Joey Lynch

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Joey Lynch
Current position
Title Offensive coordinator
Team Vanderbilt
Conference SEC
Biographical details
Born (1983-10-17) October 17, 1983 (age 39)
Indianapolis, Indiana
Playing career
2003–2006 Ball State
Position(s) Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2007 Saint Joseph's (IN) (OC/QB)
2008 Ashland (OC)
2009 Ball State (WR)
2010Ball State (WR/RC)
2011–2013Ball State (TE/RC)
2014–2018Ball State (OC/QB)
2019Ball State (AHC/OC/QB)
2020 Colorado State (OC/QB)
2021 Vanderbilt (PGC/QB)
2022–presentVanderbilt (OC/QB)

Joey Lynch (born October 17, 1983) is an American football coach who is currently the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Vanderbilt University after previously holding the passing game coordinator role with the team. Prior to that, he was the offensive coordinator at Colorado State University. He played college football at Ball State University, where he was also a longtime assistant coach.

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Playing career

Lynch played quarterback at Ball State from 2003 to 2006 after being recruited by his father Bill. He never played for his father in college however, as the elder Lynch was let go after the 2002 season and Brady Hoke was named the new football head coach for the 2003 season. He was named the starting quarterback his sophomore year and remained the starter until his playing career ended in 2006. [1] He finished his career at Ball State with 4,932 passing yards and 32 touchdowns. [2]

Coaching career

After his playing career ended, Lynch initially accepted a position as a graduate assistant on the Ball State coaching staff, but instead decided to accept a position at Saint Joseph's College in Rensselaer, Indiana as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. [3] He held this position for one year before joining the coaching staff at Ashland University as the offensive coordinator in 2008.

Ball State

Lynch joined the coaching staff at his alma mater Ball State as a wide receivers coach in 2009, and was later named the recruiting coordinator in 2010. [4] He was retained by newly hired head coach Pete Lembo in 2010 and shifted to coaching the tight ends position and recruiting coordinator for the 2011 season. [5]

He was promoted to offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in December 2013 after Rich Skrosky accepted the head coaching position at Elon. [6]

Lynch added the title of assistant head coach in 2019. He was named a Broyles Award nominee in 2019 after guiding Ball State to a top 25 offense in terms of total yards. [7]

Colorado State

Lynch was named the offensive coordinator at Colorado State in 2020. [8]

Vanderbilt

Lynch was hired as the quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator at Vanderbilt under first-year head coach Clark Lea. [9]

Personal life

Lynch and his wife Danielle have six children. [10] Lynch's father Bill was the head coach at Ball State and Indiana. [11] His younger brother Kevin was also an assistant coach at Ball State and succeeded Lynch as offensive coordinator following the latter's departure from the program in 2020. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Son of DePauw head coach Bill Lynch to start at QB for Ball State". DePauw University. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "Colorado State football to hire offensive coordinator from top MAC offense". Fort Collins Coloradoan. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "Joey Lynch To Become Fulltime Coach at St. Joseph's College in Indiana". Ball State University Athletics. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "Joey Lynch Named Wide Receivers Coach". Ball State University Athletics. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  5. ↑ "Football Coach Pete Lembo Announces Staff". Ball State University Athletics. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "Football Head Coach Pete Lembo Promotes Staff". Ball State University Athletics. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  7. ↑ "LSU's Joe Brady, Ohio State's Jeff Hafley among nominees for Broyles Award as CFB's top assistant coach". NBC Sports. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  8. ↑ "Colorado State names Steve Addazio's offensive coordinator". NBC Sports. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  9. ↑ "Vanderbilt football hires offensive coordinator, QBs coach". Nashville Tennessean. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  10. ↑ "Life as a Division I football coach, father of 6 a balancing act for Ball State's Joey Lynch". The Star Press.
  11. ↑ "'Bill Lynch is what's good about college football': Lessons from 4 decades on the sideline". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  12. ↑ "Kevin Lynch Promoted to Ball State Football's Offensive Coordinator". Ball State University Athletics. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
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