According to a report from ESPN’s Pete Thamel, Kansas State is expected to promote tight ends coach Brian Lepak to coach the offensive line going forward. Lepak will replace Conor Riley, who left the program to join the Dallas Cowboys’ offensive staff earlier this month.
Riley was widely known as one of the best offensive line coaches in college football, and took over play-calling duties for the Wildcats after Collin Klein left following the 2023 season.
K-State pivoted quickly in naming Matt Wells as the program’s next offensive coordinator, but since he’ll serve as the quarterbacks coach, there was still a void following Riley’s departure—a void that Lepak has now filled.
Lepak has been with Kansas State since the 2021 season, beginning his time in Manhattan as an offensive quality control coach. In 2022, Lepak was elevated to coach tight ends and spent three seasons in that role before taking on this new assignment.
Prior to his time with Kansas State, Lepak was an offensive line coach and run game coordinator at Southern for the 2020 season. He served as a graduate assistant at Oklahoma (2017-19) and Indiana (2014-16) before that.
A native of Claremore, Oklahoma, Lepak played offensive lineman for two seasons at Colorado State before transferring to Oklahoma for the final three seasons of his playing career.
