Gordon Sammis - Offensive Coordinator - Staff Directory

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Gordon Sammis

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Offensive Coordinator

Gordon Sammis serves as TCU's offensive coordinator, a role he assumed in January 2026 following a four-year run at UConn where he spent his final two seasons as the Huskies' offensive coordinator.

A 2007 University of Virginia graduate, Sammis spent four years playing guard for the Cavaliers (2003-07) before beginning his coaching career.

With Sammis running the offense, the Huskies posted consecutive nine-win seasons for the first time in program history. In 2025, Huskies quarterback Joe Fagano threw for 3,448 yards (No. 7 nationally) with 28 touchdowns to just one interception. He is the only quarterback since 1956 – according to Sports-Reference.com – to throw for more than 25 touchdowns while posting one or fewer interceptions.

Fagano's success with Sammis was also in due part to the Huskies allowing just 1.25 sacks per game, the 18^th-best mark nationally, as well as the development of wide receiver Skyler Bell, a 2025 Biletnikoff Award finalist, and running back Cam Edwards. Bell's 106.5 receiving yards per game ranked No. 2 nationally (1,278 yards) as did his 101 receptions. Edwards' 1,132 rushing yards in 2025 were No. 17 nationally.

The Huskies' 2025 campaign also included victories over ACC Champion Duke as well as Boston College. It was also the first time in program history the Huskies claimed a 3,000-yard passer, a 1,000-yard receiver, and a 1,000-yard rusher.

He spent his final month with UConn serving as the program's interim head coach which including leading them in the 2025 Wasabi Fenway Bowl.

Sammis set the record-breaking tone in his first season (2024) directing the offense as UConn's 5,169 yards of total offense ranked as third while the 2,590 yards rushing ranked second all-time. The Huskies finished the year scoring 415 points, the second highest total in school history.

An offensive line coach by trade and tradition, Sammis served as the Huskies offensive line coach for three seasons as well. During that time, he coached offensive guard Christian Haynes who earned Associated Press and Sporting News All-American team honors in back-to-back seasons. Haynes became just the third Husky in the FBS era to garner All-American honors and the first to do it in consecutive seasons.

Haynes was a third-round pick by the Seattle Seahawks in the 2024 NFL Draft and tackle Chase Lundt was a sixth-round pick by the Buffalo Bills in the 2025 draft. UConn also saw their other tackle, Valentin Senn, sign a free agent deal with the Arizona Cardinals after the draft and interior lineman Christopher Fortin was a first-round pick of Calgary Stampeders in the 2025 CFL Draft.

Prior to UConn, Sammis spent three seasons (2019-21) as the offensive line coach at William & Mary and spent the final two seasons as the run game coordinator. During the 2021 season, William & Mary led the CAA in rushing yards with 203.7 yards per game.

In 2019, his first season on staff, W&M nearly doubled their scoring output year-over-year and averaged nearly 100 more total yards per game than it did in the season prior to his arrival. The offensive line's play boosted the Tribe's rushing attack, which increased its production on the ground by more than 130 yards per game and scored 21 more rushing touchdowns than the squad's 2018 figures. Additionally, the Tribe's 26 rushing touchdowns was just one shy of breaking into the program's single-season top-10 list.

Experiences prior to W&M included a two-year stint at Lafayette College (2017-18) as well as Virginia Military Institute (2015-16). He also coached at Columbia for three seasons (2012-14) working with the tight ends and offensive line.

Following his graduation from Virginia, Sammis returned to the school to work as a graduate assistant (2010-12) working with the offensive line and tight ends.

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