Sources: IU hires Whitmer as QB coach, co-OC

SOUTH BEND, Ind.– As Indiana prepares for the biggest game in school history on Friday night against Notre Dame, it’s also building for 2025.

Sources told ESPN on Friday morning that the Hoosiers have hired Chandler Whitmer as the school’s new quarterback coach and co-offensive coordinator for 2025.

Whitmer works with the Atlanta Falcons as the franchise’s pass game specialist and comes with a deep history of working quarterbacks.

He’ll replace Tino Sunseri, who is leaving his job as quarterback coach and co-offensive coordinator be the offensive coordinator and play-caller at UCLA. Sunseri’s move emerged earlier this month, but he will remain with the Hoosiers for the remainder of the playoffs before departing to Westwood.

Whitmer brings a background in both the NFL and college, as he worked with the Chargers for three seasons in quality control, with a focus on quarterbacks. That included working with Justin Herbert.

In college, he’s worked as a graduate assistant at both Clemson and Ohio State, which will bring him familiarity with the Big Ten. He’s also worked over the years with the QB Collective, a quarterback incubator that brings NFL coaches to work with top high school quarterbacks. He’s a former college quarterback at Illinois and UConn.