University of Oklahoma Athletics

John Kuceyeski - Football

John Kuceyeski
John Kuceyeski
  • Title:
    Senior Offensive Analyst
• John Kuceyeski joined the Oklahoma staff as senior offensive analyst prior toĀ the 2025 season and was promoted to quarterbacks coach in
the spring of 2026.

• Spent two seasons at Washington State, serving in an offensive quality control role in 2023 and as quarterbacks coachĀ in 2024.

• As Washington State quarterbacks coach in 2024, tutoredĀ redshirt sophomore John Mateer as he threw for 3,139 yards andĀ 29 touchdowns on 224-of-347 (65%) passing and rushed forĀ 1,057 yards and 15 TDs on 178 carries. The Cougars ranked sixthĀ nationally in scoring offense (36.6 ppg) and passing efficiencyĀ rating (164.3), 16th in passing offense (276.1 ypg) and 17th inĀ completion percentage (65.9) and yards per completion (13.7).

• Spent the 2022 season at Western Kentucky as directorĀ of player personnel, as the Hilltoppers posted a 9-5 recordĀ and defeated South Alabama in the New Orleans Bowl. TheyĀ finished second nationally in passing offense and seventh inĀ total offense.

• Served as the offensive coordinator and tight ends coach at Eastern Illinois for three seasons from 2019-21. Coached threeĀ All-OVC newcomers, two all-conference honorees and oneĀ freshman All-American.

• Spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Cornell, presiding over running backs and tight ends (2016) and the offensive lineĀ (2017-18). Helped develop first-team All-Ivy League selectionĀ Chris Walker as he led the conference in yards per carry andĀ posted three 100-yard games. In his first year as offensive line coach in 2017, Kuceyeski led a rejuvenated unit that helpedĀ increase the team’s rushing average by 25.0 yards per gameĀ over the previous season.

• Served as director of scouting at Iowa State in 2016 afterĀ working in football operations and high school relations atĀ Toledo (2013-15), all under head coach Matt Campbell. ToledoĀ was 25-11 with a pair of MAC West Division titles and two bowlĀ appearances in Kuceyeski’s three seasons with the program.Ā 

• Spent his first season at Toledo as director of footballĀ operations and as a defensive assistant, then moved into theĀ role of director of high school operations in his last two yearsĀ there. Along with creating and maintaining the program’sĀ recruiting database, he was in charge of charting opponentĀ defensive and in-game special teams schemes. He directed allĀ summer camps and created the opponent personnel advanced
scout in 2015. Had a brief stint as the director of playerĀ personnel and on-campus recruiting coordinator at WesternĀ Michigan before joining the Rockets in 2013.

• Served as the offensive and special teams quality controlĀ intern at Northwestern during the 2010 season and wasĀ promoted to director of offensive quality control in 2011.Ā Became the offensive graduate assistant for the Wildcats inĀ March of 2012, working with the wide receivers in the springĀ before moving back to the offensive line for fall camp. AlsoĀ worked with all four phases of special teams during the 2012Ā season. He helped the Wildcats to a 10-win season in 2012,Ā culminating in the program’s first bowl win since 1949. HeĀ assisted in all phases of the program at Northwestern, includingĀ scouting, self-scouting, video breakdown, strength andĀ conditioning and recruiting.

• Began his career as a student manager and thenĀ undergraduate assistant coach at Penn State (2006-09),Ā helping with the defensive linemen. During that period, fiveĀ Penn State defensive linemen were first-round NFL Draft picks,Ā and the Nittany Lions won the 2008 Big Ten championship.

• A product of Libertyville, Ill., Kuceyeski graduated from PennĀ State in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in finance. He and hisĀ wife Rossana have a son named Matthew.