Sean Gleeson is an

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coach and former player. He is the former

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. Rutgers is the fourth school at which he has served in this role.

Playing career

Gleeson grew up in

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and briefly in

Franklin, New Jersey Franklin is a borough in Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 5,045 Glen Ridge High School Glen Ridge High School (GRHS) is a comprehensive six-year public middle school / high school serving students in seventh through twelfth grades from Glen Ridge, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary schoo ...

, where he also played baseball and ice hockey. He then spent a post-graduate year at

Trinity-Pawling School Trinity-Pawling School, founded in 1907, is an independent college and preparatory boarding school for boys from 7th grade to 12th grade. The 230 acre campus is situated in Pawling, New York, a small hamlet in southern Dutchess County. It is lo ...

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. Gleeson then moved on to play

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from 2003 to 2006. In 2005, he led the

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in passer rating with a rating of 163.6. In 2006, while splitting time as a senior, Gleeson helped lead his team to an 8–0 record, and combined with his co-quarterback partner to throw for over 4,000 yards, all while on the path to claiming the NESCAC title.

Coaching career

Delbarton School

Following Gleeson's playing days and graduation from

, he spent 2007 through 2010 at

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. Here, he was a coach for

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, and

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Fairleigh Dickinson-Florham

In 2011, Gleeson joined Brian Surace's staff at Fairleigh Dickinson-Florham as the

and

s coach.

Princeton

Gleeson joined

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's (brother of FDU head coach Brian Surace) coaching staff at

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prior to the 2013 football season. He served as the

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s coach from 2013 through 2016. When Princeton

James Perry left to become the head coach at

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, Gleeson was promoted to offensive coordinator. In addition to this promotion, Gleeson shifted from coaching the running backs, to coaching the

s. The following was taken from Gleeson's Biography page on the Princeton Athletics website: “In his first year as the

s coach, Gleeson oversaw a historic season for

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, who would go on to win the Bushnell Cup as the

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Offensive Player of the Year. Kanoff broke the Princeton and Ivy League records for single-season passing yards with 3,474, and he also broke the Ivy League single-season completion percentage of 73.2, breaking the mark held by former

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head coach and former Princeton Bushnell Cup winner

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. In 2018, he coordinated an offense that set an Ivy League record with 470 points. Princeton ranked second in the FCS in scoring and third in total offense, and it scored at least 40 points in eight of 10 games. For the first time in Ivy League history, Princeton had both finalists for the Offensive Player of the Year award, and quarterback John Lovett became only the fifth multiple-time Bushnell Cup winner in Ivy history. As a coordinator, 18 members of the 2017 and 2018 Princeton offenses earned All-Ivy League honors, including first-team honors for Kanoff, WR

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(twice), and OL Mitchell Sweigart. Horsted ended his career with several single-season and career receiving records, while Sweigart became Princeton's first lineman to earn multiple first-team All-Ivy honors since 2000-01.”

Oklahoma State

On January 27,

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, Gleeson was announced as Mike Gundy's new offensive coordinator at

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Rutgers

After one year at

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recruited Sean back to his home state of New Jersey. Gleeson accepted the same position that he had previously held at

with

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. The signed contract made Gleeson the highest paid assistant coach in

history. On October 9, 2022, Sean was fired.

Personal life

Gleeson met his wife, Lauren, while they were both working at

. They have three sons, Eamon, Patrick, and William. Gleeson also has two sisters, Carly and Haley, and a brother, Liam.

References

External links

Rutgers profile
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