Mike Groh

Albert Michael Groh III (born December 19, 1971) is an American football coach and former quarterback who is currently the wide receivers coach for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the offensive coordinator of the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He is a former starting quarterback at the University of Virginia.

Mike Groh
Indianapolis Colts
Position:Wide receivers coach
Personal information
Born: (1971-12-19) December 19, 1971
Charlottesville, Virginia
Career information
College:Virginia
Undrafted:1996
Career history
As player:
As coach:
Career highlights and awards
As coach

Playing career

High school

Groh attended Randolph High School in Randolph, New Jersey, graduating in 1991. He played football for the Randolph Rams, starting as the team's quarterback and placekicker.

College

Groh enrolled at the University of Virginia in the fall of 1991 and was redshirted as a true freshman. He served as a backup quarterback during his redshirt freshman season in 1992 and replaced struggling starter Bobby Goodman in a late season game against N.C. State. However, in the 1993 season, Groh lost the quarterback competition to fellow redshirt sophomore Symmion Willis and again served as a backup. In the first game of the 1994 season against Clemson, Groh alternated with Willis when the offense struggled during a 6–3 win. Groh and Willis continued to alternate at quarterback for the next few games until Groh emerged as the starting quarterback. The Cavaliers finished 9–3 for the 1994 season with a win over Texas Christian University in the Independence Bowl. Groh led the Cavaliers to a 9–4 record in the 1995 season highlighted by a 33–28 win over Florida State and a win over Georgia in the Peach Bowl. His father is Al Groh, who served as the head football coach at Virginia after Mike had graduated.

Coaching career

New York Jets

Groh was hired as an assistant for his father Al, who was head coach of the New York Jets in 2000.[1]

Virginia

Groh was hired on the Virginia staff in 2001 as the wide receivers coach before he took on the task of coaching the Cavalier quarterbacks in 2003 along with the receivers. In 2006, he was named the teams offensive coordinator. He was relieved of the offensive coordinator position at the University of Virginia in December 2008.[2]

Alabama

Groh spent the 2009 season at Alabama as an offensive graduate assistant as the Crimson Tide recorded a 14–0 record en route to the National Championship.

Louisville

Louisville Cardinals head coach Charlie Strong announced, on January 13, 2010, that he has hired Mike Groh to coach the quarterbacks at University of Louisville.

Return to Alabama

On February 7, 2011, it was announced he had been given the job of wide receivers coach at the University of Alabama.[3]

Chicago Bears

On February 21, 2013, it was announced that Groh was hired by the Chicago Bears as wide receivers coach.[4]

Los Angeles Rams

On January 25, 2016, the Los Angeles Rams announced they had hired Groh as their new passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach.

Philadelphia Eagles

On January 21, 2017, the Philadelphia Eagles announced that they had hired Groh to be their new wide receivers coach. [5] After the 2017 season when the Eagles won Super Bowl LII against the New England Patriots, Groh was promoted to offensive coordinator to replace Frank Reich after he took a head coaching job with the Colts. Groh was fired from the Eagles on January 9th, 2020 after they fell to the Seattle Seahawks in the Wild Card Round of the NFL Playoffs.[6]

Indianapolis Colts

On February 1st, 2020, Groh was named wide receivers coach for the Indianapolis Colts, reuniting with former Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator & current Colts head coach Frank Reich.

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References
  1. Mayer, Larry (July 11, 2013). "Groh looking to build upon recent success". Chicago Bears. Archived from the original on July 15, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
  2. Goldsmith, Will. "Mike Groh ousted as offensive coordinator". C-VILLE Weekly. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
  3. Goodbread, Chase (February 7, 2011). "Groh named to replace Cignetti on Alabama staff". The Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
  4. Biggs, Brad (February 21, 2013). "Bears add Mike Groh to complete Marc Trestman's staff". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  5. Kerr, Jeff (January 21, 2017). "Report: Eagles hire Mike Groh as wide receivers coach". 247 Sports. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  6. "Eagles dethrone Tom Brady, Patriots for first Super Bowl title in stunner". USA TODAY. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
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