Penn State Hires BC O-Line Coach Phil Trautwein For Same Position

Update: It's official. Penn State hires Boston College offensive line coach Phil Trautwein

We are excited to welcome offensive line @CoachTrautFB to the #PennState Football family! 🔵⚪️

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— Penn State Football (@PennStateFball) January 4, 2020

As new Boston College head coach Jeff Hafley looks to build his staff, a member of the current staff may be on the move. According to Pete Thamel of Yahoo! Sports, offensive line coach Phil Trautwein may be heading to the Big Ten:

Sources: Boston College offensive line coach Phil Trautwein has emerged as a top target for the open offensive staff spot at Penn State. He's declined interest from multiple SEC schools.
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) January 3, 2020

Trautwein came to the Heights in 2013-15 as a Graduate Assistant under Steve Addazio who coached him at Florida. He went to Davidson for a pair of seasons as a tight end/ST coach before coming back to coach the Eagles offensive line in 2018. He has been a tremendous asset as he has worked with an offensive line that this year had the 5th best running attack in the country (pre-bowl). His line this year had five players named to various All-ACC teams.

Penn State is currently going an offensive overhaul, after coordinator Ricky Rahne left for Old Dominion and hired Minnesota OC Kirk Ciarrocca. Matt Limegrover, the offensive line coach was fired shortly after Rahne left, even though Penn State had the 29th ranked rushing attack in the country.