Jake Peetz

Jake Peetz (born April 5, 1984) is an American football coach who is the Offensive Pass Game Specialist for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as an assistant coach for the Carolina Panthers, Alabama, Oakland Raiders, Washington Redskins and Jacksonville Jaguars. He was previously an offensive coordinator for the LSU Tigers. Peetz has worked for three head coaches twice in his career: Nick Saban (Alabama), Sean McVay (LA Rams & Washington Redskins), Jack Del Rio (Jacksonville Jaguars & Oakland Raiders).

Jake Peetz
Los Angeles Rams
Position:Pass Game Specialist
Personal information
Born: (1984-04-05) April 5, 1984
O'Neill, Nebraska, U.S.
Career information
High school:St. Mary's (O'Neill, Nebraska)
College:Nebraska
Career history
As a coach:
As an executive:

Coaching career

Early career

Peetz spent time with coaching on both sides of the ball at UCLA, then moved to the Jacksonville Jaguars, working in both the scouting and coaching sides. He then went to his fist tour at the University of Alabama working with the Quarterbacks, then moved to the Washington Redskins where he first worked with his current employer Sean McVay.[1] He would rejoin his former head coach in Jacksonville, Jack Del Rio, with the Oakland Raiders in 2017.[2]

Oakland Raiders

In three seasons with the Raiders, Peetz served as Senior Offensive Assistant and as the Quarterbacks coach of the Oakland Raiders.[3] Under his coaching, Derek Carr was named to the Pro Bowl.[4]

Carolina Panthers

After spending a year at on his second tour at the University of Alabama, Peetz was named the running backs coach of the Carolina Panthers in 2019 after former coach Jim Skipper retired.[5] Under his coaching, Christian McCaffrey led the NFL in touches, total touchdowns and all-purpose yards. He also led all running backs in points scored and receptions, and was named 1st-team All-Pro and selected to the Pro Bowl.[6][7][8] In 2020, Peetz was named the team's quarterbacks coach under new head coach Matt Rhule.[9]

LSU

On January 6, 2021, Peetz was hired to be the offensive coordinator at Louisiana State University (LSU) under head coach Ed Orgeron.[10] In 2021, Quarterback Max Johnson threw for 27 touchdowns which ranks for 4th in LSU history and Running Back Ty Davis-Price set the single game LSU rushing record in a victory vs the University of Florida.

Los Angeles Rams

On February 21, 2022, Peetz was hired by the Los Angeles Rams under to serve under head coach Sean McVay. After the 2022 season, he was promoted to the pass game specialist position.[11] On December 10, it was announced that Peetz had turned down an offer to join the Nebraska Cornhuskers' coaching staff as their QB coach, instead electing to remain with the Rams.[12]

References
  1. "Redskins Finalize 2014 Coaching Staff". Redskins.com. February 4, 2014. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  2. McClain, Chris (February 10, 2015). "Rod Woodson returns to coaching staff". Oakland Raiders. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  3. "Raiders announce Downing as offensive coordinator, Peetz QB coach". NBCS Bay Area. January 14, 2017. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  4. Kagarakis, Anna (January 22, 2018). "Raiders Derek Carr selected to 2018 Pro Bowl". 95.7 The Game. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  5. DeLong, Jonathan (February 20, 2019). "Panthers running backs coach Jim Skipper retires". Cat Scratch Reader. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  6. "2019 NFL Leaders and Leaderboards". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  7. "McCaffrey named to All-Pro team at 2 positions". ESPN.com. January 3, 2020. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  8. Henson, Max (December 17, 2019). "Christian McCaffrey and Luke Kuechly named to 2020 Pro Bowl". Panthers.com. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  9. "Panthers announce 2020 coaching hires". Panthers.com. January 31, 2020. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  10. Samuels, Doug (January 6, 2021). "Jake Peetz and DJ Mangas named new coordinators at LSU". footballscoop.com. Football Scoop. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  11. "Report: Jake Peetz joining Rams staff". ProFootballTalk. 2022-02-21. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  12. "Nebraska Football: Jake Peetz won't be joining Huskers coaching staff". huskercorner.com. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.