John Perry - Football Coach - Texas A&M Athletics

John Perry

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Wide Receivers

John Perry joined the Aggies gridiron program in January 2025, and serves as the wide receivers coach after being elevated from his position of assistant wide receivers coach in January 2026.

Texas A&M marks the second stop together for Perry and head coach Mike Elko as the two worked together at Hofstra University in 2006, serving as its offensive and defensive coordinator, respectively. Perry also spent five years as the head coach at Merrimack College during his near 30-year coaching career.

Perry takes over as the Aggies full-time wide receivers coach after spending last season serving as Texas A&M’s assistant wide receivers coach. In 2025, Perry helped guide one of the nation's most explosive offenses as the Aggies receiving corps averaged 13.6 yards per catch to rank 15th nationally. He mentored KC Concepcion and Mario Craver to All-SEC honors in their first season with the program. The duo was one of three receiver tandems nationally with 900-plus receiving yards apiece and one of only four pairs averaging more than 15.0 yards per catch (minimum 50 receptions each).

Concepcion, the 2025 Paul Hornung Award recipient for college football's most versatile player, led the Aggies with 61 receptions for 919 yards and an SEC-best nine receiving touchdowns. Craver followed with 59 receptions for 917 yards and four scores.

Prior to his time in Aggieland, Perry served as a senior analyst at Rutgers University for two seasons (2023-24) under head coach Greg Schiano. During his time with the Scarlet Knights, the program registered 14 victories, while making consecutive bowl appearances (2024 Rate Bowl and 2023 Pinstripe Bowl) for the first time since 2013-14. Perry also spent the 2021 season in Piscataway, N.J., as the Scarlet Knights’ offensive assistant, helping Rutgers to a Gator Bowl appearance for their first postseason showing since 2014.

In 2024, Perry mentored wide receiver Ian Strong to All-Big Ten honors after he compiled 43 receptions for 676 yards with a team-leading five receiving touchdowns, all in the red zone, to rank 13th in the conference. In addition to Strong, Perry also coached wide receiver Christian Dremel (2023), Dymere Miller (2024) and KD Duff (2024) to 400-plus receiving yards during his last two seasons with the Scarlet Knights.

In between his stints at Rutgers, Perry spent one season (2022) as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Sam Houston State as the program made its transition from FCS to the FBS level. In that lone season, Perry helped in the development of offensive lineman Jordan Boatman and wide receiver Cody Chrest, who both were named Second Team All-WAC.

Before that, Perry had a seven-year career in the National Football League, serving on Bill O’Brien’s staff with the Houston Texans as the tight ends coach (2014-16) and wide receivers coach (2017-20). While there, Perry helped the Texans to four AFC South titles (2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019).

In 2019, Perry’s wide receivers group helped the Texans tie a team record for most overall touchdowns (46) in a single season. Additionally, Houston set franchise records for highest red zone touchdown percentage (.642) and fewest three-and-outs (24). The Texans also tallied 27 receptions of 30-or-more yards in 2019, which tied for third in the NFL. Wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins led the unit and was named an Associated Press NFL First Team All-Pro selection for a third-straight season and earned his third-straight Pro Bowl nod after leading the team with 104 receptions, 1,165 yards and seven touchdowns.

The year prior, the Texans posted an 11-5 record with rookie wide receiver Keke Coutee adding to the group by hauling in 11 passes for 109 yards in his NFL debut, marking the most receptions by a rookie wideout in an NFL opener since the NFL/AFL merger.

As tight ends coach from 2014-16, Perry helped the Texans post three-straight winning seasons. Houston’s tight ends had the most productive season in franchise history in 2016 after Perry’s unit posted NFL-bests of 74 receptions and 4.6 receptions per game and finished with second-best increases in receiving yards (646) and receiving yards per game (40.4).

For the 2013 season, Perry served as the passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Delaware and helped the Blue Hens conclude the season with a 7-5 record. One of Delaware’s wins came against No. 14-ranked James Madison where junior quarterback Trent Hurley finished the game completing 20-of-31 pass attempts for 233 yards with three touchdowns. The Blue Hens posted nine games with 200-plus passing yards and six contests with multiple passing scores.

Under Perry’s guidance, Hurley wrapped up his second full year as the Blue Hens’ starter completing 172-of-268 passes for 2,207 yards with 22 touchdowns before succumbing to an injury late in the season. He ranked eighth nationally in passing rating (155.2), No. 24 in pass completion percentage (.642) and was 35th in passing yards (220.7). His season passing yards per game and touchdown total mark were the sixth highest total in Delaware history, while also becoming the first player in Blue Hens history to throw four touchdowns passes three times in a single season.

Perry brings five years of head coaching experience to Aggieland as well, having led the football program at Merrimack College from 2008-12. He led the Warriors to a 29-21 record and a 2009 Northeast-10 title. During his tenure in North Andover, Mass., Merrimack produced six All-Americans and two Northeast-10 Conference Players of the Year.

Perry’s up-tempo, high-scoring offense ranked as one of the best in the nation for all five of his seasons as the team finished second nationally in total offense (525.8) in 2012 while finishing in the top 10 in 2009 (fourth), 2010 (ninth) and 2011 (seventh).

Perry began his coaching career as the running backs coach at Northeastern University in 1993 and later served as the receivers coach at Brown University (1994-96). He also made coaching stops at his alma mater, the University of New Hampshire (1997-98), as the wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator, Dartmouth University (1999-2004) as offensive coordinator, Georgetown University (2005) as the associate head coach and quarterbacks coach, Hofstra University (2006) as the offensive coordinator, before a second stint at New Hampshire (2007) as the Wildcats’ associate head coach and quarterbacks coach.

A five-year member and four-year starter at New Hampshire from 1988-92, Perry enjoyed a record-setting career as a wide receiver for the Wildcats, setting the program standard for consecutive games with a reception at 42. Serving as team captain as a senior, Perry was a two-time All-Yankee Conference selection in 1991 and 1992 and graduated ranking second in program lore for receiving yards (2,873) and receptions (191). Additionally, Perry also lettered two seasons in basketball (1990-91).

A native of Andover, Mass., Perry earned a dual bachelor's degree in communications and history from New Hampshire in 1992. He is married to the former Jen Slosek of North Andover, Mass., and they are the parents of daughters, Caitlin and Elizabeth and son, John. His brother, James, is the current head football coach at Brown, serving in the role since 2019.