Glen Elarbee (born February 27, 1980) is an American college football coach who is currently the offensive line coach at the University of Tennessee. He previously served as the assistant head coach for offense and offensive line coach at the University of Central Florida (UCF).
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Offensive line coach |
| Team | Tennessee |
| Conference | SEC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | February 27, 1980[1] |
| Playing career | |
| 1998–2002 | Middle Tennessee State |
| Position(s) | Center |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2003–2004 | Middle Tennessee State (GA) |
| 2005 | Middle Tennessee State (TE) |
| 2006 | East Central CC (OL) |
| 2007 | LSU (GA) |
| 2008–2009 | Oklahoma State (GA) |
| 2010–2011 | West Georgia (OC/OL) |
| 2012 | Middle Tennessee State (OL) |
| 2013 | Houston (OL) |
| 2014–2015 | Arkansas State (co-OC/OL) |
| 2015–2016 | Missouri (OL) |
| 2018–2020 | UCF (AHC/OL) |
| 2021–present | Tennessee (OL) |
Playing career
editElarbee played at Middle Tennessee State as a center. He played in 35 career games for the Blue Raiders from 1998 to 2002, starting his final 23 games. He was a four-year letterwinner, a two-time all-conference standout, and he helped Middle Tennessee capture its first Sun Belt title in 2001. In 2002, he received his undergraduate degree in mathematics.[2]
Coaching career
editAfter graduating from Middle Tennessee State, Elarbee served as a graduate assistant at Middle Tennessee. In 2005, he was appointed the tight ends coach at Middle Tennessee under head coach Andy McCollum and offensive coordinator Darin Hinshaw. He had several stints at assistant roles at East Central CC, LSU, and Oklahoma State. From 2010 to 2011, he became the Offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at West Georgia. In 2012, he returned to Middle Tennessee to coach offensive line.
Elarbee was hired as offensive line coach by the University of Houston in January 2013.[3]
Following the 2013 season, Elarbee accepted the position as co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Arkansas State University[4]
Elarbee was appointed offensive line coach at the University of Missouri on January 11, 2016, working under head coach Barry Odom and alongside offensive coordinator Josh Heupel[5]
On December 5, 2017, Heupel was appointed head coach of the UCF Knights football team. Elarbee was the first to join Heupel's staff to be the offensive line coach hired on December 8. Before the 2018 season began, Heupel named Elarbee the assistant head coach for offense after Heupel decided to play-call rather than hiring a formal offensive coordinator.[6]
Elarbee was hired at University of Tennessee as their offensive line coach following head coach Josh Heupel from UCF.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Glen Elarbee - Football Coach". University of Tennessee Athletics.
- ^ "2002 Football Roster". goblueraiders. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Glen Elarbee Added to Houston Staff". uhcougars. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Elarbee Named Co-Offensive Coord., O-Line Coach". astateredwolves. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Glen Elarbee Joins @MizzouFootball Coaching Staff". mutigers. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Get to know UCF OL coach Glen Elarbee". rivals.com. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Get To Know New Tennessee Offensive Line Coach Glen Elarbee". si.com. Retrieved July 22, 2023.