Tim Zetts enters his second stint with the Raiders in 2026 as an offensive assistant, bringing with him 18 years of coaching experience, including four years at the NFL level.

Tim Zetts enters his second stint with the Raiders in 2026 as an offensive assistant, bringing with him 18 years of coaching experience, including four years at the NFL level.

In 2025, Zetts served as Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks coach for the University of New Haven, where he helped the football program successfully transition to NCAA Division I, joining the Northeast Conference (NEC). Under Zetts' guidance, the Chargers' offense saw five players be named to Phil Steele's All-NEC teams. WR Kevonne Wilder was named First Team after leading the conference in receiving yards per game (71.7) and receptions per game (5.5). QB AJ Duffy, who was named NEC Offensive Player of the Week three times, earned third team honors after finishing third in the conference in passing yards (2,399) and touchdowns (22).

During his first stint with the Silver and Black in 2024, Zetts was the offensive assistant with a focus on the offensive line. He helped oversee the development of rookie OL Jackson Powers-Johnson, who started 14 games at both left guard and center, and allowed a 7.3 quarterback pressure percentage, the fourth fewest of any rookie interior offensive lineman that season (min. 300 pass blocking snaps), according to NFL Next Gen Stats. Zetts also worked with rookie T DJ Glaze who played in all 17 games and made 14 starts at right tackle.

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 development of TE Cole Kmet. In 2023, Zetts helped Kmet register career highs in receiving yards (719) and receptions (73) while adding six touchdowns. In 2022, Kmet also led all Bears pass-catchers with 544 yards on 50 catches (10.9 avg.) as well as a career-high seven touchdown receptions, tied for third-most among all tight ends in the NFL that season.

In 2021, Zetts served as an offensive quality control coach for the Green Bay Packers. During his lone season in Green Bay, the Packers won the NFC North and claimed the NFC's top playoff seed. The Packers' offense also ranked in the league's top 10 in total scoring and receiving yards, tied 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, the 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.

Zetts served as an assistant wide receivers/offensive quality control coach at Mississippi State University in 2018. The Bulldogs' offense averaged 397.4 total yards per game and ranked second in the SEC with 218.91 rushing yards per game.

Prior to his stop in Mississippi, Zetts spent one season at Davidson 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 running backs coach and recruiting coordinator. While with the Rams, Zetts mentored RB Chase Edmonds, a fourth-round selection (No. 134 overall) by the Arizona Cardinals in the 2018 NFL Draft. In 2014, Edmonds was named the NCAA FCS Rookie of the Year after ranking second in the FCS in rushing touchdowns (23) and fourth in total rushing yards (1,838).

Before arriving to Fordham, Zetts joined 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.

Zetts spent the 2010 season as an offensive quality control coach at California University of Pennsylvania after beginning 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.