Tim McConnell - Special Teams Analyst - Football Support Staff

Tim McConnell

Title:
Special Teams Analyst
Email:
Timothy.Mcconnell@unt.edu
Alma Mater:
Duquesne, 2017

Tim McConnell joined the UNT Football staff in January 2023. He serves as a Special Teams Analyst.

Prior to joining the North Texas staff, McConnell spent two seasons a Special Teams Quality Control coach at Memphis from 2021-22. In 2022, he helped Memphis kicker Chris Howard earn first team All-AAC honors after leading the league with 20 made field goals.

A New Jersey native, McConnell previously worked as a Special Teams graduate assistant at Rice from 2019-20 under current UNT Associate Head Coach and Special Teams Coordinator Drew Svoboda.

He joined the Owls after spending one season at Villanova as an assistant coach where he worked with the cornerbacks in addition to serving as the special teams quality control coach.

McConnell graduated from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in December of 2017 with a degree in Communications Studies where he also was a member of the football team as a defensive back and long snapper. The Dukes won a pair of NEC championships during his career. He began his coaching career at Duquesne after graduation, assisting with the defensive backs.

Coaching History
2017: Duquesne, student assistant
2018: Villanova, quality control
2019-20: Rice, graduate assistant
2021-22: Memphis, quality control
2023-: UNT, analyst