Jim Panagos
# Jim Panagos

Jim Panagos (born 1975) is an American football coach who is the defensive tackles coach at the University of Kansas.

## Coaching career

### Minnesota Vikings

Panagos joined the Minnesota Vikings as an offensive assistant and quality control coach in 2002. His title was defensive quality control coach from 2003–2004. In 2005, he was named assistant defensive line coach and assistant special teams coach.

### UCF Knights

Panagos was the defensive line coach at the University of Central Florida from 2007 to 2011.

### Rutgers

After leaving UCF, Panagos served as the defensive line coach for Rutgers underneath Kyle Flood from 2012–15.

### Pittsburgh

Panagos spent the 2016 season as a defensive consultant with Pittsburgh

### Temple

In January 2017, Panagos was named the defensive line coach for Temple underneath new Temple coach Geoff Collins. Panagos had previously worked with Collins at UCF. During his first season at Temple, Panagos led a defensive line that finished No. 11 in the nation in sacks. Panagos was named a semi-finalist for the Broyles Award, given annually to the nation's top assistant coach.

### Minnesota

In 2019, Panagos was the defensive line coach for Minnesota.

### Return to Rutgers

On December 14, 2019, it was announced that Jim was leaving Minnesota to return to Rutgers to once again be their defensive line coach.

### Kansas

In January of 2022, Panagos joined Lance Leipold's staff at Kansas as the defensive tackles coach.

