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ASSISTANT COACHES
FOOTBALL STAFF
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eff Jagodzinski, a long-time National
Football League assistant coach and
a successful collegiate head coach,
is the offensive coordinator on Trent Miles’
first Georgia State staff.
Jagodzinski previously worked with
Miles on the Green Bay Packers’ staff in
2000, and he is well-acquainted with the
city of Atlanta, having served as the Atlanta
Falcons’ tight ends coach in 2004 and then
offensive line coach in 2005. He is also
familiar to Atlanta fans as the college head
coach of Falcons’ quarterback Matt Ryan.
“What an opportunity to be able to
hire someone with the experience and
knowledge that Jeff Jagodzinski brings,”
Miles said. “He’s a great offensive mind,
and he’s been a successful head coach at
the highest level of college football. He will
teach concepts and skills that will only make
our offense better. How appealing it is for
young men to know they can be coached by
the man who coached Matt Ryan.”
Jagodzinski
enjoyed
two
highly
successful seasons as the head coach at
Boston College, posting a 20-8 record and
capturing back-to-back Atlantic Coast
Conference Atlantic Division crowns. In
2007, with Ryan at quarterback, Jagodzinski
led the Eagles to an 11-3 record—BC’s
highest win total since 1940—a berth in the
ACC Championship game and a bowl-game
victory over Michigan State.
In addition to the exploits of ACC Player
of the Year Ryan on offense, Jagodzinski’s
first BC squad also featured a strong defense
that was No. 2in the nation against the
run. Safety Jamie Silva was a first-team
All-America selection.
Even after Ryan became the No. 2 pick
in the 2008 NFL draft following, Jagodzinski
kept BC winning in 2008 with a 9-5 record
and another trip to the ACC title game.
Along with Ryan, Jagodzinski coached
three other future first-round draft picks at
Boston College in nose tackle B.J. Raji (2009,
Green Bay) and offensive linemen Gosder
Cherilus (2008, Detroit) and Anthony
Castonzo (2011, Indianapolis).
Jagodzinski began his coaching career
in 1985 as the running backs coach at his
alma mater, Wisconsin-Whitewater. In
1986, he served as the offensive line coach at
Northern Illinois before spending two years
(1987-88) as a graduate assistant at LSU.
In 1989, Jagodzinski began an eight-
year stint as the offensive line coach at East
Carolina (1989-96), highlighted by the 1991
season, when the Pirates posted an 11-1
record.
He then spent two seasons as the
offensive coordinator at Boston College
(1997-98) on Tom O’Brien’s staff. At BC,
Jagodzinski’s offenses averaged more
than 400 yards per game in each of his
two seasons, featuring future Pro Bowl
quarterback Matt Hasselbeck in 1997 and
All-American running back Mike Cloud
in 1998, who ranked third in the nation in
rushing.
Jagodzinski began his NFL career in
1999, joining the Green Bay Packers as tight
ends coach from 1999-2003. It was there
that he worked with Miles in 2000.
He then moved to the Atlanta Falcons,
where he served as tight ends in coach
in 2004, helping Atlanta reach the NFC
Championship game, and then offensive
line coach in 2005. During that time, the
Falcons featured one of the NFL’s most
successful rushing offenses, leading the
league in both rushing yards per game and
rushing yards per carry those two years.
In 2005, Jagodzinski’s line blocked for Pro
Bowl running back Warrick Dunn, who
gained over 1,400 yards.
Jagodzinski returned to the Packers as
offensive coordinator for one season (2006)
before taking over as head coach at Boston
College. Under his direction, Green Bay
ranked among the top 10 in the NFL in total
offense.
In college and the NFL, Jagodzinski has
been part of offensive staffs that worked
with future Pro Bowl quarterbacks Brett
Favre, Michael Vick, Aaron Rogers and
Matt Ryan.
He served as the head coach of the
Omaha Nighthawks of the UFL in 2010, and
in 2012, he worked as a volunteer assistant
coach at Ave Maria University in Florida.
Jagodzinski was a three-year starter
and four-year player (1981-84) at fullback
at Wisconsin-Whitewater. He earned a B.S.
degree in education at UW-Whitewater in
1985.
Jagodzinski and his wife, Lisa, have five
children: Josh, JoAnne, Jessica, Jacqueline
and Jennifer.
JEFF JAGODZINSKI
Offensive Coordinator
First Year at GSU
