at ISU in 2025 and former OC at North Dakota State in 2024 (was also with Temple staff 2019-21)—hiring revealed Jan. 13
Jackson Scott-Brown—Assistant Offensive Line Coach
Sam Seonbuchner—Assistant Tight Ends Coach
Trace McSorley*^—Assistant Quarterbacks Coach (Vacant)—was PSU QB Coach in Pinstripe Bowl—Departed for NFL Buffalo Bills Feb. 26—removed from Coaches’ online roster Feb. 26
Rory Walling—Assistant Special Teams Coach
Matt Colangelo*—Assistant Special Teams Coordinator—returned to PSU after brief off-season stint with Virginia Tech
Matt Caponi—Sr. Defensive Analyst—Teammate of Campbell’s at Mount Union/Former ISU Asst. CB Coach (2019-22)
Shawn Collins—Defensive Analyst
Beau Freyler—Quality Control/Defense
Xavier Jackson—Quality Control/Offense (added to staff Feb. 12)
Ryan Gent—Offensive Analyst—former ISU QB
Skip Brabanec—Football Chief of Staff
Derek Hoodjer—General Manager
Aaron Hillman—Director of Sports Performance Operations
Will Reimann*-Assistant General Manager
Brandon Pietrzyk—Associate Director of Football Strength & Conditioning
Jalyn Baker—Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach
Lucas White—Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach
Shawn Facione—Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach—formerly at LSU (added to staff Feb. 12)
Haley Sledge—Athletic Trainer
Zach Brigham—Athletic Trainer
Sam Lopez—Athletic Trainer
Joe Resendez—Director of Football Sports Medicine
Brad Solomon—Director of Football Nutrition—formerly at Texas—hiring officially announced Jan. 10
Jonnee Sulzberger—Assistant/Football Nutrition
Ben Moortgat—Director of Speed & Performance Science
Trent Slattenow—Director of Player Personnel
Jack Griffith—Assistant General Manager—formerly at Cincinnati
Jace Heacock—Recruiting & Scouting Analytics
Alan Zemaitis*^—Director of Talent Acquisition
Naz Oliver*—Director of Recruiting
Justin Cummings-Morrow—Director of Recruiting/NIL Operations—formerly at UConn, but worked at ISU with Campbell (2016-20)
Gabby Mazzie*—Director of On-Campus Recruiting
Jayrone Elliott—Director of Football Player Relations
Xavier Quigley—Director of College Scouting
Kelli Fogt—Director of Football Operations
Amber Giese—Assistant AD for Football Player Development
Jordan Hill*^—Director of Player Development
Brad Frandsen—Director of Football Creative Content (added to staff Feb. 12)
Jevin Stone*—Video Director
Blake Yunker*—Assistant Video Director
Brooke Anderson—Administrative Assistant to the Head Coach
Angie Hummel*—Administrative Support Assistant
—Other Athletic Department staffers who are former PSU football players—
Wally Richardson*^—Director of Football Letterman’s Club
Todd Kulka*^—Associate Director of Football Academic Support Services/Academic Counselor
Omar Easy*^—Assistant Athletic Director, Brand Academy
NOTE: Noah Pauley who had been hired from Iowa State as PSU’s new Wide Receivers Coach on Dec. 16, 2025, reportedly, per CBS Sports, agreed on Feb. 5, 2026, to become Wide Receivers Coach for the Green Bay Packers. His name was officially removed from the PSU coaching roster and athletics directory on Feb. 12.
