Football
DJ Mangas
- Title:
- Offensive Coordinator/Tight Ends
- Email:
- dmangas@buffalo.edu
- Phone:
- 716-645-6847
DJ Mangas begins his first season as offensive coordinator and tight ends coach. He brings over 11 years of coaching experience at both the collegiate and NFL levels.
Mangas had two stints at LSU where he served as an offensive analyst in 2019 and the team's pass game coordinator in 2021. As offensive analyst, he helped put together the most prolific offensive in SEC history, averaging 48.4 points and 568.4 total yards per game in 2019. That year, LSU won the national championship, scoring 50 or more points seven times and winning all but two games by double-digits.
He spent the 2020 season in the NFL as an offensive coaching assistant with the Carolina Panthers. He was part of a Carolina offensive coaching staff that produced four players with over 1,000 scrimmage yards in a season as the Panthers become only the fifth team in the Super Bowl era to accomplish such a feat.
Mangas served five years on the William & Mary coaching staff from 2014-18. He coached running backs for three seasons and then was elevated to offensive coordinator for his final two years with the Tribe.
Mangas had four players earn all-conference honors during his first year as offensive coordinator. Two of his former players – offensive linemen Chris Durant and Connor Hilland – signed free agent NFL contracts.
Under Mangas' direction as a running backs coach for William & Mary, both Mikal Abdul-Saboor (3,108) and Kendell Anderson (3,082) etched their names in the Tribe's record books and finished their illustrious careers as two of the most productive running backs in school history, ranking fourth and fifth, respectively, on the program's all-time rushing list.
He began his coaching career as the quarterbacks coach at Hampton-Sydney College in 2012 and running backs coach at Georgetown in 2013. Most recently, he served as a defensive analyst at UCF this past season.
Mangas is a 2012 graduate of William and Mary where he was a wide receiver for the Tribe. A four-year letterwinner at W&M, Mangas led the Tribe in receptions (45), receiving yards (591) and touchdown catches (5) during his senior season in 2011. Additionally, he earned the team’s 2011 Inspirational Award, which is given to the player who exemplifies great leadership.
He is the older brother of Robbie Mangas who was the Bulls' starting tight end in 2022.
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Mangas had two stints at LSU where he served as an offensive analyst in 2019 and the team's pass game coordinator in 2021. As offensive analyst, he helped put together the most prolific offensive in SEC history, averaging 48.4 points and 568.4 total yards per game in 2019. That year, LSU won the national championship, scoring 50 or more points seven times and winning all but two games by double-digits.
He spent the 2020 season in the NFL as an offensive coaching assistant with the Carolina Panthers. He was part of a Carolina offensive coaching staff that produced four players with over 1,000 scrimmage yards in a season as the Panthers become only the fifth team in the Super Bowl era to accomplish such a feat.
Mangas served five years on the William & Mary coaching staff from 2014-18. He coached running backs for three seasons and then was elevated to offensive coordinator for his final two years with the Tribe.
Mangas had four players earn all-conference honors during his first year as offensive coordinator. Two of his former players – offensive linemen Chris Durant and Connor Hilland – signed free agent NFL contracts.
Under Mangas' direction as a running backs coach for William & Mary, both Mikal Abdul-Saboor (3,108) and Kendell Anderson (3,082) etched their names in the Tribe's record books and finished their illustrious careers as two of the most productive running backs in school history, ranking fourth and fifth, respectively, on the program's all-time rushing list.
He began his coaching career as the quarterbacks coach at Hampton-Sydney College in 2012 and running backs coach at Georgetown in 2013. Most recently, he served as a defensive analyst at UCF this past season.
Mangas is a 2012 graduate of William and Mary where he was a wide receiver for the Tribe. A four-year letterwinner at W&M, Mangas led the Tribe in receptions (45), receiving yards (591) and touchdown catches (5) during his senior season in 2011. Additionally, he earned the team’s 2011 Inspirational Award, which is given to the player who exemplifies great leadership.
He is the older brother of Robbie Mangas who was the Bulls' starting tight end in 2022.
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