Jim Panagos (born 1975) is an
American football coach who is the
defensive tackles coach at the
University of Kansas.
Coaching career
Minnesota Vikings
Panagos joined the
Minnesota Vikings as an offensive assistant and quality control coach in 2002. His title was defensive quality control coach from 2003–2004. In 2005, he was named assistant
defensive line coach and assistant special teams coach.
UCF Knights
Panagos was the defensive line coach at the
University of Central Florida from 2007 to 2011.
Rutgers
After leaving UCF, Panagos served as the defensive line coach for Rutgers underneath
Kyle Flood from 2012–15.
Pittsburgh
Panagos spent the
2016
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season as a defensive consultant with
Pittsburgh
Temple
In January 2017, Panagos was named the defensive line coach for
Temple underneath new Temple coach
Geoff Collins Geoff Collins may refer to:
* Geoff Collins (American football), American college football coach
* Geoff Collins (Australian rules footballer)
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. Panagos had previously worked with Collins at UCF. During his first season at Temple, Panagos led a defensive line that finished No. 11 in the nation in sacks. Panagos was named a semi-finalist for the
Broyles Award, given annually to the nation's top assistant coach.
Minnesota
In 2019, Panagos was the defensive line coach for
Minnesota.
Return to Rutgers
On December 14, 2019, it was announced that Jim was leaving Minnesota to return to Rutgers to once again be their defensive line coach.
Kansas
In January of 2022, Panagos joined
Lance Leipold's staff at
Kansas as the defensive tackles coach.
References
External links
Minnesota profile
1971 births
Living people
American football defensive tackles
Maryland Terrapins football coaches
Maryland Terrapins football players
Minnesota Golden Gophers football coaches
Minnesota Vikings coaches
Temple Owls football coaches
UCF Knights football coaches
Rutgers Scarlet Knights football coaches
High school football coaches in Florida
Players of American football from Brooklyn
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