Marty Biagi has been named the Special Teams Coordinator at the University of Notre Dame. The 15-year coaching veteran boasts nine years of special teams coordinator experience, including twice being named a finalist for the FootballScoop.com Special Teams Coordinator of the Year. Each of the last six place kickers he has helped develop have connected on 77.8 percent or more of their kicks. The hiring will be effective at the conclusion of the University’s standard employment process.
“We are pleased to add a coach of the caliber of Marty Biagi to our program,” said Dick Corbett Head Football Coach Marcus Freeman. “He has coached his special teams units to great success at multiple schools. He is an elite recruiter and developer of talent. We are excited to have Marty here with us.”
Biagi spent the 2022 season at Ole Miss, leading the special teams units for the Rebels. Under his guidance Jonathan Cruz went 15-of-17 on field goal attempts, leading the SEC in field goal percentage at 88 percent. Cruz took home Third-Team All-SEC honors in 2022.
Notable student-athletes developed by Biagi throughout his career include –
- Mitchell Fineran, K, Purdue, 2021 All-Big Ten Honorable Mention
- Ethan Mooney, K, North Texas, 2022 Lou Groza Award Semifinalist
- Cole Hedlund, K, North Texas, 2018 First-Team All-Conference USA
- Trevor Moore, K, North Texas, 2017 Second-Team All-Conference USA
- Danny Johnson, DB, Southern, in 2018 first Southern player invited to the Senior Bowl, UDFA, current Washington Commanders DB
- Payne Durham, TE, Purdue, 2022 Second-Team All-Big Ten
- Derrick Barnes, LB, Purdue, 2020 Second-Team All-Big Ten, 2021 NFL Fourth-Round Draft Selection – Detroit Lions
- Jonathan Mingo, WR, Ole Miss, 2022 Second-Team All-SEC
Prior to his season in Oxford, Biagi spent two seasons as the special teams coordinator at Purdue.
In 2021, Purdue’s Mitchell Fineran was 24-of-29 in field goal attempts, including a perfect four-for-four performance and the game-winner in the Boilermakers’ Music City Bowl win over Tennessee.
In 2020, wide receiver TJ Sheffield emerged as a top kickoff return threat, averaging 21.2 yards per return with a long of 41 yards on the year. Fifth-year placekicker J.D. Dellinger finished his final season at Purdue by going seven of nine on field goal attempts with a long of 45 yards.
Biagi joined the Purdue staff after spending the previous three seasons in a similar capacity at North Texas. The Mean Green scored…