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Joshua Kenneth Heupel[1] (/ˈhaɪpəl/ HYPE-əl; born March 22, 1978) is an American college football coach and former player who is the head football coach at the University of Tennessee. Previously he was head coach at the University of Central Florida, where he compiled a 28–8 record.

 

Josh Heupel

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Heupel in 2018

Tennessee Volunteers

Position:

Head coach

Personal information

Born:

March 22, 1978 (age 46)

Aberdeen, South Dakota, U.S.

Career information

High school:

Central (Aberdeen)

College:

Weber State (1996–1998)

Snow College (1998)

Oklahoma (1999-2000)

NFL draft:

2001 / Round: 6 / Pick: 177

Career history

As a player:

Miami Dolphins (2001)*

Green Bay Packers (2002)*

* Offseason and/or practice squad member only

As a coach:

Oklahoma (2004)

Graduate assistant

Arizona (2005)

Tight ends coach

Oklahoma (2006–2010)

Quarterbacks coach

Oklahoma (2011–2014)

Co-offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach

Utah State (2015)

Assistant head coach, offensive coordinator, & quarterbacks coach

Missouri (2016–2017)

Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach

UCF (2018–2020)

Head coach

Tennessee (2021–present)

Head coach

Career highlights and awards

As player

BCS national champion (2000)

Walter Camp Award (2000)

AP College Football Player of the Year (2000)

Archie Griffin Award (2000)

Quarterback of the Year (2000)

Chic Harley Award (2000)

Consensus All-American (2000)

Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year (2000)

Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Year (1999)

First-team All-Big 12 (2000)

Second-team All-Big 12 (1999)

As coach

AAC Championship (2018)

AAC East Division (2018)

FWAA First-Year Coach of the Year (2018, 2021)

SEC Coach of the Year (2022)

Head coaching record

Postseason:

NCAA bowls: 3–3 (.500)

Career:

NCAA: 55–20 (.733)

Heupel played college football as quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners. During his college playing career, he was recognized as a consensus All-American, won numerous awards, and led Oklahoma to the 2000 BCS National Championship.

 

After two years unsuccessfully trying to make an NFL roster (featuring brief stints with the Miami Dolphins and the Green Bay Packers), Heupel became a coach.

He served as co-offensive coordinator for Oklahoma until January 6, 2015, when he was let go in a restructuring of the program.[

 

2] He was named the assistant head coach, offensive coordinator, and quarterbacks coach for the Utah State University Aggies on January 23, 2015.[3] After one season at USU, he was hired on Barry Odom’s staff at Missouri, where he was the offensive coordinator before being hired for his first head coaching position at UCF.

 

In December 2017, Heupel was named the UCF head coach.[4] On January 27, 2021, Heupel was named the 27th head coach at Tennessee.