Jerry Schuplinski enters his first season with the Los Angeles Rams as a senior assistant.
He joins the team after spending the last two seasons with the Las Vegas Raiders. Schuplinski coached tights ends last season and played a role in the development of rookie Tight End Michael Mayer. Among rookie tight ends, Mayer finished fifth in receptions (27), receiving yards (304), yards after the catch (164), and was third in receiving first downs (19).
In his first season with the Raiders during the 2022 campaign, Schuplinski served as a senior offensive assistant and helped the offense finish in the top-12 in total offense (352.5 yards per game), passing offense (231.4 yards per game), and scoring offense (23.2 points per game). Three offensive players for the Raiders also earned Pro Bowl nods including Quarterback Derek Carr, Running Back Josh Jacobs, and Receiver Davante Adams.
Before his time in Las Vegas, he spent two seasons with the New York Giants serving as the quarterbacks coach. In 2021, Schuplinski led a group that saw three different signal callers make starts as a result of injuries. In his second season under Schuplinski's guidance, Quarterback Daniel Jones established a career-high in completion percentage (64.3%) after completing 232-of-361 attempts during the regular season. Jones also threw for 2,428 yards and 10 touchdowns despite making just 11 starts on the year.
In 2020 during his first year with the Giants, Schuplinski helped the Giants quarterbacks complete 62.1% of their passes, which was the seventh-highest single-season mark in franchise history. That season, Jones had a stretch of 177 passing attempts without an interception and had 65 rushing attempts for 423 yards, marking the second-highest total and the record for a Giants quarterback in the Super Bowl era. Jones' 6.5-yard rushing average was the NFL's highest among the 91 players with at least 50 rushing attempts in 2020.
Schuplinski was the quarterbacks coach for the Miami Dolphins in 2019 and helped the offense finish 12th in passing yards per game (237.8). He helped veteran Quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick throw for 20 touchdowns, his highest total since 2015.
Before joining the Dolphins staff, Schlupinski spent six seasons with the New England Patriots from 2013-18. He served as a coaching assistant before a three-year stint as the team's assistant quarterbacks coach from 2016-18 working closely with Quarterback Tom Brady. New England won three Super Bowls (XLIX, LI, and LII), four AFC titles, and advanced to the conference championship game in every season Schuplinski was on staff under Bill Belichick.
In his final year on the Patriots staff in 2018, New England finished eighth in passing, averaging 266.1 net passing yards per game. Brady was seventh in the NFL with 4,355 passing yards and 10th with 29 passing touchdowns, earning his 14th Pro Bowl selection. The previous season, Schuplinski helped Brady win his third Most Valuable Player Award. Brady was the NFL's leading passer, throwing for 4.57 yards. His 32 passing touchdowns and 102.8 passer rating were both third in the league. The Patriots also led the NFL in total offense, averaging 394.2 yards per game, and finished second in scoring, with an average of 28.6 points per game.
In his first season as assistant quarterbacks coach in 2016, the Patriots won Super Bowl LI and Brady was named Super Bowl MVP after passing for 466 yards and two touchdowns in a dramatic come-from-behind victory over the Atlanta Falcons. That season, Patriots quarterbacks set an NFL record with 258 passing attempts without an interception to start the year. Brady missed the first four games of the season and Schuplinski mentored Quarterbacks Jimmy Garoppolo and Jacoby Brissett, who guided the team to a 3-1 start in Brady's absence.
As a coaching assistant from 2013-15, the Patriots won Super Bowl XLIX and registered a 36-12 regular season record.
Before his time in New England, Schuplinski spent six seasons as the linebackers and special teams coach at Case Western Reserve in Cleveland from 2007-12. During his tenure, he mentored 22 University Athletic Association (NCAA Division III) all-conference selections.
Schuplinski also was the head coach and athletics director at Trinity High School in his hometown of Garfield Heights, Ohio, from 2002-06.
He began his coaching career as a running backs and special teams coach at his alma mater, John Carroll, from 2000-01. He played football collegiately at John Carroll and was teammates with NFL personnel such as former NFL General Manager Dave Ziegler, former NFL Head Coach Josh McDaniels, former NFL Linebacker London Fletcher, and Houston Texans General Manager Nick Caserio.
Schuplinski graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration/marketing and a master's degree in business administration.
He and his wife, Megan, have four daughters, Macy, Bryn, Jaxi and Josy.
