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After being teased as a new addition to the football staff over the weekend, the news is finally official. Former Penn State quarterback Trace McSorley has joined the football program’s coaching staff to serve as the team’s assistant quarterbacks coach for head coach James Franklin and quarterbacks coach Danny O’Brien.
Penn State announced the hiring of McSorley by posting on social media on Tuesday evening. Athletics director Pat Kraft teased McSorley’s addition to the staff over the weekend during an appearance at THON.
McSorley was a three-year starter for Penn State and was a key player in some of the best years coached by James Franklin. McSorley helped lead Penn State to its only Big Ten championship in the Big Ten championship game era in 2016 and led the Nittany Lions to a victory in the Fiesta Bowl in 2017. McSorley ended his college football career as Penn State’s all-time leading passer with 9,899 career passing yards, a mark that has since been eclipsed by Sean Clifford. McSorley also owns the second-most passing touchdowns in school history with 77 (again only eclipsed by Clifford; Drew Allar is closing in on McSorley for second on the all-time list in 2025 with 53 career touchdown passes)
Mcsorley will be reunited with Franklin, who originally recruited him to Vanderbilt. McSorley flipped from Vanderbilt to Penn State after Franklin was hired away from the Commodores to be the head coach of the Nittany Lions.
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Publish date : 2025-02-26 00:19:00
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