Youngstown State football coach Doug Phillips has added a Valley native to his staff and reportedly has a new offensive coordinator.

21 Sports confirms Michael Zordich is joining the defensive staff.  He spent the last couple of seasons at Central Michigan. Prior to that, he was at Michigan from 2015-20. Zordich was on staff in 2014 under former Penguin coach Eric Wolford.

Football Scoop reports that Mike Yurcich will be the Penguins' new offensive coordinator. Yurcich was the former offensive coordinator at Penn State from 2021 to 23 and has held similar positions at Oklahoma State, Ohio State and Texas.

Yurcich is from Euclid, Ohio, and began his playing career at Mount Union.