Palczewski joined the University of Pennsylvania football staff in 2022 as the Offensive Quality Control Coach and enters his second season in 2023.
In 2022, Penn completed a very successful season, going 8-2 overall with a 5-2 record in Ivy play. Recording the program's most victories since 2010, the Quakers ended the year with a second-place finish in the Ivy standings. Penn won its first six games, going 6-0 to start a season for the first time since 2003. Victories included a double-overtime, 23-17 thriller against Dartmouth on national television, a 34-14 home win over Columbia, a 20-13 homecoming victory against eventual Ivy champion Yale and a come-from-behind, 20-19 win at #22 Princeton to close out the year. Two players, running back Trey Flowers and wide receiver Rory Starkey, Jr. earned All-Ivy honors.
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He comes to the Quakers after coaching the past three years at his alma mater, Ithaca College. For two years, he was a volunteer running backs coach, developing and assisting in the running of individual and offensive team drills. He guided Jalen Hines to second-team all-league and the 2021 Liberty League Newcomer of the Year honor, rushing for 567 yards and six touchdowns, while tallying 141 receiving yards on 12 receptions for a touchdown.
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In the fall of 2021, he was named the tight ends coach, creating a manual and philosophy for the position group. He helped guide an offense that averaged 29.5 points per game, 4,151 total yards, and 22 first downs per game.
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During his first season as the running backs coach, he spent a season as a varsity coach for Wayne Valley High School in New Jersey, assisting with quarterbacks and defensive backs. He was a part of transitioning a team that went 6-5 the year prior to an 11-2 squad and a state championship.
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Palczewski earned his bachelor's degree in public and community health at Ithaca where he was a four-year varsity quarterback.
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