Penn State is transferring on from offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich, the college introduced Sunday. The determination comes an afternoon after Penn State’s offense struggled to achieve traction in a 24-15 house loss to Michigan that noticed the Nittany Lions end with simplest 238 yards of offense, together with simplest 74 within the air.
Those effects had been very similar to the loss of output in Penn State’s 20-12 loss to Ohio State on Oct. 21. Against the Buckeyes, the Nittany Lions controlled 240 yards of offense however had extra luck within the air with 191 yards passing. It’s been two different offenses for the Nittany Lions this yr: They’ve averaged 413.3 yards and 43.8 issues in line with recreation in wins however simplest 239 yards and 13.5 issues in losses to the Buckeyes and Wolverines.
“We thank Mike for his contributions over the last three years but feel it is in our program’s best interest to make a change at this time. We wish him and his family nothing but the best in the future,” trainer James Franklin stated in a observation.
Yurcich got here to Penn State in 2021 after spending the former season as the offensive coordinator at Texas. He additionally spent a season as the quarterbacks trainer at Ohio State however made his title as an offensive coordinator for six seasons at Oklahoma State.
With Yurcich long gone, trainer James Franklin is now directly to his sixth offensive coordinator since taking the Penn State activity. John Donovan got here with Franklin from Vanderbilt however lasted simplest two seasons. He was once changed by way of Joe Moorhead, who had two a hit seasons sooner than taking the Mississippi State activity. Since Moorehead’s departure, Penn State has had a difficult time discovering the similar stage of luck with Ricky Rahne, Kirk Ciarrocca and Yurcich.
Co-offensive coordinators Ja’Juan Seider and Ty Howle would be the subsequent coaches to get a crack at solving the Penn State offense as he’s taking over play-calling tasks for the remainder of the season. Penn State faces Rutgers at house in Week 12 and can end the season at the highway towards Michigan State.