Andy Kotelnicki
American football coach
Andrew Earl Kotelnicki ( ko-til-NI-kee; born September 2, 1980) is an American football coach who is the associate head coach at the University of Kansas. He previously served as the offensive coordinator at Pennsylvania State University from 2024 to 2025. Before that he served as the offensive coordinator at the University of Kansas from 2021 to 2023. Kotelnicki played college football at the University of Wisconsin–River Falls as a center before entering coaching.
Early life and playing career
Kotelnicki was born and raised in Litchfield, Minnesota and attended Litchfield High School. He played college football at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, where he was a team captain as a senior.
Coaching career
Early career
Kotelnicki began his coaching career as a student offensive line coach during his senior year at Wisconsin–River Falls. He was hired as an offensive assistant at Western Illinois in 2004. After two seasons, he returned to UW-River Falls as the Falcons' offensive coordinator. Kotelnicki was hired as the offensive coordinator of Division II University of Mary in 2011 and coached there for two seasons before being hired by Lance Leipold at Wisconsin–Whitewater for the same position.
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