Josh Heupel
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Offensive coordinator / quarterbacks coach |
| Team | Missouri |
| Conference | SEC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
March 22, 1978 Aberdeen, South Dakota |
| Playing career | |
| 1997 | Weber State |
| 1998 | Snow College |
| 1999−2000 | Oklahoma |
| 2001 | Miami Dolphins |
| 2002 | Green Bay Packers |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2004 | Oklahoma (GA) |
| 2005 | Arizona (TE) |
| 2006−2010 | Oklahoma (QB) |
| 2011−2014 | Oklahoma (co-OC) |
| 2015 | Utah State (AHC/OC/QB) |
| 2016−present | Missouri (OC/QB) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| Consensus All-American (2000) AP Player of the Year (2000) Walter Camp Award (2000) Archie Griffin Award (2000) Harley Award Winner (2000) Quarterback of the Year (2000) |
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Josh Heupel (born March 22, 1978) is the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Missouri Tigers. He is also a former college football player who played quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners football team at the University of Oklahoma. During his college playing career, he was recognized as a consensus All-American, won numerous awards, and led Oklahoma to the 2000 BCS National Championship. Heupel became a coach after his playing career ended. He served as co-offensive coordinator for the Oklahoma Sooners until January 6, 2015, when he was fired from his position. He was named the assistant head coach, offensive coordinator, and quarterbacks coach at Utah State on January 23, 2015. After one season at Utah State, he was hired at the University of Missouri under Barry Odom's new staff.
Heupel was born and raised in Aberdeen, South Dakota. His mother Cindy was a high school principal, and his father Ken was a head football coach at Northern State University. As a child, Heupel watched game film with his father.
He attended Central High School in Aberdeen, where he played high school football for the Central Golden Eagles. In the second half of the first game of his sophomore season in 1994, he became the Golden Eagles' quarterback in a scaled-down version of the run and shoot offense. As a senior, he was named South Dakota's player of the year. He got recruiting inquiries from major college football programs at the universities of Houston, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Wyoming, but "it seemed I was always the second or third guy on their list," according to Heupel.
Heupel began his collegiate playing career at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. He redshirted in 1996 and saw action in four games as a freshman in 1997, but he suffered an ACL injury during spring practice in 1998, pushing him down the team's depth chart. He transferred to Snow College in Ephraim, Utah, where he beat out Fred Salanoa as the team's starting quarterback. Heupel passed for 2,308 yards and 28 touchdowns, despite sharing playing time with Salanoa. He held a scholarship offer from Utah State University, but committed to Oklahoma after meeting with Mike Leach, the Sooners' new offensive coordinator.
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