Austin King Explained

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
Pastteams:
Pastcoaching:
  • Toledo (2012–2013)
    Offensive quality control assistant
  • Syracuse (2014)
    Offensive quality control assistant
  • Dayton (2015–2019)
    Offensive coordinator
  • Las Vegas Raiders
    Offensive quality control coach
  • Las Vegas Raiders
    Tight ends coach
  • Chicago Bears
    Assistant offensive line coach
  • Denver Broncos (–present)
    Assistant offensive line coach
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.

Playing career

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]

Coaching career

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2003 NFL Draft Listing . 2023-03-28 . Pro-Football-Reference.com . en.
  2. News: Bucs address offensive line on day 2. Cobb. Mike. 28 April 2003. Lakeland Ledger. C1. 9 June 2016.
  3. Web site: Austin King Profile. NFL.com. February 6, 2020.
  4. Web site: Las Vegas Raiders announce hiring of Rod Marinelli and Austin King. Raiders.com. February 5, 2020.
  5. Web site: Report: Raiders promoting Austin King to tight ends coach. Pro Football Talk. February 10, 2021. Simmons. Myles.
  6. Web site: Bears hire King as assistant offensive line coach. Mayer. Larry. February 7, 2022. ChicagoBears.com. February 7, 2022.
  7. Web site: Broncos 2023 Coaching Staff Tracker: Sean Payton puts the final touches on his coaching staff. April 29, 2024. thednvr.com. en.