Jim Panagos - Football Coach - University of Minnesota Athletics

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Sep 27 (Sat)

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Jim Panagos

Title:
Defensive Line

Jim Panagos joined the University of Minnesota football staff in January 2019 and coaches the defensive line.

The veteran coach returns to the state of Minnesota with more than 25 years of coaching experience, which includes stints with Minnesota defensive coordinator Joe Rossi at Rutgers (2012-15) and the Minnesota Vikings (2002-05).

Panagos joins the Gophers after a brief stay at Georgia Tech and two years at Temple.

While at Temple, he coached the defensive line and was also an assistant head coach in 2018. With the Owls, he was part of a staff that helped Temple rank among the top three nationally with eight defensive touchdowns (first), 31 forced turnovers (third) and 13 fumble recoveries (third). Temple was also one of the American Athletic Conference’s top teams in total defense (second), passing defense (second), three-and-outs (second) and scoring defense (third) in 2018.

Panagos was nominated for the Broyles Award (nation’s top assistant coach) in 2017 after the Owls recorded 39 sacks and 92 tackles for loss.

Prior to Temple, he was a defensive consultant at Pittsburgh in 2016 and coached the defensive line at Rutgers from 2012-15. Rossi was at Rutgers from 2012-15 as well and was the defensive coordinator for the Scarlet Knights from 2014-15.

Panagos also coached the defensive line at UCF from 2007-11. With the Knights, he was named FootballScoop’s National Defensive Line Coach of the Year in 2009 and helped coach the nation’s No. 4-ranked defense in 2011.

Panagos was with the Minnesota Vikings from 2002-05. He was a quality control assistant from 2002-04 and was a defensive line assistant in 2005.

His career also included a four-year stop from 1994-97 at the C.R. James Alternative School in Tampa, Fla., where he was an assistant coach and also taught mathematics.

Panagos played defensive line at Maryland from 1989-92 and led the Terrapins with five sacks and 12 tackles for loss in 1992. He graduated in 1993 with a degree in criminal justice and then worked at his alma mater as a defensive line assistant that same year.

Panagos and his wife, Maureen, have two sons (Jack and Hayden) and one daughter (Olivia).

PANAGOS AT A GLANCE

Coaching Experience
2019-present: Minnesota – Defensive Line
2019: Georgia Tech - Defensive Line
2018: Temple – Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line
2017: Temple – Defensive Line
2016: Pittsburgh – Defensive Consultant
2012-15: Rutgers – Defensive Line
2007-11: UCF – Defensive Line
2005: Minnesota Vikings – Defensive Line Assistant
2002-04: Minnesota Vikings – Quality Control Assistant
1994-97: C.R. James Alternative School (Tampa, Fla.) – Assistant Coach
1993: Maryland – Defensive Line Assistant

Playing Experience: Maryland (defensive line), 1989-92

Hometown: East Islip, N.Y.

High School: East Islip High School

Alma Mater: Maryland, 1993 (criminal justice)

Wife: Maureen

Daughter: Olivia

Sons: Jack, Hayden