Key Highlights
- Paul Petrino's son, Mason, has been part of the UofL staff as a graduate assistant and quality control coach since 2024. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementPaul Petrino is the younger brother of former UofL head coach Bobby Petrino, who was recently hired as North Carolina's offensive coordinator.
- Paul Petrino had previously been at South Alabama where he was the wide receivers coach in 2024 and the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach last season.
- This is his third stint with the Cardinals after serving as the program's wide receivers coach (1998-99) under John L.
- Smith before returning four years later as the offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach under his brother, Bobby, between 2003 and 2006. Paul Petrino left Louisville to become the Atlanta Falcons' wide receivers coach.
- He's spent most of his career as an offensive coordinator while working with quarterbacks and wide receivers but had his first and only head coaching job at Idaho (2013-21).