John Sibel

Biography

PRINCETON RECRUITING AREAS — Alaska, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wisconsin, New Jersey (Essex, Union) Sibel is in his fourth season with Princeton in 2026 and second as tight ends coach/special teams coordinator. Brady Clark, who led the Ivy League in punting in 2025, earned unanimous first-team All-Ivy honors after earning honorable mention as both a freshman and sophomore. Clark led the Ivy League in punting average (44.8 yards/punt), punts inside the 20 (16), punts over 50 yards (11) and long punt (65), and his punt average ranks 11th in the FCS. Sibel comes to the Tigers from Lehigh where he spent time as the wide receivers coach. He also worked with the running backs during his first tenure with the Mountain Hawks in 2017-18. Sibel was the running backs coach for Lehigh's Patriot League championship season from 2017. That year, he worked with a stable of backs that was led by consensus All-American Dominick Bragalone, who led the FCS in total rushing yards and scoring and became the first Lehigh player to record three 1,000-yard rushing seasons. Bragalone gained 1,388 yards as a junior and rushed for 18 touchdowns. Behind Bragalone, Micco Brisker and Nana Amankwah-Ayeh combined to rush for eight touchdowns and nearly 500 yards.