Franklin changes the attack co-ordinator, enlists Mike Jurchic

University Park, Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania football coach James Franklin The change of the coaching staff was announced Friday with the appointment Mike Jurchic As attack coordinator, quarterback and departure coach Kirk Syaruka.

Franklin said, „First, I would like to thank Kirk for his contributions to our show last year.“ “That was a difficult decision, but I felt it was better for our program to make a change. We wish him and his family all the best in their future endeavors.

“We are excited that Mike has joined our staff,” Franklin continued. He is an impressive attacking mind connected to gifted play and he has set records everywhere he has been as an attacking coordinator. I look forward to seeing what he can do with all the offensive weapons we have here in Pennsylvania. Mike has pursued his career for a long time, dating back to the period when Spent at PSAC in Shippensburg and Edenboro. Looking forward to bringing Mike and his family back to Pennsylvania. „

“I would like to thank the coach James Franklin, Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics Sandy Barbour And President Eric Barron for giving me the opportunity to be the offensive coordinator at Pennsylvania State University, „Jurchic said.“ After spending 11 years in Pennsylvania as a player and coach, I understand the importance of this duty and will play it right and with humble pride. „

YER-sitch, who has 22 years of team coaching experience, including 15 as attacking coordinator, joins Nittany Lions after spending the 2020 season in Texas as attacking coordinator and midfield coach.

In his career as an attack coordinator at FBS, Yurcich averaged 6.49 yards per game, which is the number one OC since 2013 and 14.03 yards per achievement, and is the first among Power Five OC in that time frame. Since 2013, Jurchic’s fouls have scored 50 points or more 26 times and 40 points or more 51 times (50% of matches trained), both of which top FBS’s attack coordinators‘ list since 2013. His team averages 61.5 points per year.

Under Yurcich’s direction, Longhorns ranked eighth on FBS in scoring (42.7 ppg), 16^{The tenth} In passing efficiency (156.2) and 19^{The tenth} In total crime (475.4 ypg). Texas also finished in the nation’s top 40 attacks (27^{The tenth}; 280.1 ypg) and the crime of impulsivity (37^{The tenth}; 195.3 ypg). 42.7 points per game is the second largest in Texas history. Longhorns 17 different players had at least one pass during the 2020 season and at least nine 10 assists. UT had 12 different players score catching touchdowns.

Under Yurcich’s guidance, Longhorn midfielder Sam Ehlinger completed 60.1 percent (184-306) of his passes with 25 drops from 12 points. He also scrambled for eight grades en route to winning the All-Big 12 and Big 12 Scholar-Sports Player of the Year awards. Rookie Bijan Robinson’s average lifespan was 8.2 yards per attempt to rank first in the country amongst the lunettes with more than 80 attempts.

Prior to his tenure in Austin, Jurchic worked as a passing game coordinator and midfielder coach in Ohio in 2019. That season, Buckeyes set a football record of 13-1 and landed a trip to the College Playoff, while midfielder Justin Fields made it to Finalists for Heisman Trophy, Walter Camp of the Year Award, and Davey O’Brien Award. Fields was the Big Ten’s MVP of the year and was named the All-America Second Team by Walter Camp, the Associated Press, the American Football Coaches Association, and the American Football Writers‘ Association. Fields was ranked third on FBS with 40 transits low with only three interceptions for the best relegation to interception ratio in the country. Fields completed with a total of 51 touchdowns, 3,273 passing yards, 306 responsible points and 181.4 passing efficiency ratings.

Yurcich was the architect of one of Oklahoma’s greatest offensive eras with the program averaging 38.0 points and 478.3 yards per match in his six-year stint as attacking coordinator and quarterback coach from 2013-18. OSU scored 40 points or more 35 times and 50 points or more 15 times under Yurcich. In the Yurcich’s six years, OK State ranked fifth nationally in passing yards per game (315.9 ypg), seventh in total attack (478.6 ypg) and sixth in scoring. During his tenure at Stillwater, the Cowboys was 52-34 with four seasons 10 wins, four bowl wins and two New Year appearances (2016 Sugar Bowl and 2014 Cotton Bowl).

Oklahoma finished 10th^{The tenth} At FBS in total attack (500.2 ypg) and passing crime (309.8 ypg) in 2018. Yurcich developed midfielder Taylor Cornelius into the nation’s top 10 in passing yardage (4)^{The tenth}; 3,978 yards), passing yards per game (6^{The tenth}; 306.0 ypg), drop passes (8^{The tenth}; 32), total crime (6^{The tenth}; 337.3 ypg) and the points responsible for (5^{The tenth}; 252).

The Oklahoma State Crime of 2017 included a 4,000-yard Masson Rudolph, a 1,000-yard receiver in James Washington and Marcel Atman and 1,000-yard Justice Hill. The Cowboys led the country in passing yards (389.2 ypg), finishing second in total attack (568.9 ypg) and fourth in scoring (45.0 ppg). Washington won the Beletnikov Award as the nation’s Outstanding Recipient, and Rudolph won the Johnny UNITA Gold Award as the best college football player. Working at Yurcich crime throughout his career, Washington finished the all-time leading receiver position in OK State with 4,472 yards, which was the second in history of the Big 12. In 2017, the Cowboys set eight school records for one season, including a total of fouls , Yardage per game, passing yard, first landing, and passing efficiency. The 2017 Squad reached the 50-point mark six times and surpassed 500 yards from crime nine times, including the school’s record of 747 yards against Baylor.

In 2016, Oklahoma was one of two Power Five teams to produce a 4,000-yard boardwalk (Rudolph), 1,000-yard rusher (Hill) and a 1,000-yard receiver (Washington). The cowboys ranked top twenty in the state in four categories. With a quad-center system in 2015, OK State made 34 drops and ranked seventh on FBS in yard pass per game (353.2 ypg) and 14^{The tenth} In scoring (39.5 ppg). Yurcich produced the 12 Greatest New Attacks of the Year at Tyreek Hill in 2014 and led Oklahoma State to 14th^{The tenth}Last place in scoring (39.1) in its first season in 2013.

Jurchic worked as attack coordinator for two seasons (2011-12) at the University of Shepensburg in Pennsylvania. In its first season, Raiders set several program records, including scoring, relegation, and total humiliation. In 2012, Shippensburg led the NCAA Division 2 in total attack (529.2 ypg) and was second in scoring (46.9 ppg) and passing yards per game (387.7 ypg). Under Yurcich’s tutelage, quarterback Zak Zuli won the 2012 Harlon Hill Cup as Division Two’s Most Valuable Player. Zulli tied the NCAA Division II record with 54 passing scores.

A native of Euclid, Ohio he also trained for six seasons at the University of Edinburgh, working with midfielders and wide receivers in 2005 before becoming the offensive coordinator from 2006-10. Yurchic also worked as a coach at Saint Francis (India) from 1999-2002 and was a graduate assistant offensive at Indiana University in 2003 and 2004.

Jurchic graduated in 1999 from the University of California (Pa.), With a BA in Psychology. He also earned a master’s degree in school counseling from Indiana University in 2004. Jurchic and his wife Julie have two sons, Jack and Clay, and his daughter Maria. Jolie was an American runner across the suburb in Edinburgh.