Staff Directory
Kirk Ciarrocca
- Title:
- Offensive Analyst
- Email:
- Phone:
- (304) 293-4194
Kirk Ciarrocca (shuh-ROCK-uh) joined the Mountaineer coaching staff as an offensive analyst in March 2021.
Ciarracco joined the Mountaineer staff after serving as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Penn State during the 2020 season. Prior to that, he was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Minnesota for three years.
In 2019, the Golden Gophers posted a 10-win regular season for the first time since 1905. The offense finished No. 3 in school history in scoring offense and No. 2 in passing offense. Ciarrocca was selected as a semifinalist for the Broyles Award, signifying the top assistant coach in the nation.
The offense was No. 6 nationally in yards per completion (15.5) and passing efficiency (177.99), No. 8 in third-down offense (.484) and No. 16 in completion percentage (.656). Quarterback Tanner Morgan set Minnesota season records for passing yards, touchdown passes and consecutive games with a touchdown pass. He earned All-Big Ten Second Team honors. The Gophers also had 1,000-yard receivers in All-American and Big Ten Receiver of the Year Rashod Bateman and All-Big Ten First-Team honoree Tyler Johnson.
Ciarrocca’s offense was led by the most inexperienced quarterback group in the country in 2017, but still posted impressive numbers. The Gophers averaged 22.1 points per game, which was the fifth-most under a first-year Gopher head coach since 1900.
Ciarrocca came to Minnesota after serving as the offensive coordinator at Western Michigan (2013-16). The Broncos thrived in 2016, averaging 41.6 points per game (ninth most in the nation) and set program records in points (582), total yards (6,737) and touchdowns (75). This came after setting records in the same categories in 2015.
Ciarrocca came to Minnesota after serving as the offensive coordinator at Western Michigan (2013-16). The Broncos thrived in 2016, averaging 41.6 points per game (ninth most in the nation) and set program records in points (582), total yards (6,737) and touchdowns (75). This came after setting records in the same categories in 2015.
In 2016, Western Michigan had the nation’s No. 25-ranked rushing offense and had the fewest turnovers in the country with eight.
Ciarrocca’s offense included MAC Offensive Player of the Year and NCAA Consensus All-American Corey Davis at wide receiver. Joining Davis as an All-MAC First Team selection were offensive linemen Taylor Moton and Chukwuma Okorafor. His offense also included All-MAC Second Team honorees quarterback Zach Terrell, running back Jarvion Franklin and offensive lineman John Keenoy. Tight end Donnie Ernsberger was a third-team selection.
Ciarrocca also coached the quarterbacks and mentored Terrell, who ended his career as the William V. Campbell Trophy winner after not having any Power Five program offers out of high school. In 2016, Terrell passed for 33 touchdowns and threw only four interceptions. In 2015, Terrell finished the season ranked seventh in the country and second in the MAC in quarterback efficiency with a mark of 162.3.
In 2015, he coached a dynamic running game led by Jamauri Bogan who was named the MAC Freshman of the Year and 2015 Popeyes Bahamas Bowl MVP after amassing 215 yards and four touchdowns. For the year, Bogan finished with 1,053 yards and two touchdowns. It was the first time since 2008-09 that Western Michigan had 1,000-yard rushers in back-to-back seasons after Jarvion Franklin totaled 1,551 yards in 2014.
Ciarrocca’s offense also featured the most prolific receiving duo in the country since 2002. The duo of Daniel Braverman and Davis were the first receiving duo since 2002 to catch more than 1,400 and 1,300 yards in the same year (Davis recorded 1,436 yards, while Braverman had 1,371).
Braverman and Davis were each named to the All-MAC team in 2015. Braverman finished second in the FBS nationally in receptions (108), eighth in receiving yards (1,371) and eighth in receiving touchdowns (12). Davis was fifth in the country in receiving yards (1,436) and receiving touchdowns (13), while finishing 12th in receptions (90). Adding in Bogan’s 1,051 yards, Western Michigan became the first FBS team since 2001 to have a duo of 1,400 and 1,300 yard receivers to go along with a 1,000 yard rusher.
While at Delaware (2002-07), he was instrumental in the development of Super Bowl winning quarterback Joe Flacco and was a member of the 2003 National Championship staff. Ciarrocca's Blue Hen 2007 offense ranked in the top 10 nationally in scoring, total offense, passing offense, third-down conversion and red-zone scoring.
Ciarrocca's coaching career began at Temple, where he assisted the offensive staff and served as the on-campus recruiting coordinator from 1990-91. He worked with Western Connecticut State as the passing game coordinator in 1992, and at Delaware Valley College, as the passing game coordinator and quarterbacks and receivers coach in 1993. He returned to Western Connecticut as the offensive coordinator for two seasons before heading to coach in the Ivy League for seven seasons, first coaching the wide receivers at Princeton (1996-99) and then wide receivers at Penn (2000-02). The Quakers had the top ranked passing offense and claimed the 2000 Ivy League championship.
Ciarrocca was the co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Rutgers (2008-10) and coached the quarterbacks at Richmond in 2011, before returning to Delaware to coach the running backs in 2012.
A native of Lewisberry, Pennsylvania, Ciarrocca earned his bachelor’s degree in sports administration from Temple in 1990.
He, and his wife Kim, have a daughter, Colby, and a son, Cade.
Ciarracco joined the Mountaineer staff after serving as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Penn State during the 2020 season. Prior to that, he was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Minnesota for three years.
In 2019, the Golden Gophers posted a 10-win regular season for the first time since 1905. The offense finished No. 3 in school history in scoring offense and No. 2 in passing offense. Ciarrocca was selected as a semifinalist for the Broyles Award, signifying the top assistant coach in the nation.
The offense was No. 6 nationally in yards per completion (15.5) and passing efficiency (177.99), No. 8 in third-down offense (.484) and No. 16 in completion percentage (.656). Quarterback Tanner Morgan set Minnesota season records for passing yards, touchdown passes and consecutive games with a touchdown pass. He earned All-Big Ten Second Team honors. The Gophers also had 1,000-yard receivers in All-American and Big Ten Receiver of the Year Rashod Bateman and All-Big Ten First-Team honoree Tyler Johnson.
Ciarrocca’s offense was led by the most inexperienced quarterback group in the country in 2017, but still posted impressive numbers. The Gophers averaged 22.1 points per game, which was the fifth-most under a first-year Gopher head coach since 1900.
Ciarrocca came to Minnesota after serving as the offensive coordinator at Western Michigan (2013-16). The Broncos thrived in 2016, averaging 41.6 points per game (ninth most in the nation) and set program records in points (582), total yards (6,737) and touchdowns (75). This came after setting records in the same categories in 2015.
Ciarrocca came to Minnesota after serving as the offensive coordinator at Western Michigan (2013-16). The Broncos thrived in 2016, averaging 41.6 points per game (ninth most in the nation) and set program records in points (582), total yards (6,737) and touchdowns (75). This came after setting records in the same categories in 2015.
In 2016, Western Michigan had the nation’s No. 25-ranked rushing offense and had the fewest turnovers in the country with eight.
Ciarrocca’s offense included MAC Offensive Player of the Year and NCAA Consensus All-American Corey Davis at wide receiver. Joining Davis as an All-MAC First Team selection were offensive linemen Taylor Moton and Chukwuma Okorafor. His offense also included All-MAC Second Team honorees quarterback Zach Terrell, running back Jarvion Franklin and offensive lineman John Keenoy. Tight end Donnie Ernsberger was a third-team selection.
Ciarrocca also coached the quarterbacks and mentored Terrell, who ended his career as the William V. Campbell Trophy winner after not having any Power Five program offers out of high school. In 2016, Terrell passed for 33 touchdowns and threw only four interceptions. In 2015, Terrell finished the season ranked seventh in the country and second in the MAC in quarterback efficiency with a mark of 162.3.
In 2015, he coached a dynamic running game led by Jamauri Bogan who was named the MAC Freshman of the Year and 2015 Popeyes Bahamas Bowl MVP after amassing 215 yards and four touchdowns. For the year, Bogan finished with 1,053 yards and two touchdowns. It was the first time since 2008-09 that Western Michigan had 1,000-yard rushers in back-to-back seasons after Jarvion Franklin totaled 1,551 yards in 2014.
Ciarrocca’s offense also featured the most prolific receiving duo in the country since 2002. The duo of Daniel Braverman and Davis were the first receiving duo since 2002 to catch more than 1,400 and 1,300 yards in the same year (Davis recorded 1,436 yards, while Braverman had 1,371).
Braverman and Davis were each named to the All-MAC team in 2015. Braverman finished second in the FBS nationally in receptions (108), eighth in receiving yards (1,371) and eighth in receiving touchdowns (12). Davis was fifth in the country in receiving yards (1,436) and receiving touchdowns (13), while finishing 12th in receptions (90). Adding in Bogan’s 1,051 yards, Western Michigan became the first FBS team since 2001 to have a duo of 1,400 and 1,300 yard receivers to go along with a 1,000 yard rusher.
While at Delaware (2002-07), he was instrumental in the development of Super Bowl winning quarterback Joe Flacco and was a member of the 2003 National Championship staff. Ciarrocca's Blue Hen 2007 offense ranked in the top 10 nationally in scoring, total offense, passing offense, third-down conversion and red-zone scoring.
Ciarrocca's coaching career began at Temple, where he assisted the offensive staff and served as the on-campus recruiting coordinator from 1990-91. He worked with Western Connecticut State as the passing game coordinator in 1992, and at Delaware Valley College, as the passing game coordinator and quarterbacks and receivers coach in 1993. He returned to Western Connecticut as the offensive coordinator for two seasons before heading to coach in the Ivy League for seven seasons, first coaching the wide receivers at Princeton (1996-99) and then wide receivers at Penn (2000-02). The Quakers had the top ranked passing offense and claimed the 2000 Ivy League championship.
Ciarrocca was the co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Rutgers (2008-10) and coached the quarterbacks at Richmond in 2011, before returning to Delaware to coach the running backs in 2012.
A native of Lewisberry, Pennsylvania, Ciarrocca earned his bachelor’s degree in sports administration from Temple in 1990.
He, and his wife Kim, have a daughter, Colby, and a son, Cade.
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