Alan Jacob Milwee (born January 19, 1986) is an American football coach who currently is the co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Texas at Austin. He also has stints as an assistant coach at Akron, East Mississippi Community College, and North Alabama. He played college football at North Alabama, where he broke program records in completions and touchdown passes and was a two-time Harlon Hill Trophy finalist.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Co-offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach |
| Team | Texas |
| Conference | SEC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | January 19, 1986 Boaz, Alabama, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 2004 | Alabama |
| 2005–2008 | North Alabama |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2009–2010 | North Alabama (GA) |
| 2011 | East Mississippi (QB) |
| 2012 | Akron (QB) |
| 2013–2018 | Akron (OC/QB) |
| 2019–2020 | Alabama (OA) |
| 2021–2022 | Texas (QB) |
| 2023–present | Texas (co-OC/QB) |
Playing career
editA native of Boaz, Alabama, Milwee initially walked-on at Alabama in 2004, redshirting the season as a reserve quarterback.[1] He then transferred to then-Division II North Alabama to play for head coach Mark Hudspeth. After spending the 2005 season as a backup quarterback, Milwee was named the starting quarterback in 2006 where he compiled a 33–5 record and broke several program records including passing yards, completions, and passing touchdowns.[2] He was also a two-time finalist for the Harlon Hill Trophy, an award given to the top college football player in Division II football.[3]
Coaching career
editMilwee worked as a graduate assistant at his alma mater North Alabama under Terry Bowden from 2009 to 2010, and later at East Mississippi Community College in 2011 as their quarterbacks coach.[4]
Akron
editMilwee was named the quarterbacks coach at Akron in 2012, working once again under Terry Bowden. He was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2013 at the age of 26, the 2nd youngest coordinator in FBS at the time of his hiring.[5] He was not retained after the firing of Bowden in 2018 and was replaced by Tommy Zagorski.
Alabama
editMilwee was hired as an offensive analyst at Alabama.[6] He was later hired to be the offensive coordinator at Arkansas State under former Alabama analyst Butch Jones before accepting a position at Texas.[7]
Texas
editMilwee was hired away from Arkansas State as the quarterbacks coach at Texas under former Alabama offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Hometown hero". TimesDaily. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- ^ "Alabama reportedly set to add former record-breaking college QB to Nick Saban's coaching staff". Saturday Down South. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- ^ "North Alabama: A.J. Milwee is Harlon Hill finalist". AL.com. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- ^ "EMCC hires former Boaz, UNA star Milwee". The Gadsden Times. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- ^ "Zips Football's Milwee Promoted to Offensive Coordinator". University of Akron Athletics. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- ^ "Alabama intel on new staff member, Henry Ruggs, injured LB". AL.com. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- ^ "A.J. Milwee named Arkansas State offensive coordinator". KAIT8 News. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
- ^ "Update on Steve Sarkisian's offensive staff at Texas". Football Scoop. Retrieved January 30, 2021.