Tommy Zagorski - Football Coach - University of Akron Athletics

Tommy Zagorski

Title:
Assistant Coach | Offensive Coordinator | Offensive Line
Email:
fbrecruit@uakron.edu
Phone:
(330) 972-7466

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Tommy Zagorski enters his first season as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach in 2019 at the University of Akron.

He served as the assistant head coach/OC/TE/OT at Eastern Kentucky for three seasons (2016-18). Zagorski joined the EKU staff in January 2016 as the tight ends and offensive tackles coach. Zagorski and the Colonels finished the 2018 campaign on a four-game win streak, averaging 31.3 points and 372.3 yards. They were balanced, averaging 163.5 rushing yards and 208.8 passing yards. Five offensive players made Phil Steele’s All-OVC Team.

In his first season, Zagorski helped tight end Dan Crimmins earn a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference All-Newcomer team. Crimmins was third on the team in receptions and yards, and tied for second for receiving touchdowns. He ranked seventh in the conference with 15.62 yards per reception.

In year two with the Colonels, Zagorski coached tight end Dan Paul to first team All-OVC honors. Paul concluded the season with 41 receptions for 407 yards and caught one touchdown pass. He had more catches and yards than any other tight end in the conference.

Zagorski helped the offense put 60 points on the board as the Colonels tied the school record for points in a game during a 67-30 victory at Austin Peay in 2016. For the season, EKU finished among the top-50 teams in the nation in offensive yards (399.1 ypg) and was 32nd in passing offense at 247.6 yards per game. In 2017, Eastern led the conference in passing yards.

His work with the tight ends and tackles helped an offensive line that ranked among the top-50 in the nation in sacks allowed. The group did an even better job protecting the quarterback in 2017, leading the conference and finishing fifth in the country in fewest sacks allowed, giving up just eight in 11 games.

Zagorski was the assistant offensive line coach at Tennessee during the 2015 season. In 2015, the Vols finished second in the SEC in rushing (223.7 yards per game) and third in the league in scoring with 457 points. The offensive line paved the way for 2,908 rushing yards, UT's most since 1951, led by All-SEC picks Kyler Kerbyson and Dylan Wiesman and Freshman All-American Chance Hall. The Vols won the 30^th Outback Bowl, defeating Northwestern 45-6.

Prior to his season with the Vols, Zagorski spent seven seasons working in a variety of roles at John Carroll University. From 2010 to 2014 he was the offensive coordinator while also coaching the offensive line, tight ends and kickers. In 2014 he was a finalist for the FootballScoop.com NCAA Division III Coordinator of the Year Award. The 2014 Streaks ended the year ranked fifth in the D3football.com Top 25, matching the highest-ever national ranking by the Blue Streaks. Fifteen team and 12 individual single-season records were matched or set that year, as well as the second most points in school history with an 80-0 victory over Marietta. Three players earned All-America honors, seven were All-Region picks, and 10 All-Conference were selections while finishing in the quarterfinals of the NCAA playoffs.

A four-time captain, Zagorski was an All-Region and All-Conference performer at Case Western Reserve University. The 2007 Spartans won the UAA Conference title and advanced to the round of 16 in the NCAA playoffs. He earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology in 2007. He completed a master’s in school counseling at John Carroll in 2010.

A native of Newburgh Heights, Ohio, Zagorski, 34, is a graduate of Benedictine High School. He is married to the former Analee Canlas.