Tim Zetts enters his first season with the Raiders in 2024 as an offensive assistant, bringing with him 16 years of coaching experience, including four years at the NFL level.
Zetts spent two seasons (2022-23) with the Chicago Bears as an assistant tight ends coach, where he was a part of a staff that helped contribute to the growth of TE Cole Kmet. In 2023, Zetts and tight ends coach Jim Dray saw Kmet finish with a career-high 719 yards on 73 receptions (9.8 avg.) and six touchdowns. In 2022, Kmet also led all Bears pass-catchers with 544 yards on 50 receptions (10.9 avg.) as well as a career-high seven touchdown receptions on the season, tied for third-most among all tight ends in the NFL.
In 2021, Zetts served as an offensive quality control coach for the Green Bay Packers. With Zetts' assistance, the Packers won the NFC North and claimed the NFC's top playoff seed for the second consecutive season. The Packers' offense also ranked in the league's top-10 in total scoring and receiving yards, tied the Bengals for sixth with 54 total touchdowns and finished ninth in receiving yards (4,526). Zetts assisted a Packers offense that saw QB Aaron Rodgers orchestrate an MVP caliber season comprised of 37 touchdown passes and just four interceptions while compiling a league-best 111.9 passer rating. Rodgers led the league in passing touchdown percentage (7%) and tied Dak Prescott and Patrick Mahomes for the fourth most passing touchdowns (37). Zetts also assisted with WR Davante Adams' success, who finished third in the league in receiving yards with 1,553.
Prior to joining the Packers, Zetts spent two seasons (2019-20) at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tenn., where he served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Zetts led Austin Peay's offense during an abbreviated fall football schedule before the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) season was postponed until the spring of 2021. In his first season with the Governors in 2019, AP's offense led the Ohio Valley Conference in scoring (34.1 ppg), fewest sacks allowed (14) and third-down percentage, while finishing second in total offense (414.1 ypg), rushing offense (175.6 ypg) and pass efficiency (139.0). Austin Peay finished the season with 11 total wins (the most in program history), won the OVC for the first time since 1977 and advanced to the FCS quarterfinals.
Prior Zetts served as an assistant wide receivers/offensive skill quality control coach at Mississippi State University in 2018. At MSU, he coached alongside Raiders offensive coordinator Luke Getsy, who was in his first season as offensive coordinator for the Bulldogs. Mississippi State's offense finished the year tied for first in the nation with only three fumbles lost and ranked tied for third in the country with just nine total fumbles.
Prior to his stop in Mississippi, Zetts spent one season at Davison College as a quarterbacks coach (2017), and two seasons as offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach at John Carroll University (2015-16). In 2016, Zetts helped John Carroll to 12 wins – the most in school history – and their first outright OAC conference championship since 1989 before advancing to the NCAA Division III semi-finals. Zetts spent the 2012-14 seasons at Fordham, serving as the Rams' running backs coach and recruiting coordinator. While with the Rams, Zetts mentored running back Chase Edmonds, a fourth-round selection (No. 134 overall) by the Arizona Cardinals in the 2018 NFL Draft. Before arriving Fordham, Zetts joined Getsy on the coaching staff at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, serving for one season (2011) as the running backs coach while also assisting with the kickoff return, punt return and field goal units for the Crimson Hawks.
Before his time at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Zetts spent the 2010 season as an offensive quality control coach at California University of Pennsylvania.
Zetts began his coaching career at his alma mater, the University of Akron, serving as an offensive student assistant and assistant quarterback coach during the 2008-09 seasons.
PERSONAL: Youngstown, Ohio native…Played quarterback at Akron 2005-06 and Saginaw Valley State University 2007…Graduated from Akron with a degree in business and organization communications...He and his wife Kellyn, have two sons, Dawson and Micah.
