Joey Halzle
![]() Halzle in 2007 | |
Current position | |
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Title | Offensive coordinator |
Team | Tennessee |
Conference | SEC |
Biographical details | |
Born | (1986-01-29) January 29, 1986 (age 38) |
Alma mater | Oklahoma (2008) |
Playing career | |
2006–2008 | Oklahoma |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2009–2011 | Oklahoma (QC) |
2012–2014 | Oklahoma (GA) |
2015 | Utah State (OA/assistant QB) |
2016 | Missouri (OA/assistant QB) |
2019 | UCF (OA) |
2020 | UCF (QB) |
2021–2022 | Tennessee (QB) |
2023–present | Tennessee (OC/QB) |
Joey Halzle (born January 29, 1986) is an American football coach and former player who is currently the offensive coordinator at the University of Tennessee.
Early life
Hazle grew up in Oak Park, California and attended Oaks Christian High School. He committed to play college football at Oklahoma.[1]
College career
In his three years at Oklahoma, he played in 21 games, completing 53 of his 83 passes for 640 yards and four touchdowns with two interceptions.[2][3]
Coaching career
Halzle spent the first five years at Oklahoma as a quality control coach and a graduate assistant. From there he would become Utah State's assistant QB coach for one year. From there he moved on to Missouri for one year as their assistant QB Coach.[4] He returned to coaching in 2019, spending one year at UCF as an offensive assistant.[5] In the following season, UCF promoted Halzle to be their QB coach. As the QB coach for UCF, he helped quarterback Dillon Gabriel have a stellar year, completing 248 of his 413 passes for 3570 yards and 32 touchdowns, with only four interceptions.[6][7] After his stint with UCF, he would be hired as the QB Coach at Tennessee.[8][9] After coaching the QB position for two years, including helping Hendon Hooker enjoy a breakout year in 2022, and after he helped Tennessee win the 2022 Orange Bowl, Halzle was promoted to be Tennessee's offensive coordinator for the 2023 season.[10][11]
References
- ^ "Joey Halzle, Oklahoma, Quarterback". 247Sports. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- ^ "Joey Halzle Stats". Football Database. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- ^ "Joey Halzle". Sports Reference. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- ^ "JOEY HALZLE". Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- ^ "JOEY HALZLE". UCF Athletics. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- ^ Ray, Matt. "A Look at Tennessee's New QB Coach Joey Halzle". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- ^ Murphy, Brian. "UCF Names New QBs Coach, Co-Offensive Coordinators". Black and Gold Banneret. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- ^ "New Tennessee football coach Heupel brings 3 UCF assistants". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- ^ Young, Mason. "OU football: Former Sooner quarterback Joey Halzle hired by Josh Heupel as Tennessee quarterbacks coach". OU Daily. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- ^ Thamel, Pete. "Tennessee promotes QB coach Joey Halzle to offensive coordinator". ESPN. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- ^ Sparks, Adam. "New Tennessee offensive coordinator Joey Halzle got big raise, extension before Orange Bowl". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
External links
- Tennessee Volunteers coaching bio