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Penn State coordinator poised to be a head coach next, analyst says: Newsstand

Greg Pickelby: Greg Pickel06/16/25GregPickel
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Penn State offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki. (Pickel/BWI)

Penn State news, notes, and updates for June 16 include a list of coordinators poised to become head coaches, headlines of the day, and more. That headlines today’s newsstand.

CBS Sports’ David Cobb has a new article out that focuses on current play callers who are potentially on the cusp of taking the next step to become a program leader. Second-year Nittany Lions offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki is one of them.

“Penn State jumped from 53rd to 26th in total offense during Kotelnicki’s first season as coordinator and could be even better in 2025,” Cobb writes. “With his quarterback and top two running backs returning and a receiver room that’s been reinforced with veteran transfers, Kotelnicki has plenty to work with. The 44-year old Minnesota native picked up plenty of insight on how to run a program during his decade of working for Lance Leipold at Wisconsin-Whitewater, Buffalo and Kansas. Now that he’s showing he can handle himself on the sport’s biggest stage and apart from Leipold’s watchful eye, Kotelnicki is starting to look like an attractive head coaching candidate.”

In other news, three Penn State wrestling connections made Team USA on Saturday. Incoming freshman PJ Duke, senior Levi Haines, and NLWC member Kyle Snyder will all compete for their country at the World Wrestling Championships in September.

Headlines of the day

Top100 OT Cameron Wagner gets back to Penn State: Fitz, BWI

Who are the top 2027 recruits that PSU contacted on June 15?: Snyder, BWI

3 PSU wrestling takeaways from Final X: PJ Duke shines and more: Pickel, BWI

Five-star OT Immanuel Iheanacho felt at home on his official visit to Penn State: Simmons, On3

Penn State QB Drew Allar among picks to ‘silence critics’ in 2025: Fact or fiction: Bauer, BWI

Maxwell Hiller details Friday’s trip to PSU and when he plans to narrow his list: Snyder, BWI

Quote of the day

“The vibe was positive for me on this visit. When you go to Penn State, you know what you are going for… You go to Penn State to compete for National Championships, to compete for Big Ten Championships and to get developed. At Penn State, there are no distractions, so you go there to work.

“They are competing now with Oregon and LSU. I feel good about them and this visit really helped Penn State a lot.”

Baltimore (Md.) Georgetown Preparatory School offensive tackle Immanuel Iheanacho to On3 after his PSU official visit.

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