Johns Hopkins University Athletics

In his sixth year as a member of the Blue Jay coaching staff - and third as the offensive coordinator - is Alex Horvatits. 

Horvatits, who also coaches the Blue Jay quarterbacks, arrived at Homewood after a three-season run as the wide receivers coach at Utica College.

Directing an offense that saw just four players start all 14 games due to a rash of injuries, Horvatits helped guide the 2024 Blue Jays to a 12-2 record, the program’s 17th Centennial Conference title, a run to the NCAA Semifinals and a final national ranking of third.

In his first season directing the Blue Jay offense in 2023, Horvatits’ unit averaged 40.9 points and 472.2 yards per game.  Johns Hopkins scored 27 or more points in 12 of 13 games, punched up at least 34 points in each of its last 11 outings and set a school record for touchdown passes (41).

Horvatits’ receiving core was a the heart of a Blue Jay pass game that generated better than 280 yards per game and produced a school-record-tying 39 touchdown receptions in 2022.  For the second consecutive year, three of his receivers earned All-Centennial Conference honors and that trio combined for more than 160 receptions for just over 2,000 yards and 30 touchdowns.

Horvatits’ core of wide receivers excelled during his first complete season at Homewood (2021) after the 2020 season was canceled due to COVID.

In 2021, Johns Hopkins produced three players with more than 75 receptions and 900 receiving yards for the first time in school history.  Those three individuals - Harrison Wellmann, Quinn Revere and Ryan Hubley - combined for 237 receptions for 3,330 yards and 33 touchdowns as Johns Hopkins set school records for points per game (46.5) and passing yards per game (346.8).

At Utica, Horvatits coached four Pioneer wide receivers to all-conference honors and was actively involved in all facets of the offense.  He assisted in the development of all practice and game plans and helped lead a Pioneer offense that averaged 32.7 and 29.4 points per game in 2018 and 2019, respectively.  Those two averages rank as two of the top four at Utica in the last 10 years.  Utica beat Ithaca, 44-42, in the 2018 ECAC Scotty Whitelaw Bowl to pick up the first post-season win in program history.

In addition to his role as the wide receivers coach, Horvatits also served as the video coordinator, worked closely with team’s kickoff and punt returners and also spent the 2019 season as the head coach of the JV team at Utica.  As head coach of the JV team, he served as the offensive coordinator.

Horvatits was a three-year starter at wide receiver at Thiel College and was an Honorable Mention All-President’s Athletic Conference selection as a sophomore, when he led the team in receiving with 45 receptions for 601 yards and four touchdowns.  A team co-captain as a senior, he finished his career with 83 receptions for 1,024 yards and 10 touchdowns.  He finished his career tied for eighth in program history with his 10 receiving touchdowns.

Horvatits graduated Summa Cum Laude from Thiel in 2017 with a degree in early childhood and special education.  He went on to earn his master’s in educational leadership and inclusive instruction at Utica in 2019.