Joey Halzle Explained

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

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

College career

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

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]}

External links

• Tennessee Volunteers coaching bio

Notes and References

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