Penn State coach among coordinators who could emerge as a head coach candidate next: Newsstand
Penn State news, notes, and updates include one writer’s thoughts on Andy Kotelnicki’s coaching future, headlines of the day, and more.
It’s time to dive into Wednesday’s top tweets and headlines about the Nittany Lions and college athletics.
Penn State tweets of the day
David Cobb of CBS Sports has another new preseason rankings list out. This time, it focuses on current coordinators would could next become head coach candidates at the college football level. We start today’s newsstand there. One of the assistants listed by Cobb is first-year Penn State offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki. He joined the Lions this offseason after stints at Buffalo and Kansas. Kotelnicki replaces Mike Yurcich, who was fired by Penn State coach James Franklin in November.
“How long before the Lance Leipold coaching tree begins sprouting some significant branches? Kotelnicki worked as Leipold’s offensive coordinator for the past 11 seasons at Wisconsin-Whitewater, Buffalo and Kansas,” Cobb writes. “Now, he’s leaving his mentor to spread his wings as Penn State’s offensive coordinator. If that move produces the results the Nittany Lions hope it does, Kotelnicki’s stock will surge.”
Kotelnicki has a former five-star quarterback in Drew Allar, two of the best running backs in the sport, and an extremely productive No. 1 tight end. But, he must bring along the Lions receivers room while also dealing with three new full-time starters on the offensive line.
Top 10
- 1Breaking
Gonzaga joining Pac-12
Bulldogs set to announce move to Pac-12 later today, per report
- 2Trending
Ryan Williams NIL
Alabama WR sees massive On3 NIL Valuation growth following Georgia game
- 3New
Alabama-Georgia TV Ratings
ESPN announces game was network's most-watched regular season matchup since 2017
- 4
High School NIL Ruling
North Carolina judge rules public school athletes can profit from NIL
- 5
Playoff Greed?
SEC & Big Ten looking for 4 automatic bids each to College Football Playoff
“You get to do a lot of different things [in Kotelnicki’s offense],” Kaytron Allen, who runs the backfield with classmate Nicholas Singleton, said in March. “It isn’t just you standing in the backfield. You could be in the slot. You could be the outside receiver. You’re just doing different types of things to show our talents. It’s a great offense.
Headlines of the day
Penn State Positions Beaver Stadium as a Year-Round Entertainment Venue: Wogenrich, SI
The weekly rundown: Some Penn State kicks times are coming this Thursday: Pickel, BWI
4-star F Cam Ward discusses Florida State, Notre Dame officials; updates recruitment with Penn State and Marquette: Shaw, On3
Nation’s top-ranked 2026 OL Immanuel Iheanacho details early takeaways from Penn State recruitment: Snyder, BWI
Quote of the day
“Coach (Mike) Rhoades and Coach (Jamal) Brunt have been mainly supportive over everything. I know they just guy there, but I think they can switch a lot of things around as far as their style of play coming over from VCU. I think what they do will translate well, especially with how he coaches.”
–Four-star forward Cam Ward to On3 about PSU.
