Jack Abercrombie begins his first season on Head Coach Kirby Moore’s staff as the Cougars offensive line coach. Abercrombie and Moore are very familiar with each other having spent the past three seasons working together at Missouri, where Abercrombie served as an offensive analyst in 2023 and an assistant offensive line coach in 2024 and 2025.
During the 2025 season,
Missouri rushing offense ranked eighth nationally at 234.1 yards per game, led by consensus All-American running back Ahmad Hardy and first-team All-SEC offensive lineman Keagen Trost.
During the 2024 and 2025 NFL Drafts, Missouri had three offensive linemen selected as Armand Membou as a first-round pick of the New York Jets in 2025 (#7 overall), while New England picked Marcus Bryant in the seventh round of that same draft. In 2024, Javon Foster was a fourth-round selection by the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Prior to Missouri, Abercrombie spent two seasons at VMI as the offensive line coach after joining the staff in June of 2021. He was promoted to run game coordinator in February, 2022. The Keydet offensive line continued to perform at a high level in the 2021 fall season as VMI ranked highly in several offensive categories.
Abercrombie arrived at VMI from the University of Missouri where he spent the 2020-21 season as an offensive graduate assistant coach and worked primarily with the offensive line. Prior to his stint in Columbia, Abercrombie spent two seasons at Mississippi State where he was an offensive graduate assistant coach and worked with an offensive line that featured strong rushing attacks that finished in the top 25 in rushing offense in both 2018 and 2019. Abercrombie was part of MSU staffs that led the Bulldogs to appearances in the Outback and Music City Bowls.
Abercrombie served as offensive line coach at Gannon University in Erie, Pa. in 2016 and 2017 and helped lead an offensive rushing offense that ranked fourth nationally in Division II with a school record 3,061 rushing yards in 2017.
Abercrombie began his collegiate coaching career as the interim offensive line coach at his alma mater California (Pa.) during the spring of 2015. His primary responsibilities with the Vulcans were evaluating, teaching and mentoring the offensive line and tight end positions.
The Horsham, Pa. native moved to the University of Findlay (Ohio) in 2015 where he served as an assistant defensive line coach.
A four-year letter winner and two-time team captain during his collegiate playing days at California (Pa.), Abercrombie received the Division II Rimington Award presented to the premier centers in the FCS, Division II, Division III and NAIA divisions. He earned preseason and postseason All-America accolades from D2Football.com and the Don Hansen Football Gazette. Abercrombie became a finalist for the Gene Upshaw Award as a senior, an honor reserved for the best lineman in the country. After graduation, Abercrombie received tryouts from the Indianapolis Colts and Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL).
Abercrombie graduated cum laude from California (Pa.) in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in middle level educational services. He was a member of the Dean’s List, Athletics Director Honor Roll and Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. He later earned a Master of Science in Workforce Education Leadership from Mississippi State.
Year-By-Year Coaching Positions
2026-Present: Washington State – Offensive Line
2024-25: Missouri – Assistant Offensive Line
2023: Missouri – Offensive Analyst
2022: VMI – Run Game Coordinator/Offensive Line
2021: VMI – Offensive Line
2020: Missouri – Offensive Graduate Assistant (Offensive Line)
2018-19: Mississippi State - Offensive Graduate Assistant (Offensive Line)
2016-17: Gannon – Offensive Line
2015: California (Pa.) – Interim Offensive Line
