A. J. Milwee | |
Current Title: | Co-offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach |
Current Team: | Texas |
Current Conference: | SEC |
Birth Date: | 19 January 1986 |
Birth Place: | Boaz, Alabama, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 2004 |
Player Team1: | Alabama |
Player Years2: | 2005–2008 |
Player Team2: | North Alabama |
Player Positions: | Quarterback |
Coach Years1: | 2009–2010 |
Coach Team1: | North Alabama (GA) |
Coach Years2: | 2011 |
Coach Team2: | East Mississippi (QB) |
Coach Years3: | 2012 |
Coach Team3: | Akron (QB) |
Coach Years4: | 2013–2018 |
Coach Team4: | Akron (OC/QB) |
Coach Years5: | 2019–2020 |
Coach Team5: | Alabama (OA) |
Coach Years6: | 2021–2022 |
Coach Team6: | Texas (QB) |
Coach Years7: | 2023–present |
Coach Team7: | Texas (co-OC/QB) |
Alan Jacob Milwee (born January 19, 1986) is an American football coach who currently is the co-offensive coordinator and 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 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]
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]
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.
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 position at Texas.[7]
Milwee was hired away from Arkansas State as the quarterbacks coach at Texas under former Alabama offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian.[8]