A. J. Milwee

Alan Jacob Milwee (born January 19, 1986) is an American football coach who is currently the quarterbacks coach at the University of Texas at Austin. He also has stints as an assistant coach at Akron, East Mississippi Community College, and North Alabama. He played college football at North Alabama, where he broke program records in completions and touchdown passes and was a two-time Harlon Hill Trophy finalist.

A. J. Milwee
Current position
TitleQuarterbacks coach
TeamTexas
ConferenceBig 12
Biographical details
Born (1986-01-19) January 19, 1986
Boaz, Alabama
Playing career
2004Alabama
2005–2008North Alabama
Position(s)Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2009–2010North Alabama (GA)
2011East Mississippi CC (QB)
2012Akron (QB)
2013–2018Akron (OC/QB)
2019–2020Alabama (OA)
2021–presentTexas (QB)

Playing career

A native of Boaz, Alabama, Milwee initially walked-on at Alabama in 2004, redshirting the season as a reserve quarterback.[1] He then transferred to then-Division II North Alabama to play for head coach Mark Hudspeth. After spending the 2005 season as a backup quarterback, Milwee was named the starting quarterback in 2006 where he compiled a 33–5 record and broke several program records including passing yards, completions, and passing touchdowns.[2] He was also a two-time finalist for the Harlon Hill Trophy, an award given to the top college football player in Division II football.[3]

Coaching career

Milwee worked as a graduate assistant at his alma mater North Alabama under Terry Bowden from 2009 to 2010, and later at East Mississippi Community College in 2011 as their quarterbacks coach.[4]

Akron

Milwee was named the quarterbacks coach at Akron in 2012, working once again under Terry Bowden. He was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2013 at the age of 26, the 2nd youngest coordinator in FBS at the time of his hiring.[5] He was not retained after the firing of Bowden in 2018 and was replaced by Tommy Zagorski.

Alabama

Milwee was hired as an offensive analyst at Alabama.[6] He was later hired to be the offensive coordinator at Arkansas State under former Alabama analyst Butch Jones before accepting a different coaching position.[7]

Texas

Milwee was hired away from Arkansas State as the quarterbacks coach at Texas under former Alabama offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian.[8]

References
  1. "Hometown hero". TimesDaily. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  2. "Alabama reportedly set to add former record-breaking college QB to Nick Saban's coaching staff". Saturday Down South. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  3. "North Alabama: A.J. Milwee is Harlon Hill finalist". AL.com. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  4. "EMCC hires former Boaz, UNA star Milwee". The Gadsden Times. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  5. "Zips Football's Milwee Promoted to Offensive Coordinator". University of Akron Athletics. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  6. "Alabama intel on new staff member, Henry Ruggs, injured LB". AL.com. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  7. "A.J. Milwee named Arkansas State offensive coordinator". KAIT8 News. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  8. "Update on Steve Sarkisian's offensive staff at Texas". Football Scoop. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
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