Al Groh visits the student section at a University of Virginia basketball game.
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Sport(s) | Football |
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Biographical details | |
Born |
New York City |
July 13, 1944
Playing career | |
1963–1965 | Virginia |
Position(s) | Defensive end |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1967 | Albemarle HS (OC) |
1968–1969 | Army (freshman DC) |
1970 | Virginia (freshmen) |
1971–1972 | Virginia (DL) |
1973–1977 | North Carolina (LB) |
1978–1979 | Air Force (DC) |
1980 | Texas Tech (LB) |
1981–1986 | Wake Forest |
1987 | Atlanta Falcons (TE/ST) |
1988 | South Carolina (OC) |
1989–1990 | New York Giants (LB) |
1991 | New York Giants (DC) |
1992 | Cleveland Browns (LB) |
1993–1996 | New England Patriots (DC/LB) |
1997–1999 | New York Jets (LB) |
2000 | New York Jets |
2001–2009 | Virginia |
2010–2012 | Georgia Tech (DC) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 85–92 (college) 9–7 (NFL) |
Bowls | 3–2 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
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Awards | |
2x ACC Coach of the Year (2002, 2007) |
Al Groh (born July 13, 1944) is an American football analyst and former player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Wake Forest University from 1981 to 1986 and at the University of Virginia from 2001 to 2009, compiling a career college football coaching record of 85–92. Groh was also the head coach for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL) for one season, in 2000, tallying a mark of 9–7. He last coached as the defensive coordinator for Georgia Tech in 2012. Groh is currently a college football analyst for ESPN.
Groh is a two-time Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year, winning the award in 2002 and 2007. He has over 38 years of professional and collegiate coaching experience, including 13 seasons in the NFL, a Super Bowl title with the New York Giants, and over a decade of working under coach Bill Parcells.
Born in New York City, Groh is a native of Manhasset, New York, on the North Shore of Long Island. He is a 1962 graduate of Chaminade High School, where he played on Chaminade's undefeated, untied 1961 football team under coach Joe Thomas.
Groh attended the University of Virginia and played on the Virginia Cavaliers football team from 1963 to 1965, lettering at defensive end in 1965. A two-sport athlete, He also lettered on defense for the Cavalier lacrosse team. He is a 1967 graduate of the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce.