Kevin Cahill

Kevin Cahill (born December 2, 1978) is an American college football coach. He is the head coach at Yale University, a position he has held since February 2026. Prior to this role, he was the head coach at Lehigh University. Cahill played college football as a quarterback at Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts. He has served as an assistant coach for Maine Maritime, Springfield, UT Martin, Murray State, Maine, and Yale.

Playing career Cahill played college football for Springfield. He was a three-year starter at quarterback and led Springfield to two NCAA playoff appearances and earned two ECAC Division III New England Player of the Year awards. He holds the programs record for most passing touchdowns in a game at 4 and finished his career with 3,029 rushing yards, 44 rushing touchdowns, and 4,842 total yards of offense. In 2008, Cahill joined Maine as their running backs coach. In 2009 he was promoted to special teams coordinator and returned to coaching the wide receivers.

Yale (first stint) In 2012, Cahill was hired by Yale to be the school's special teams coordinator and wide receivers coach. After two seasons he was promoted to assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach. In 2018 he added the role of offensive coordinator.

Lehigh On December 19, 2022, Cahill was hired by Lehigh to be the school's 30th head coach.

Yale (second stint) On February 23, 2026, Cahill was hired as the head coach for Yale.

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