TicketsLuke Paschall joined the Cincinnati football staff in May 2025 as its special teams coordinator.
Paschall's impact on the Bearcats was a difference-maker in his first season. Max Fletcher, after redshirting the previous year, earned Second-Team All-Big 12 honors, and long-snapper Eli Stein earned PFF All-Big 12 accolades. Stephen Rusnak was perfect on PATs and made his first 11 field goals until November. All three are back in 2026.
The Dickson, Tenn. native came to UC from Middle Tennessee State, where he served as the special teams coordinator for the Blue Raiders. In his lone season in Murfreesboro, Paschall helped lead a unit that produced a first team all-conference long snapper, a second team all-conference punt returner and an honorable mention all-conference true freshman punter.
Prior to that, Paschall was the special teams coordinator at Louisiana from 2022-23. His special teams units in Lafayette were quite successful, producing seven blocked kicks across both seasons and leading the nation in punt return yards (442) and punt return touchdowns (two) in 2022. He coached Zylan Perry, who led the nation in total kick return yards (862) in 2023.
As the wide receivers coach and special teams coordinator at UMass from 2019-21, Paschall helped mentor First Team All-American Isaiah Rodgers, who led the nation in kickoff return yardage (1,295) in 2019. Rodgers was a sixth-round selection by the Indianapolis Colts in the 2020 NFL Draft. He won a Super Bowl with the Philadelphia Eagles this past season before signing with the Minnesota Vikings.
Paschall coached wide receivers and special teams at North Carolina (2018) and Arkansas State (2014-2017).
Under Paschall’s direction, the Tar Heels ranked 10th in the nation in punt return defense (3.5) and 16th in punt return average (14.3) in 2018, while returner Dazz Newsome averaged 15.1 yards per punt return and returned a punt for a score.
At Arkansas State, he guided the Sun Belt’s top overall special teams unit all four years he was there and contributed to record-breaking offensive units, while coaching three all-conference performers.
He also spent time as a graduate assistant working with special teams at UNC from 2012-2013 and working on the offensive staffs at Ole Miss (2011), Oklahoma State (2008-2010), and Mississippi Gulf Coast (2007).
He and his wife, Lauren, have two children, Emma Rose and Myles.
The Dickson, Tenn. native came to UC from Middle Tennessee State, where he served as the special teams coordinator for the Blue Raiders. In his lone season in Murfreesboro, Paschall helped lead a unit that produced a first team all-conference long snapper, a second team all-conference punt returner and an honorable mention all-conference true freshman punter.
Prior to that, Paschall was the special teams coordinator at Louisiana from 2022-23. His special teams units in Lafayette were quite successful, producing seven blocked kicks across both seasons and leading the nation in punt return yards (442) and punt return touchdowns (two) in 2022. He coached Zylan Perry, who led the nation in total kick return yards (862) in 2023.
As the wide receivers coach and special teams coordinator at UMass from 2019-21, Paschall helped mentor First Team All-American Isaiah Rodgers, who led the nation in kickoff return yardage (1,295) in 2019. Rodgers was a sixth-round selection by the Indianapolis Colts in the 2020 NFL Draft. He won a Super Bowl with the Philadelphia Eagles this past season before signing with the Minnesota Vikings.
Paschall coached wide receivers and special teams at North Carolina (2018) and Arkansas State (2014-2017).
Under Paschall’s direction, the Tar Heels ranked 10th in the nation in punt return defense (3.5) and 16th in punt return average (14.3) in 2018, while returner Dazz Newsome averaged 15.1 yards per punt return and returned a punt for a score.
At Arkansas State, he guided the Sun Belt’s top overall special teams unit all four years he was there and contributed to record-breaking offensive units, while coaching three all-conference performers.
He also spent time as a graduate assistant working with special teams at UNC from 2012-2013 and working on the offensive staffs at Ole Miss (2011), Oklahoma State (2008-2010), and Mississippi Gulf Coast (2007).
He and his wife, Lauren, have two children, Emma Rose and Myles.