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Joey Halzle
Halzle in 2024
Current position
TitleOffensive coordinator
TeamTennessee
ConferenceSEC
Biographical details
Born (1986-01-29) January 29, 1986 (age 38)
Alma materOklahoma (2008)
Playing career
2006–2008Oklahoma
Position(s)Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2009–2011Oklahoma (QC)
2012–2014Oklahoma (GA)
2015Utah State (OA/assistant QB)
2016Missouri (OA/assistant QB)
2019UCF (OA)
2020UCF (QB)
2021–2022Tennessee (QB)
2023–presentTennessee (OC/QB)

Joey Halzle (born January 29, 1986) is an American football coach and former player who is currently the offensive coordinator at the University of Tennessee.

Early life

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Hazle grew up in Oak Park, California and attended Oaks Christian High School. He committed to play college football at Oklahoma.[1]

College career

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In his three years at Oklahoma, he played in 21 games, completing 53 of his 83 passes for 640 yards and four touchdowns with two interceptions.[2][3]

Coaching career

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Halzle spent the first five years at Oklahoma as a quality control coach and a graduate assistant. From there he would become Utah State's assistant QB coach for one year. From there he moved on to Missouri for one year as their assistant QB Coach.[4] He returned to coaching in 2019, spending one year at UCF as an offensive assistant.[5] In the following season, UCF promoted Halzle to be their QB coach. As the QB coach for UCF, he helped quarterback Dillon Gabriel have a stellar year, completing 248 of his 413 passes for 3570 yards and 32 touchdowns, with only four interceptions.[6][7] After his stint with UCF, he would be hired as the QB Coach at Tennessee.[8][9] After coaching the QB position for two years, including helping Hendon Hooker enjoy a breakout year in 2022, and after he helped Tennessee win the 2022 Orange Bowl, Halzle was promoted to be Tennessee's offensive coordinator for the 2023 season.[10][11]

References

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  1. ^ "Joey Halzle, Oklahoma, Quarterback". 247Sports. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  2. ^ "Joey Halzle Stats". Football Database. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  3. ^ "Joey Halzle". Sports Reference. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  4. ^ "JOEY HALZLE". Tennessee Athletics. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  5. ^ "JOEY HALZLE". UCF Athletics. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  6. ^ Ray, Matt. "A Look at Tennessee's New QB Coach Joey Halzle". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  7. ^ Murphy, Brian. "UCF Names New QBs Coach, Co-Offensive Coordinators". Black and Gold Banneret. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  8. ^ "New Tennessee football coach Heupel brings 3 UCF assistants". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  9. ^ Young, Mason. "OU football: Former Sooner quarterback Joey Halzle hired by Josh Heupel as Tennessee quarterbacks coach". OU Daily. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  10. ^ Thamel, Pete. "Tennessee promotes QB coach Joey Halzle to offensive coordinator". ESPN. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  11. ^ Sparks, Adam. "New Tennessee offensive coordinator Joey Halzle got big raise, extension before Orange Bowl". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
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