Current Team: | Denver Broncos |
Position: | Assistant offensive line coach |
Birth Date: | 11 April 1981 |
Birth Place: | Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 3 |
Weight Lbs: | 288 |
High School: | Cincinnati (OH) Purcell Marian |
College: | Northwestern |
Draftyear: | 2003 |
Draftround: | 4 |
Draftpick: | 133 |
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Statlabel1: | Games played |
Statvalue1: | 34 |
Statlabel2: | Games started |
Statvalue2: | 1 |
Pfr: | KingAu20 |
Austin Patrick King (born April 11, 1981) is an American assistant offensive line coach for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). Prior to his coaching career, he was a center in the NFL.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected him the fourth round of the 2003 NFL draft.[1] [2] Following his rookie season, he played the majority of his career with the Atlanta Falcons.[3]
After beginning at Toledo as a quality control coach and working his way up to offensive coordinator at Dayton where he led a record setting offense in 2019, he was hired as a quality control coach by the Raiders on February 5, 2020.[4] In February 2021, he was promoted to tight ends coach.[5] He was not retained by new Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels and was hired to be the assistant offensive line coach under new Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus on February 7, 2022.[6]
On February 28, 2023, King was hired by the Denver Broncos to serve as the team's offensive line coach.[7]