Buffalo Bills | |
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Position: | Offensive Quality Control Coach |
Personal information | |
Born: | Arlington, Virginia, U.S. | February 22, 1989
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight: | 194 lb (88 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Chantilly (VA) Paul VI Catholic |
College: | William & Mary |
Career history | |
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DJ Mangas (born February 22, 1989) is an American football coach who is currently an offensive aide for the Buffalo Bills.
Mangas played college football at William & Mary from 2007 to 2011, where he was a former walk-on who played wide receiver and also served as the team's emergency quarterback. [1]
Mangas began his career as the quarterbacks coach at Hampden–Sydney College in 2012, and was later the running backs coach at Georgetown. He would return to his alma mater William & Mary in 2014 as their running backs coach on the recommendation of former college teammate and then-William & Mary linebackers coach Joe Brady. [2] He was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2017, and was one of the youngest coordinators in Division I football at 28. [3] [4]
Mangas joined the coaching staff at LSU in 2019, serving as the right-hand man to Brady, who was the Tigers' passing game coordinator. [5]
Mangas followed Brady, who was hired as the offensive coordinator of the Carolina Panthers, and joined him as a coaching assistant. [6]
Mangas was rehired as the passing game coordinator at LSU in 2021, joining Panthers quarterbacks coach Jake Peetz, who was named the Tigers offensive coordinator. [7]
In 2022, Mangas was hired as a defensive analyst at UCF.
On January 14, 2023, Mangas was hired as the offensive coordinator at Buffalo. [8] [9]
Immediately following the conclusion of the 2023 Buffalo Bulls football team's season, Mangas left the Bulls and was hired as an offensive aide by the Buffalo Bills. [10] Mangas joined the Bills in-season during the team's bye week, once again reuniting with Joe Brady, who had been named the team's interim offensive coordinator on November 14, 2023. [11]