Since his appointment as special teams coordinator at Toledo in 2023, Stanton Weber has helped build the Rockets’ special teams unit into a force in the Mid-American Conference.
   In 2024, Weber was named one of five national finalists for “Special Teams Coordinator of the Year” by Football Scoop. He was also named to the American Football Coaches Association’s (AFCA) 2025 “35 Under 35 Leadership Institute.”
   Toledo’s special teams unit made its mark in almost every area in 2024. The Rockets averaged 24.1 yards per kick return, which was third in the MAC and 25th in the nation. Jacquez Stuart averaged 34.0 yards per return on 14 attempts, which led the MAC and was fifth in the country. earning him first-team All-MAC honors. Punt returner Bryson Hammer was third the MAC and 17th in the country with an 13.4 punt return average, making second-team All-MAC.
    Of punter Emilio Duran’s 61 punts, 42 were either fair caught or downed inside the 20-yard line. Freshman placekicker Dylan Cunanan boomed a 54-yard field goal vs. BGSU on Oct. 26, the second-longest field goal in Toledo history, and also made 40-of-41 extra points. In addition, Toledo blocked one punt and one field goal, and did not have any kicks blocked.
   In Weber’s first season at Toledo, the Rockets excelled in both the kicking and return game in 2023. Jacquez Stuart ranked third in the FBS with a kick return average of 29.1, leading to a First-Team All-MAC selection. Stuart totaled 582 yards on kickoff returns, including an opening 97-yard kickoff for a touchdown against Buffalo. In the kicking game, Luke Pawlak placed himself on the All-MAC second team after making 12-of-15 field goals (80.0%) including a long kick of 44 yards. Pawlak and Michael Denning split kickoffs in 2023, with Denning delivering 12 touchbacks with a kickoff average of 57.2.
Weber began his coaching career at Kansas State, his alma mater, and spent two seasons as the special teams analyst at South Carolina before joining the Toledo coaching staff.
Weber was a three-time First-Team Academic All-Big 12 player as a wide receiver and special teams standout at Kansas State from 2011-15. A team captain as a senior in 2015, Weber played 46 career games and ended with 19 tackles. He helped the Wildcats accumulate a 34-18 record, earn a Big 12 championship in 2012 and advance to four straight bowl games.
After graduation, Weber spent four seasons coaching at his alma mater, two years as an offensive graduate assistant from 2017-18, and two seasons in a full-time role as the special teams’ quality control coach from 2019-20.
In his first season working with special teams, Weber helped the Wildcats break the single-season record for kickoff-return average, ranking first in the country with a 29.5 average. In 2020, K-State blocked the first punt in each of their first three contests. In the rivalry game against Kansas, the Wildcats returned four punts over 40 yards, including a pair of touchdowns. In that game, they set the school record for highest punt return average and most TDs scored in a game. K-State finished the 2020 season ranked second in the NCAA in punt return average (22.1).
Weber then moved on to South Carolina, where he spent two seasons as a special teams’ analyst. In 2022, the Gamecocks were ranked No. 1 in the country in special teams efficiency by ESPN, led the SEC in punt return average and had the nation’s longest kickoff return of the season (100 yards) against Texas A&M. They were also second in the SEC in yards per punt and were 11-of-11 on field goal attempts.
Stanton has two accounting degrees from Kansas State, earning his bachelor’s degree in 2015 and master’s degree in 2016, along with an MBA in 2019.
Weber comes from an athletic family, all of whom played collegiately at Kansas State. His father, Stan Weber, was a quarterback for the Wildcats from 1980-84; his brother Landry was a wide receiver at Kansas State from 2017-21; and his sister McKenzi played volleyball at KSU from 2016-19.
Weber and his wife Natalie were married in July of 2022.
Stanton Weber’s Coaching Experience
2023-25   Toledo – Special Teams Coordinator
2021-22    South Carolina – Special Teams Analyst
2019-20   Kansas State – Special Teams Quality Control
2017-18     Kansas State – Graduate Assistant
