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Al Groh

Al Groh
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Al Groh visits the student section at a University of Virginia basketball game.
Sport(s) Football
Biographical details
Born (1944-07-13) July 13, 1944 (age 72)
New York City
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
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.


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