Penn State men’s rugby has hired Zac Mizell as its head coach.
Mizell comes to Penn State after serving as the men’s rugby head coach at Adrian College in 2023-24, where he was the Midwest Rugby Conference Coach of the Year. He also currently serves as head coach of the men’s elite team at the Ohio Aviators Rugby Academy.
Before his time at Adrian, Mizell served as a rugby performance consultant for Arkansas State rugby in 2021-22 and also coached at Life University from 2019-2021.
His coaching career also includes roles as director of rugby and head coach for University of Texas Men’s Rugby (2017-19) and as U23 assistant coach at Austin Elite Rugby of Major League Rugby (2018).