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2025 UMass Minutemen football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Offensive coordinator	Shane Montgomery (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro spread
Defensive coordinator	Keith Dudzinski (11th season)
Base defense	4–3 or 4–2–5
Home stadium	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium

The 2025 UMass Minutemen football team represents the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The will play their home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium located in Hadley, Massachusetts and compete as a member of the Mid-American Conference.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
August 30	Temple	McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA
September 6	Boston College	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA
September 13	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA
October 18	Missouri	Faurot Field Columbia, MO
November 29	UConn	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT

Offseason

Departures

2025 UMass offseason departures

Name	Position	Notes
Jalen Stewart	LB	Graduated/Transferred to
Dominick Mazotti	TE	Graduated
Tyler Rudolph	DB	Graduated
Myles Turner	LB	Graduated
Jakobie Keeney-James	WR	Graduated
Riley Moore	K	Graduated
Jacob Lurie	K	Graduated
Te'Rai Powell	DB	Graduated
Ethan Mottinger	OL	Graduated
Jaylen Hudson	DL	Graduated

Transfer portal

Departing transfers

Name	No.	Pos.	Height/weight	Class	Hometown	New school	Sources
Aaron Beckwith	#44	DT	6'4", 300	Senior	Germantown, MD
Tyson Watson	#55	DL	6'5", 290	Senior	Warren, MI
--	#82	WR	5'6", 155	Sophomore	Bogart, GA
--	#82	WR	5'6", 155	Sophomore	Bogart, GA
--	#82	WR	5'6", 155	Sophomore	Bogart, GA
--	#82	WR	5'6", 155	Sophomore	Bogart, GA

Incoming transfers

Name	No.	Pos.	Height/weight	Year	Hometown	Prev. school	Sources
--	--	--	-	--	-	-

Note: Players with a dash in the new school column have not joined a new team for the 2025 season.

Returning starters

Offense

Player	Class	Position
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Defense

Player	Class	Position
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Special teams

Player	Class	Position
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Preseason

Preseason polls

Coaches Poll

MAC Coaches poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1

Coaches poll (MAC Championship)
Predicted finish	Team	Votes
1	-
2	-

Personnel

2025 UMass Minutemen football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 0 Michael Van Buren Jr. Fr QB 5 Ahmad Haston  So WR 6 Keshawn Brown  Sr QB 8 AJ Hairston So QB 9 Ryan Jankowski  Sr WR 12 Sam Staruch  Sr QB 13 Will Perry So WR 14 Kezion Dia-Johnson So WR 15 Savion Robinson Sr TE 16 Noah Staples  Sr QB 18 Luke LoPresti Jr RB 20 Godson Ofonagoro So RB 22 Da'Marion Alberic So RB 21 Jalen John  Sr RB 23 Brandon Campbell  Sr RB 33 CJ Hester Jr OL 54 Mao Glynn II  Sr OL 55 Benjamin Roy Jr.  Sr OL 57 Paul Tchio  Sr OL 66 Wyatt Terlaak  Sr OL 73 Brock Taylor So OL 74 William Jones Jr. Sr OL 75 Tanner Burlingame So OL 76 Riley Bloch So OL 77 Jaxon King Sr OL 79 Ryan Mosesso  Sr WR 82 Kenyon Massey So WR 84 Shane Robles Jr WR 88 Joe Carrara So TE 88 John Condakes So	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 0 Jalen Harrell  Sr CB 3 Steven Ortiz  Sr LB 9 Myles Turner  Sr DB 12 Brennen Bailey Jr DB 14 Ryan Barnes  Sr LB 15 Derrieon Craig Sr LB 16 Jadrian Gibbs  Sr DE 18 Louce Julian  Sr DB 20 Keith Sarkodieh So LB 26 RJ Edwards  Sr DB 27 Michael Pangaro So CB 29 Caden Ghannam  Sr CB 32 Jose Touron So LB 40 Dominic Schofield  Sr DT 49 Shambre Jackson  Sr DE 50 Aquan Robinson  Sr DE 51 Kevin Logan  Sr DL 52 Erik Hehl Sr DL 88 Brandon McElroy  Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class LS 39 James Horton So K 94 Bennett Abbe  Jr PK 96 Michael Cooper Jr PK 98 Riley Moore  Sr	Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Shane Montgomery Offensive coordinator/Quarterbacks Keith Dudzinski Defensive coordinator/Linebackers Alex Miller Offensive line Steven Daniels Defensive line Damian Mincey Running backs Matt Zanellato Wide receivers Matt Layman Tight ends Michael Livingston Cornerbacks Ben Albert Special teams coordinator Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: September 15, 2024

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at UMass	Alma Mater
	Head Coach	1
Shane Montgomery	Offensive coordinator/ Quarterbacks	2	North Carolina State University (1989)
Keith Dudzinski	Defensive coordinator/Linebackers	4	University of New Haven (1990)
Alex Miller	Offensive line	5	UMass (2006)
Damian Mincey	Running backs	4
Matt Zanellato	Wide receivers	4
Steven Daniels	Defensive line	3	Boston College (2016)
Michael Livingston	Defensive backs	3
Ben Albert	Special teams coordinator	4	UMass (1994)