Mike Sirianni (born March 22, 1972) is an

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coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach for

Washington & Jefferson College Washington & Jefferson College (W&J College or W&J) is a private liberal arts college in Washington, Pennsylvania. The college traces its origin to three log cabin colleges in Washington County established by three Presbyterian missionaries t ...

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, a position he has held since the 2003 season after succeeding Pittsburgh Steelers great

John Banaszak John Arthur Banaszak (born August 24, 1950) is an American football coach and former player. He was formerly the head football coach at Robert Morris University. Banaszak played in the National Football League with the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1 ...

. Sirianni has compiled a record of 101–24 in 11 seasons as head coach. Sirianni's winning percentage of .846 is second best among active head coaches with at least five years of experience in

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football, trailing only that of Mount Union coach

Larry Kehres Larry Kehres (born September 7, 1949) is a former American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the University of Mount Union—formerly known as Mount Union College—in Alliance, Ohio for 27 ...

, for whom he played. In his first 11 years of coaching at Washington & Jefferson, he won PAC Coach of the Year five times. Sirianni attended

Mount Union College The University of Mount Union is a private university in Alliance, Ohio. Founded in 1846, the university was affiliated with the Methodist Church until the spring of 2019. In the fall of 2020, Mount Union had an enrollment of 1,958 undergraduate ...

, where he was a wide receiver on the school's first

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-winning team in 1993. He worked as an assistant coach for Mount Union in 1996 and 1997 on teams that won two more NCAA Division III national titles. Mike is the brother of

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head coach

Nick Sirianni Nicholas John Sirianni (born June 15, 1981) is an American football coach who is the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the offensive coordinator for the Indianapolis Colts from ...

Head coaching record

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Washington & Jefferson profile
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