John Papuchis

Special Teams Coordinator / Defensive Assistant · Missouri

Headline rating: as position coach · special teams. Every role he has been rated in is below.

Chemistry

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Seasons here1

Programs4

Stints5

Career path

Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016

2026MissouriSpecial Teams Coordinator / Defensive Assistant

2020–2025Florida StateSpecial Teams Coordinator/Linebackers Coach

2019MarylandSpecial Teams Coordinator/Inside Linebackers Coach

2017–2018North CarolinaDefensive Coordinator

2016North CarolinaLinebackers Coach

Rating56Peak60

His defense against its preseason projection (value over expectation) and the unit's opponent-adjusted quality.

Season	Team	Unit (EPA/play)	Over expectation	Season score
2018	North Carolina	-0.06	-0.04	-0.66
2017	North Carolina	-0.04	-0.03	-0.41

Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.

Rating83Peak91

Room quality, development (his players gaining more than typical players at the position year to year) and recruiting credit.

Season	Team	Room	Room quality	Development	Recruiting	Season score
2025	Florida State	Special teams	62	—	0.880	0.31
2025	Florida State	Linebackers	70	+5.1	0.880	0.28
2024	Florida State	Special teams	87	+20.4	0.894	2.20
2024	Florida State	Defensive line	77	+1.1	0.894	0.59
2023	Florida State	Defensive line	87	-2.2	0.869	0.82
2023	Florida State	Special teams	75	+17.8	0.869	1.43
2022	Florida State	Special teams	57	-8.7	0.888	-0.18
2022	Florida State	Defensive line	75	-2.8	0.888	0.19
2021	Florida State	Defensive line	79	+10.5	0.883	1.36
2021	Florida State	Special teams	61	-0.2	0.883	0.28
2020	Florida State	Special teams	62	—	0.870	0.25
2020	Florida State	Defensive line	70	-9.9	0.870	-0.74
2019	Maryland	Special teams	53	-36.2	0.862	-1.49
2019	Maryland	Linebackers	75	+4.8	0.862	0.46
2016	North Carolina	Linebackers	72	—	0.854	-0.17

Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.