William Gallagher Fessler (born August 6, 1995) is an American football coach who currently is the quarterbacks coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Early life

Fessler attended Erie Cathedral Prep in Erie, Pennsylvania. He was a four-year letterwinner in football,[1] completing 199 of 364 passing attempts for 3,606 yards and 47 touchdowns to only 13 interceptions and adding 407 yards and ten touchdowns on the ground.[2] Fessler also won a letter in baseball batting .350 with 10 runs batted in (RBI) in 12 games.[3] He decided to walk on to play college football at Penn State.[4]

College career

Fessler was redshirted in his first season at Penn State and he did not see any playing time in his second season.[5] In his third season, he made his collegiate debut against Indiana as a holder and played in four games that year.[1] In his fourth season, Fessler played in all 13 games, primarily as the holder. However, he got his only career completion to Jonathan Holland for eight yards.[1]

Coaching career

Fessler started his coaching career at Slippery Rock as a graduate assistant and a running backs coach for one year.[6] From there he was hired as a graduate assistant for the Mississippi State Bulldogs, where he also coached for one year.[7] Fessler was then hired as an offensive graduate assistant at Ohio State.[8] He coached with the Buckeyes for two seasons, helping them rank at the top of many major passing stats and help the achieve two Heisman Trophy finalists in Justin Fields and C. J. Stroud.[9] Fessler's next coaching job was as the quarterback's coach for the Akron Zips.[10] On January 12, 2023, he was promoted to be Akron's offensive coordinator while still coaching the quarterbacks.[11][12] On January 10, 2024, Fessler was hired by the UCLA Bruins as the team's quarterback's coach.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Billy Fessler". Penn State Nittany Lions. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  2. ^ "Billy Fessler's Stats". MaxPreps. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
  3. ^ "Billy Fessler's Stats". MaxPreps. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
  4. ^ Hockensmith, Dustin (March 21, 2014). "Erie Cathedral Prep quarterback Billy Fessler will walk on at Penn State, school says". Penn Live. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
  5. ^ "Only Billy Fessler Until Penn State Football". Black Shoe Diaries. August 18, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
  6. ^ "BILLY FESSLER". Slippery Rock Athletics. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  7. ^ Hill, Ellisa (January 13, 2019). "Penn State Football Grad Billy Fessler Joins Joe Moorhead's Mississippi State Coaching Staff". Onward State. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  8. ^ Means, Stephen (January 30, 2020). "Billy Fessler joins Ohio State football's coaching staff: Buckeye Breakfast". Cleveland.com. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  9. ^ "Billy Fessler". Akron Zips Athletics. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  10. ^ Reilly, Josh (February 13, 2022). "After time with Ohio State, Billy Fessler joins Akron in bigger role as quarterbacks coach". Erie Times News. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  11. ^ Allen, Zach (January 12, 2023). "Former Penn State quarterback Billy Fessler named Akron's offensive coordinator on Joe Moorhead's staff". Pennsylvania State University. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  12. ^ McGuire, Kevin (January 12, 2023). "Former Penn State QB gets promotion on Joe Moorhead's staff at Akron". USA Today. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  13. ^ Samra, Steve (January 10, 2024). "Report: UCLA hiring Akron OC Billy Fessler as QB coach". On3.com. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
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