MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State head football coach Chris Klieman announced Tuesday new titles of four coaching staff members for the 2025 season.
Nate Kaczor is now the program’s special teams coordinator and special assistant to the head coach, Matt Kardulis is the assistant safeties coach, Sean Maguire is the assistant quarterbacks coach and David Orloff is the outside linebackers coach.
“Each of these coaches provides tremendous value to our staff, and we have been fortunate to add a secondary assistant at numerous positions,” Klieman said. “They provide great support not only on the field, but they serve important functions in recruiting as well.”
Kaczor is in his second season at K-State after serving the 2024 campaign as the special teams quality control coach. A 16-year NFL veteran, Kaczor (pronounced KAT-sir) helped K-State players earn top-50 national rankings in five categories as Dylan Edwards ranked fourth nationally in punt return touchdowns (1), 35th in combined kickoff return and punt return yards (438) and ranked 43rd in kickoff return average (19.9 yards), while kicker Chris Tennant ranked 41st in field goals per game (1.31) and field goal percentage (81.0%).
A native of Scott City, Kansas, Kaczor came to K-State after working for the Jacksonville Jaguars (2008-11), Tennessee Titans (2012-15), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2016-18) and Washington Commanders (2019-23).
Maguire finishes off an offensive assistant staff that also includes Drew Liddle, who was named the assistant offensive line coach on February 13. Maguire finished his first year at K-State in 2024 as an offensive analyst, helping the Wildcats in the top 15 nationally in four offensive categories and rank in the top 10 in school history in 15 game or season categories, while he assisted in the guidance of Avery Johnson, who set the school record with 25 touchdown passes a year ago. A native of Sparta, New Jersey, who is a former quarterback at Florida State, Maguire came to K-State after working one season at Buffalo and four seasons at Texas A&M.
Kardulis and Orloff each enter their fifth seasons at K-State in 2025 after serving the previous four years as a defensive quality control coach and defensive analyst, respectively. Both have helped K-State average 21.8 points allowed per game over the last four seasons – a span of 53 games – to rank 24th nationally, 17th among Power 4 teams and third among current Big 12 teams. Additionally, the Wildcats have forced a combined 62 turnovers the last three seasons to rank first among current Big 12 schools.
A native of Burnsville, North Carolina, Kardulis came to Manhattan after spending the previous two seasons on staff at Virginia Tech as a defensive graduate assistant. Prior to his stint in Blacksburg, he spent one year apiece as a defensive quality control coach at Campbell, video coordinator and running backs coach at Emory & Henry College, and defensive graduate assistant at Frostburg State. He played defensive back for five years at Emory & Henry College.