University of Maryland Athletics

A veteran coach with 25 years of experience, John Reagan joined the Maryland football coaching staff as the offensive line coach in January 2019. 

Reagan's first year at Maryland saw his offensive line block for a rushing attack that averaged 169.4 yards per game and was one of just two Power Five teams with two running backs that scored eight or more touchdowns each. Led by All-Big Ten performer Ellis McKennie, who became the first Maryland offensive lineman to start at four different positions (right guard, center, left tackle & right tackle) in a season since at least 1997, the offensive line opened the way for an offense that had three games scoring over 45 points.

At Reagan's last three stops - Penn (2015-18), Kansas (2014) and Rice (2011-13) – he served as the offensive coordinator.

Reagan was at the forefront of a resurgent offensive attack at Penn, guiding the Red and Blue's offense to record-setting heights and a pair of Ivy League championships. In 2017, Penn's total offense ranked No. 31 in the nation, averaging 413.9 yards per game. Regan's offense was dangerous on the ground, featuring two All-Ivy running backs and the nation's No. 20 rushing attack (199.5 yards per game).

During Reagan's four years at Penn, the Quakers won two Ivy League Championships (2015, 2016) and 28 players earned all-league recognition. 

Reagan spent the 2014 season as offensive coordinator at Kansas and the previous four years at Rice, including the last three as offensive coordinator. In his three seasons at the helm of the Owls offense, Reagan led two of the three most productive offensive seasons in school history, which included a win in the 2012 Armed Forces Bowl, a 2013 Conference USA championship, and an appearance in the 2013 Liberty Bowl.

In 2012, the Owls produced the second-most productive offensive season in school history, piling up 5,556 yards, 414 points and 306 first downs on their way to winning the last five games, including the Armed Forces Bowl. The Owls also set a school record and led the nation by averaging 33:59 in time of possession.

Reagan joined the Owls in 2010 and served as run game coordinator, tight ends coach and assisted with the offensive line before he was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2011.

Prior to joining the Owls, Reagan spent five seasons at Kansas as the offensive line coach and run game coordinator. Under his direction, KU posted a better rushing average in each of the first four seasons, including running for 188.8 yards per game in 2007.

In 2008, Reagan molded an offensive line which featured two redshirt freshmen starters at the tackle spots who went on to earn freshman All-America honors (Jeremiah Hatch and Jeff Spikes). Under Reagan's direction, offensive tackle Anthony Collins developed into a 2007 All-America selection and was one of three finalists for the Outland Trophy, given annually to the best interior lineman in college football. Collins went on to be selected in the fourth round of the 2008 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals.

The 2006 season was also an extremely successful campaign, due in part to the exploits Reagan's unit accomplished. Jon Cornish set a new Kansas single-season rushing record with 1,427 yards following the KU line, and Reagan saw center David Ochoa earn All-Big 12 Second Team honors.

In 2005, Reagan helped execute KU's rushing offense which ended the season averaging 134 yards per game and nearly four yards per carry. The year before his arrival, the Jayhawks averaged just 94.0 yards per game and less than three yards per carry. Reagan had two offensive linemen -- David Ochoa and Bob Whitaker -- earn All-Big 12 honors during his first year at KU.

Reagan, who spent the 2003-04 seasons as the offensive line coach at the U.S. Air Force Academy and assisted with several special teams units, was also a member of the Temple coaching staff for three years. He directed the defensive line at Temple for two seasons before his switch to the opposite side of the ball. 

Reagan joined the Temple coaching staff in February 2000 after instructing the Akron defensive line in 1999. Before coaching at Akron, Reagan was the tight ends coach and offensive tackle coach at Army in 1998. In 1997, he came to Penn after serving as an offensive graduate assistant at Oklahoma State. He began his coaching career in 1994 as the assistant offensive line and fullback coach at Albany, where he remained until moving to Stillwater in 1996.

A native of Delmar, N.Y., Reagan was a standout center at Bethlehem High School and was inducted into the Capital Region Football Hall of Fame in upstate New York in 2012.

He was a three-year starter at Syracuse, graduating in 1994 with a dual major in exercise science and sport psychology. As a senior captain in 1993, Reagan earned the Ben Schwartzwalder Most Exemplary Football Player Award after leading his team to a 26-22 victory over Colorado in the Fiesta Bowl. While with the Orangemen, he also competed in the 1992 Hall of Fame Bowl when Syracuse defeated Ohio State, 24-17. Reagan was twice named to the GTE Academic All-America team (1992-93) and was presented with the Toyota Leadership Award following his senior season.

Reagan has a daughter, Kaitlyn and a son, Daniel.