Mickey Fein enters his ninth season at Harvard in 2025, and his second as assistant head coach. Fein will serve as the Crimson's offensive coordinator for the fifth straight year and coach the quarterbacks in '25.
Fein designed an offense that was one of the country's best in 2024. Harvard 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. Fein helped wide receiver Cooper Barkate become a Bushnell Cup finalist (Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year) and All-American, while tutoring quarterback Jaden Craig to Walter Payton Award finalist honors. The duo also earned All-Ivy League accolades along with six other Crimson offensive players. At the conclusion of the season, Fein was named The Gridiron Club of Greater Boston's 25th Annual Assistant Coach of the Year.
En route to the 2023 Ivy League title, Fein directed an offense that ranked in the top 25 nationally and led the Ivy in passing yards per completion (23rd), red zone offense (25th) and rushing offense (15th). Individually, Fein tutored the top rusher in the Ivy League in Shane McLaughlin and had three players (QB Jaden Craig, McLaughlin, QB Charles DePrima) rank in the Ivy top 10 in rushing touchdowns. Three of Harvard's four All-Ivy first-team selections were from the offense, with nine players overall receiving recognition.
In 2022, Fein led an offense that produced the Ivy League rushing champion (Aidan Borguet), three first-team All-Ivy League honorees (RB Borguet, TE Tyler Neville, OL Mason Williams), a pair of second-team all-league picks (OL Jacob Rizy, WR Kym Wimberly) and two honorable mention selections (OL Scott Elliott, OL Austin Gentle). Under Fein's watch, the Harvard quarterbacks ranked first in the Ivy in passing yards per completion and finished the campaign ranked second in the league in total offense, red zone offense and team passing efficiency.
In his first season directing the offense, Fein helped the 2021 Harvard offense finish the season ranked No. 2 in the Ivy League in scoring, while boasting two of the Ivy's top-5 rushers in Aaron Shampklin (No. 1; 92.8 ypg) and Borguet (No. 5; 60.2 ypg). Shampklin went on to earn All-Ivy First-Team honors along with offensive lineman Spencer Rolland. Borguet and Hunt Sparks (OL), meanwhile, were second-team selections.
In 2019, Fein helped quarterback Jake Smith enjoy the best season of his career as the signal caller set personal bests for completions (167), yards (2,233), yards per game (223.3), touchdowns (19) and efficiency (143.6). Smith's touchdown total was the third-highest in Crimson single-season history and was the ninth Harvard QB to pass for at least 4,000 yards in a career. The beneficiaries of Smith's throws were seniors Cody Chrest and Jack Cook, who each had a team-best five TD receptions. In fact, seven different Crimson players scored at least one touchdown.
Harvard capped the 2018 campaign by defeating Yale, 45-27, in the highest scoring episode of The Game. The Crimson earned 13 all-Ivy selections, including five on the first team, and finished 6-4 overall and 4-3 in the Ivy League. Tom Stewart threw for 18 touchdown passes, while wide receiver Adam Scott was named all-Ivy honorable mention.
In 2017, wide receiver Justice Shelton-Mosley was one of two Harvard offensive players to garner all-Ivy recognition.
Fein spent nine seasons at Lafayette from 2008-16, including eight as offensive coordinator for the Leopards and has also worked at Murray State, Tennessee-Martin and Maine.
During his tenure at Lafayette, which included a stint as interim head coach in 2016, the Leopards qualified for the NCAA tournament in 2013 after winning the Patriot League title. He oversaw the quarterbacks and wide receivers in each of his nine seasons and coached three of Lafayette's top 10 all-time quarterbacks in career passing yards.
Before arriving on College Hill, Fein spent 2006 and 2007 at Murray State as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Fein moved to MSU after spending three seasons at Tennessee-Martin (2003-05), where he served as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Prior to that stint, Fein served as the wide receivers coach at his alma mater, Maine, in 2002. He helped lead the squad to an 11-3 record and a share of the Atlantic 10 title. Fein began his coaching career at Barnstable High School in Hyannis, Massachusetts, where he was the team's offensive coordinator from 1999-00, and led BHS to a state title in 1999.
As a player, Fein was the starting QB at Maine for four seasons (1995-98). He was the team MVP in 1997 and 1998, and team captain in 1998. When he graduated in 1999, he held 17 school records.
The Barnstable, Massachusetts, native went on to play two seasons of professional football. In 2000, he played for the Albany Firebirds of the Arena Football League, and, in 2001, Fein was the starting quarterback for the Norfolk Nighthawks of the AF2. Fein earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration from Maine in 1999. He and his wife, Courtney, have two children, Jacklyn and Ty.
