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Cutter Leftwich is in his first season on Will Stein’s inaugural staff as the offensive line coach. He was most recently Oregon’s assistant offensive line coach and run game coordinator during the 2025 season.

“Cutter is a great addition to our staff,” Stein said. “He knows what it takes to build a tough, disciplined offensive line, and players have thrived under his leadership. I love his energy and how he pushes his players to be their best.”

Leftwich spent two of the past three seasons with the Ducks’ high-powered offense, with a one-year stint at North Texas as offensive line coach in-between.

“I’m incredibly excited for the opportunity to coach at Kentucky and to continue working alongside Coach Stein,” Leftwich said. “This will be my fourth season working with him, and the success we’ve had together is something we’re eager to bring to the Big Blue Nation. I can’t wait to build on the rich history and tradition of outstanding offensive lines that have come through UK.”

After a season at North Texas, he returned to Eugene in 2025, helping Oregon rank fourth nationally in pass efficiency (100.96), ninth in scoring (38.2), 14^th in rushing (218.4) and 16^th in fewest sacks allowed. Oregon’s offensive line was named a finalist for the Joe Moore Award, given annually to the nation’s top unit, the only offensive unit to be named a finalist three years in a row.

Paced by a high-scoring offense, the 2025 Ducks finished the 2025 season 13-2 overall, including an 8-1 mark in the Big Ten. The No. 5 Ducks advance to the semifinals of the College Football Playoff with a 23-0 win over No. 4 Texas Tech before falling to the eventual national champion and top-ranked Indiana, 56-22. It marked just the fifth loss in the last three years for the program. The Ducks were the only team in the country to win 13 games each of the past two seasons, tying the program record for single-season victories first set in 2014.

The Ducks’ offensive line was instrumental in establishing a balanced offensive attack, supporting a strong running game while protecting an efficient passing attack led by quarterback Dante Moore (3,565 passing yards, 30 TDs) and running back Jordon Davison (667 rushing yards, 15 TDs).

In 2024, Leftwich was at North Texas as the offensive line coach. The Mean Green finished third nationally in total offense, was fourth in passing offense and 23^rd in scoring offense. Leftwich’s unit thrived despite using 10 different starting combinations in 13 games and starting two true freshmen. Those rookies, Braydon Nelson and Tyler Mercer, both garnered national freshman honors. Nelson was named to the Pro Football Focus All-True Freshman team, while Mercer earned a Football Writers’ Association Freshman All-America nod.

While the assistant offensive line coach with the Ducks in 2023, the unit was graded by PFF as the No. 1 or No. 2 line in both pass and run blocking. Oregon was second in the nation in scoring, total offense and pass offense and led the nation with just five sacks allowed. The Ducks allowed multiple sacks just once in 13 games while not allowing any sacks in nine games, including six of the last seven.  At season’s end, the O-line was a finalist for the prestigious Joe Moore Award.

With Leftwich’s help, Jackson Powers-Johnson was named the 2023 Rimington Trophy winner as the nation’s best center. He went on to be selected in the second round of the 2024 NFL Draft by the Las Vegas Raiders.

In 2022, Leftwich was a graduate assistant at UCLA and helped the Bruins’ offensive line be named a semifinalist for the Joe Moore Award. He tutored NFL-caliber talent while working with the Bruins, such as Jon Gaines, fourth-round pick by Arizona, and Antonio Mafi, fifth-round choice by New England.

Leftwich began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at UTSA in 2021, tutoring Spencer Burford, a fourth-round NFL draft pick by the San Francisco 49ers in the 2022 NFL Draft.

The Denton, Texas native brings valuable firsthand experience from his playing days. He was the starting center at McNeese State in 20 games during the 2018 and 2019 seasons before an injury cut his career short.  He went on to earn a general studies degree from MSU in December of 2020.

Leftwich is married to the former Abbie Wieseler of Pierre, South Dakota.

Cutter Leftwich’s Coaching Career