Cinjun Erskine joined Harvard Football as an assistant coach, tutoring the tight ends, in March 2024. The 2026 campaign will mark his third with the Crimson.
Erskine coached a unit that saw four tight ends catch at least one touchdown pass during Harvard's Ivy League-winning campaign in 2025. Seamus Gilmartin led the group with a team-high-tying five receiving TDs en route to All-Ivy League accolades. The tight ends played a role in the Crimson ranking ninth in the FCS in passing offense, 11th in scoring offense, 12th in passing yards per completion and 16th in total offense.
In 2024, Erskine helped Harvard win its second Ivy League title and coached Gilmartin to All-Ivy League Second Team accolades. As a group, the Crimson tight ends were part of an offensive unit that ranked second nationally in fewest passes intercepted, 10th in team passing efficiency, 15th in passing offense, 21st in scoring offense and 31st in total offense.
Erskine arrived in Cambridge from Rutgers, where he spent two seasons with the program -- first as a player development assistant (2022) and then graduate assistant (2023) working with the quarterbacks. During his time in New Jersey, Erskine helped the Scarlet Knights go from four wins in 2022, to seven a season later and a victory in the Pinstripe Bowl.
Before joining Rutgers, Erskine served as The College of Saint Scholastica's special teams coordinator and QB coach (2019), was an assistant coach at IMG Academy (2020) in Florida and directed the defense for Del Valle High School (2021) in Austin, Texas.
Erskine played college football at Bucknell but suffered a career-ending injury as a freshman in 2015. For the remainder of his time in Lewisberg, Pennsylvania, Erskine served as a student assistant (2016-19), working with the quarterbacks.
