Harasymiak makes a few more staff moves official with UMass

February 19, 2025

As Joe Harasymiak continues to get comfortable in Amherst, he’s making sure he surrounds himself with quality people and coaches. On Tuesday, Harasymiak and the Minutemen announced three more moves with his staff ahead of spring ball starting in a few weeks. Josh Heinrich was named Chief of Staff, Jared Osumah is now the General Manager and Kevin Juszynski is the Director of Football Operations. Heinrich spent the last six……

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Harasymiak adds 5 new players on first National Signing Day with UMass

February 5, 2025

AMHERST – The second National Signing Day was Wednesday and Joe Harasymiak has a handful of high schoolers that will soon be Minutemen for his first official class running the show in Amherst. The program officially announced the addition of two offensive linemen, a wide receiver, a running back and a linebacker. A little more info provided by UMass on each player… Garrett Cooper | OL | Delmar, Delaware |…

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UMass legend Liam Coen gets his shot with the Jags

January 26, 2025

Liam Coen was named the new head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars on Friday. It was the end of a bizarre two day saga for Coen. Coen originally turned the job down and decided to return to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as offensive coordinator but after the Jaguars fired former general manager Trent Baalke, Coen decided to revisit the opening and he got hired as the new Jaguars head coach. ……

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UMass announces Jared Keyte as the program’s new defensive coordinator

January 25, 2025

Courtesy of Rutgers Athletics On Friday, UMass announced Jared Keyte as the program’s new defensive coordinator. Keyte comes to Amherst after spending the past two seasons working with new coach Joe Harasymiak as the nickels coach in 2024.  Keyte served as the defensive quality control/interim defensive line coach in 2023. He helped the Scarlet Knights to back-to-back bowl games. Prior to coaching at Rutgers, Keyte coached at the University of……

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What stood out from UMass head coach Joe Harasymiak’s press conference on Friday?

January 24, 2025

| Image courtesy of Amherst Bulletin New head Minuteman head coach Joe Harasymiak met with the media for the second time since taking over the reigns on Friday afternoon, touching on a number of different things. Here’s what stood out: On if he’s been able reflect on his journey to becoming an FBS coach “Not really. It’s been wild. We got here and just getting to meet the players and…

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UMass officially names Mike Bajakian offensive coordinator

January 15, 2025

In a release sent out by the program on Wednesday afternoon, new UMass head coach Joe Harasymiak officially announced his new offensive coordinator. Mike Bajakian is the new man charged with building the Minuteman offense. He’s got plenty of local ties and more importantly, experience at every level of football and proven success everywhere he goes. Bajakian was at the University of Utah last year and ended the season as…

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Harasymiak re-tooling the UMass roster in the portal

January 15, 2025

New UMass coach Joe Harasymiak and his staff have been busy the past month bringing in transfers. As of Monday, Harasymiak and his staff have brought in 27 transfers in the portal. An astounding number. Not only have they brought in 27 new faces but many of the players brought in have either local high school or college ties. Like his predecessor Don Brown, Harasymiak has dipped into the Ivy……

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Harasymiak adds first few coaches to new UMass staff

December 13, 2024

New UMass head coach Joe Harasymiak announced a trio of staff additions on Thursday in a statement released by the program. Joe Castellitto (Special Teams Coordinator), Tre Bell (Cornerbacks) and Kayon Whitaker (Defensive Analyst) are all joining this new era of Minuteman football. Castellitto spent the previous two seasons at Dartmouth  under the late Buddy Teevens. Castelitto joined the Big Green as the special teams coordinator and nickels coach initially….

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Harasymiak can be the right guy but he will need time to turn the UMass program around

December 10, 2024

Courtesy of UMass Athletics UMass hired Rutgers defensive coordinator Joe Harasymiak as the school’s new head football coach last week. The hiring was universally applauded as the 38 year old Harasymiak has the perfect blend of local ties and experience on his resume. Harasymiak played at Springfield College and has coached locally at Maine Maritime and the University of Maine where he eventually became head coach in 2016. Harasymiak led……

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