Greg Merchlinsky is set for his fifth year with the Lycoming College football team in 2025, as he is set for his second season in the offensive coordinator position.
Coach Merch, as he is known by the team, worked with the wide receivers and the special teams units in his first three years in the program. He helped the team to two postseason wins in Bowl games, as the 2021 team went 8-3 en route to a MAC-Centennial Bowl Series win against Ursinus and 5-6 in 2023 with the Warriors downing Washington & Lee in the Cape Charles Bowl. He coached two all-conference receivers in that time in Tyjah During and Dawson Debebe.
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Merchlinsky worked with the tight ends at Muhlenberg in 2018-19 and the wide receivers in 2019. He helped the Mules reach the NCAA Championship semifinals in 2018 and quarterfinals in 2019. He also oversaw Muhlenberg's social media accounts.
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A 2018 graduate of Penn State University, Merchlinsky served as a special teams intern for the nationally-ranked Nittany Lions for two years. Working alongside the special teams quality control coach, he analyzed film and developed scouting reports. The Mahanoy City, Pa., native played football at Mahanoy Area High School.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in broadcast journalism from Penn State. He, and wife, Danielle, reside in Williamsport.
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