He graduated from Quince Orchard High School in 1996, where he was a three-sport athlete, including three years on the Varsity baseball team where he earned All-Montgomery County honors as a junior and senior.
While attending Virginia Tech, Papuchis joined the staff at Blacksburg High where he also helped coach the junior varsity basketball program.
The following year, with Les Miles taking over for the departed Nick Saban, Bo Pelini joined LSU as Defensive Coordinator.
Just prior to LSU's 2007 season national championship, Pelini was hired as the new Head Coach for the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers football team.
The special teams unit also had a banner year under Papuchis in 2008, headlined by Henery's school-record 57-yard game-winning field goal against Colorado.
In his third season at Nebraska in 2010, Papuchis was one of four finalists for the FootballScoop Special Teams Coordinator of the Year Award, and continued to play a key role in a dominant defensive line.
On February 2, 2015, it was announced that Papuchis had accepted a position with the University of North Carolina as the team's linebacker coach.
In January 2019, Papuchis was hired as the special teams coordinator and inside linebackers coach with the Maryland Terrapins.
[1] On December 24, 2019, Papuchis was hired as the special teams coordinator and defensive ends coach for the Florida State University Seminoles.
[5] Since his hiring, Papuchis has coached Jermaine Johnson, Keir Thomas, Jared Verse, and Braden Fiske to the NFL.