Josh Grizzard

Joshua G. Grizzard (born June 11, 1990) is an American football coach who is the offensive quality control coach for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL).

Josh Grizzard
Miami Dolphins
Position:Offensive quality control coach
Personal information
Born: (1990-06-11) June 11, 1990
Zebulon, North Carolina
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:196 lb (89 kg)
Career information
High school:East Wake (NC)
College:Yale
Career history
As a coach:
  • Yale (2012)
    Student assistant
  • Duke (2013–2016)
    Graduate assistant/quality control
  • Miami Dolphins (2017–2018)
    Offensive quality control coach
  • Miami Dolphins (2019)
    Quality control coach
  • Miami Dolphins (2020–2021)
    Wide receivers coach
  • Miami Dolphins (2022–present)
    Quality control

Early life and playing career

A native of Zebulon, North Carolina, Grizzard was a two-sport athlete at East Wake High School, where he played basketball and football. A two-way player who played quarterback and safety, he was his class' valedictorian, graduating with a 4.75 GPA.[1] He played college football at Yale from 2008 to 2011 before opting to switch to a student coaching position.

Coaching career

After graduating from Yale in 2012, Grizzard interned with the Carolina Panthers as an operations intern during their training camp.

Grizzard coached at Duke from 2013 to 2016 as a graduate assistant/quality control coach, working with the Blue Devil quarterbacks.[2]

Miami Dolphins

He was retained by new head coach Brian Flores and reassigned to a general quality control coaching position in 2019.[3]

Grizzard was promoted to wide receivers coach in 2020.[4][5] In 2022, he was retained by Mike McDaniel and went back to being a quality control coach.[6]

References
  1. "Josh Grizzard's gridiron journey comes full circle". The News & Observer. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  2. "Dolphins' staff has Patriots flavor, even-keeled teachers, flexibility". ESPN. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  3. "Miami Dolphins announce coaching staff, including Jim Caldwell". Palm Beach Post. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  4. "Dolphins promote Josh Grizzard to wide receivers coach". NBC Sports. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  5. Deen, Safid. "Dolphins' Brian Flores rounds out coaching staff by promoting Josh Grizzard". sun-sentinel.com. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  6. Oyefusi, Daniel (February 18, 2022). "Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel's staff is complete. The full breakdown". Miami Herald.
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