Aidan Panni joins the Blazer football staff in 2025 as the special teams coordinator and tight ends coach.
Panni was most recently the special teams analyst coach at Costal Carolina for the 2023 and 2024 seasons. In 2024, the Chanticleers punt return unit averaged 12.8 yards per return while holding opponents to 4.86 yards per return. The Chants won the 2023 EasyPost Hawaii Bowl by a final of 24-14 versus San Jose State University.
Prior to Coastal Carolina, Panni was the special teams and assistant tight ends coach at UT-Martin for the 2022 season, where the Skyhawks went 7-4 overall and 5-0 in the Ohio Valley Conference as they were the OVC Champions.
Panni spent the 2021 season at West Texas A&M where he was a graduate assistant while being the tight ends coach/offensive GA. The Buffaloes went 7-4 during the 2021 season while going 5-2 in the Lone Star Conference.
Panni's first gig was at Garnder-Webb University, where he was a special teams/offensive quality control coach for the 2020 season. The Bulldogs only played four games due to COVID, where they went 2-2 including a ranked win over #24 Elon.
