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Travis Tislaretz

2nd Year
Offensive Line/Recruiting Coordinator
Youngstown State '15

Edinboro University head football coach Jake Nulph added another piece to his coaching staff with the addition of Travis Tislaretz on April 11. Tislaretz will work with the offensive line and also serve as the recruiting coordinator after previously serving as the tight ends/ fullbacks coach at Youngstown State.

“It is a pleasure to welcome Travis and his wife Danielle to THE BORO,” related Nulph. “He is an excellent coach and a great recruiter. He brings years of experience at the FCS level and his knowledge of offensive line play is something our young men will benefit from.”

Tislaretz is looking forward to working with Nulph and his newly-assembled staff.  “I'm excited to get to work with Coach Nulph, the staff, and the entire team,” he commented.  “It is my hope that our offensive line will be the hardest working group both on and off of the field.  Coming from Youngstown State, I look to bring a physical brand of football to the team, which is something that can relate to what both Coach Nulph and Coach DeMaio want us to be.”

Tislaretz served as the Youngstown State tight ends/fullbacks coach in 2018 and 2019. In all, he spent six years with the YSU football program after serving in an offensive quality control role for four campaigns beginning in 2014. The Penguins finished with a 6-6 record a year ago.

Travis TislaretzThe tight ends improved throughout the 2018 season and by the end of the year, redshirt freshman Miles Joiner and Josh Burgett, were two of the top young talents in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. Joiner finished with four touchdown receptions and was named to the MVFC's All-Newcomer Team and was an honorable-mention All-MVFC selection.

In 2019, Joiner was named honorable-mention All-MVFC for the second straight season. He caught 21 passes for 319 yards and three touchdowns.  As a unit, YSU had more than 377 yards of total offense and rushed for more than 173 yards on six occasions. The Penguins were also dominant with a time of possession of 32:13. YSU had a balanced offense with 2,289 yards passing and 2,249 yards rushing for the campaign. 

Tislaretz also helped coordinate YSU summer football camps during the offseason while recruiting Pennsylvania, his home state.

Prior to taking over the YSU tight ends in 2018, he helped the offense handling various duties for former offensive coordinator Shane Montgomery and former offensive line coach Carmen Bricillo for four seasons.

The Penguins' offensive line was a key reason the program returned to the postseason in 2016 and eventually reached the NCAA FCS National Championship Game.

Four of the five linemen started every game while the same group of five started the final 13 games together. Brock Eisenhuth was a first team All-MVFC honoree, Justin Spencer was a second team recipient while Dylan Colucci was named honorable mention. Vitas Hrynkiewcz was named to the all-newcomer squad.

YSU averaged 242.7 yards rushing per game to lead the MVFC while ranking 10th nationally. The Penguins had a pair of 1,000-yard rushers during the year and a first-team all-league tailback. Highlighting the campaign was a school-record 572-yard rushing performance at Missouri State. In the five-game playoff run, YSU had four 200-yard rushing performances and three 200-yard passing performances.

Tislaretz is a graduate of Central Valley High School, where he was a three-year starter at center. He was a first team Class AAA Parkway selection as a senior by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in 2011 and earned all-conference accolades twice.

Prior to coming to YSU, Tislaretz attended Robert Morris University in Moon Township, Pa. He was a video/operations assistant in 2012 for RMU.  He earned his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration -- Accounting from Youngstown State in 2015.