Penn State announces offensive coordinator and more staff additions

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Head coach Matt Campbell is beginning to fill out his coaching staff at Penn State. The team announced the addition of 10 new staff members, including on-field coaches, recruiting personnel and strength and conditioning coaches.

Campbell has unsurprisingly made hires from his former staff at Iowa State, where he coached for 10 years prior to taking the Penn State job. That includes offensive coordinator and tight ends coach Taylor Mouser, who has been the Cyclones' offensive coordinator the past two seasons.

Mouser's offense has been run heavy this season behind the duo of Carson Hansen and Abu Sama, who combined for 1,684 yards rushing this season. The year prior, quarterback Rocco Becht broke out with over 3,500 yards passing, including 1,000-yard seasons for wide receivers Jaylin Noel and Jayden Higgins. Mouser has worked with Iowa State's tight ends since 2021 and will continue to do so at Penn State, replacing Ty Howle, who is expected to join James Franklin at Virginia Tech.

In addition, Campbell will bring over offensive line coach Ryan Clanton from his Iowa State coaching staff. Clanton coached the offensive line at Iowa State for three seasons. Prior to that, he coached the offensive line at Northern Iowa, where he produced NFL linemen in Trevor Penning and Spencer Brown. Clanton will have big shoes to fill, as previous tight ends coach Phil Trautwein recruited well and produced seven NFL draft picks in his five years at Penn State.

The last on-field coach to be announced is defensive backs coach Deon Broomfield, who will come over after five seasons as Iowa State's safeties coach. The Cyclones have racked up 42 interceptions across the last three seasons, and Broomfield will look to bring that ball-hawking mentality to a Penn State's defense.

Off the field, Campbell is bringing in Jack Griffith as a recruiting assistant, the only new hire who isn't from Iowa State so far. Griffith was the director of player personnel at Cincinnati, where he oversaw the transfer portal and roster building. In addition to Griffith, Campbell brought over the following members of his Iowa State staff.

  • Skip Brabenec – Football Chief of Staff
  • Derek Hoodjer – General Manager (assistant athletics director for player personnel at Iowa State)
  • Aaron Hillmann – Director of Sports Performance Operations
  • Reid Kagy – Head Strength and Conditioning Coach
  • Brandon Pietrzyk – Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach
  • Trent Slattenow – Director of Player Personnel

In the coming weeks, Campbell will have several positions to fill on his staff. This includes a new defensive coordinator after Jim Knowles was hired by Tennessee. He'll also look for a new quarterbacks coach after Danny O'Brien left for Virginia Tech, and a new running backs coach after Stan Drayton went to South Carolina.

This article originally appeared on Nittany Lions Wire: Penn State announces new offensive coordinator, other staff additions

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