Justin Lustig

Biography

COACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS Justin Lustig enters his second season as Penn State's special teams coordinator, outside linebackers and nickels coach. During his career, Lustig has mentored 56 all-conference selections, a Lou Groza Award recipient and a Ray Guy Award finalist. In year one with the Nittany Lions, Lustig tutored a trio of All-Big Ten recipients in long snapper Tyler Duzansky (third team), kicker Ryan Barker (honorable mention) and kick returner Nicholas Singleton (honorable mention). Barker took over kicking duties five games into the season and finished 15-for-18 on field goals, an 83.3 conversation rate which finished tied for fourth in a single season at Penn State. Lustig previously spent three seasons at Vanderbilt as the program's special teams coordinator, tight ends coach, associate head coach (2022-23) and assistant head coach (2021). After inheriting a special teams unit that ranked outside the top 100 in ESPN' Special Teams Efficiency ratings in 2020, Lustig helped propel the unit to 44th in 2022 and 41st in 2023. As a team in 2023, Vanderbilt was one of 20 programs in the country to block multiple punts and finished 11th nationally in net punting. The 2023 campaign saw a pair of All-SEC specialists in Matthew Hayball (first team) and Wesley Schelling (second team), marking the first time in school history Vanderbilt had multiple specialists earn All-SEC honors. Hayball became Vandy’s first All-SEC punter since 1996, as he posted the best career punting a

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