Sean Gleeson

 

SEAN GLEESON
 
QUICK FACTS ON SEAN GLEESON
• coordinated highest-scoring offense (470 pts) in Ivy history during perfect 2018 season
• guided Chad Kanoff to Ivy League record-breaking season, 2017 Bushnell Cup
• coordinated #2 passing, #4 scoring, #4 total offense in all of FCS during 2017 season
• named offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach prior to the 2017 season
• running backs coach for Princeton during 2013, 2016 Ivy championship seasons
• guided Princeton to top-ranked rushing offense in the Ivy League during 2016 championship season
• helped 2013 Ivy championship team break total offense, scoring offense marks

PRINCETON RECRUITING AREAS — Indiana; Michigan; New Jersey counties (Bergen/Essex/Hudson/Hunterdon/Morris/Passaic/Somerset/Sussex/Middlesex/Essex); Ohio

Sean Gleeson, who has been a member of the Princeton offensive coaching staff for each of the three Ivy League championship seasons over the last six years, made a historic splash during his first season as the Tigers' offensive coordinator in 2017.

His second season as coordinator was more of a tidal wave.
 
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Gleeson coordinated a 2017 Princeton offense that ranked second in the FCS in passing offense, and fourth in both total and scoring offense.

In his first year as the quarterbacks coach, Gleeson oversaw a historic season for Chad Kanoff, who would go on to win the Bushnell Cup as the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year. Kanoff broke the Princeton and Ivy League records for single-season passing yards with 3,474, and he also broke the Ivy League single-season completion percentage of 73.2, breaking the mark held by current Dallas Cowboys head coach and former Princeton Bushnell Cup winner Jason Garrett.

In 2018, he coordinated an offense that set an Ivy League record with 470 points. Princeton ranked second in the FCS in scoring and third in total offense, and it scored at least 40 points in eight of 10 games. For the first time in Ivy League history, Princeton had both finalists for the Offensive Player of the Year award, and quarterback John Lovett became only the fifth multiple-time Bushnell Cup winner in Ivy history.

As a coordinator, 18 members of the 2017 and 2018 Princeton offenses earned All-Ivy League honors, including first-team honors for Kanoff, WR Jesper Horsted (twice), and OL Mitchell Sweigart. Horsted ended his career with several single-season and career receiving records, while Sweigart became Princeton's first lineman to earn multiple first-team All-Ivy honors since 2000-01.
 
Since Gleeson's arrival, the Princeton offense has averaged 36.9 points per game, the highest output for a Tiger offense over a six-year stretch in program history. Princeton broke the Ivy League records for both scoring offense (43.7 points per game) and total offense (511.6 yards per game) during its historic 2013 Ivy League championship season; the Tigers shattered both totals last year, including an Ivy-record 47.0 points per game output.

Prior to moving to offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach, Gleeson served as the running backs coach. He coached multiple All-Ivy League running backs, including two-time honoree Joe Rhattigan. While at Williams College, playing under Perry, Gleeson was the highest-rated passer in the NESCAC in 2005, minimum 100 attempts, with a rating of 163.6. His team finished 8-0 on the year in 2006, and was part of a two-quarterback system that threw for more than 4,000 yards over a two seasons.
 
He received the Farley Award in 2006, which is awarded to the member of the football team who demonstrates superior qualities of dedication, loyalty and sacrifice for the betterment of the team.

Gleeson and his wife, Lauren, have a son, Eamon.