Denison University

Jed Quackenbush enters his third year as an assistant football coach at Denison University in 2024, where he works as the Special Teams Coordinator (Kicking/Punting).

In 2023, the Big Red won their final four games to finish the season 7-3 overall and tie for second place in the North Coast Athletic Conference standings (6-2) for the second year in a row. Quackenbush helped coach senior punter Michael Mead to all-confernece honors in his first full season as the team's starting punter. Mead was named Second-Team All-NCAC after punting 38 times for 1,545 yards and tying for the lead in the NCAC and ranking 18th nationally at 40.7 yards per punt. In addition to a career-long 65-yard punt in Denison's 28-24 win at home over Wabash College (Oct. 14), Mead had five punts over 50 yards, led the conference with nine touchbacks, and put seven punts inside the opponents' 20-yard line.

Quackenbush was a four-time All-American at Ohio Dominican University (Columbus, Ohio), earning the honor twice as a kicker and twice as a punter. He played for five seasons and won a Great Midwest Athletic Conference title as a freshman in 2017.

Quackenbush broke several school records as a punter for ODU since taking over that role at the start of the 2020 spring season. In 2021, Quackenbush ranked second nationally with a school-record 46.7-yard punt average. In 41 punts, Quackenbush had 14 of 50-plus yards, including a career-long 69 yard attempt, as well as 21 punts downed inside the opponent's 20-yard line.

In his final season with the Black & Gold, Quackenbush also connected on a career-high 13 field goals in 19 attempts. He made at least one field goal in 7-of-11 games, including three makes in the season opener against nationally ranked Shepherd. Quackenbush earned two D2football.com National Special Teams Player of the Week awards this fall for his performances versus Shepherd and William Jewell.

For his career, Quackenbush made 24-of-34 field goals and 160-of-169 point-after attempts, resulting in 232 career points. All three marks rank in the top three in program history. As a punter, Quackenbush recorded 74 attempts over 17 games, averaging 44.1 yards per attempt, a career school record. He had just seven touchbacks compared to 39 punts placed inside the opponent's 20-yard line.  

Quackenbush was named a first team all-Great Midwest Athletic Conference honoree in each of his final two seasons and ended his career as a member of the D2football.com Elite 100 Team. He was also the 2021 Spring Season G-MAC Special Teams Player of the Year and named to the 2021 Fall D2CCA All-Super Region One team.