James Urban
James Urban (born December 1, 1973) is an American football quarterback coach for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League.
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Position: | Quarterback coach |
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Born: | December 1, 1973 |
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College: | Washington and Lee |
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Playing career
Urban played college football at Washington and Lee. He played wide receiver and kick returner for the Generals.[1]
Coaching career
College
From 1997–1998, Urban was a graduate assistant at Clarion University of Pennsylvania. He was the Director of Football Administration at the University of Pennsylvania in 1999, and was the Director of Football Operations from 2000–2003.[1]
Professional
Philadelphia Eagles
Urban became a coaching intern for the Philadelphia Eagles during training camp in 2003. The assistant to head coach Andy Reid tore a patellar tendon during camp, and Urban took over his duties while he recovered. He was promoted to that position full-time in 2004.[2] He was promoted to offensive assistant/quality control coach on February 20, 2007.[1] He was promoted to quarterbacks coach in 2009 after Pat Shurmur left to be the offensive coordinator of the St. Louis Rams.[3] When the Eagles signed Michael Vick during the preseason in 2009, Urban and offensive quality control coach Doug Pederson helped acclimate Vick to the offensive scheme.[4] Urban was promoted to assistant offensive coordinator on February 8, 2011.[5]
Cincinnati Bengals
Shortly after his promotion to assistant offensive coordinator with the Eagles, Urban took the Cincinnati Bengals' wide receivers coach position on February 21, 2011.[6]
Baltimore Ravens
On January 5, 2018, Urban was hired by the Baltimore Ravens to be their new quarterbacks coach.[7] During his tenure he has worked with quarterback Lamar Jackson on improving Jackson's delivery of a football, footwork and familiarity with the Ravens new offense.[8]
References
- Spadaro, Dave (February 20, 2007). "Eagles Announce Coaching Moves". philadelphiaeagles.com. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
- Grotz, Bob (February 11, 2011). "NFL: Eagles promote Urban to QBs coach". The Reporter. Archived from the original on March 10, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
- Frank, Reuben (January 31, 2009). "Eagles bring back Pederson as assistant coach". Burlington County Times. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
- "Vick 'looks pretty good,' may play Thursday". NBC Sports. August 23, 2009. Archived from the original on October 10, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
- Phillips, James (February 10, 2011). "Mechanicsburg native James Urban is promoted by Eagles". The Patriot-News. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
- "Bengals land Eagles aide Urban to coach receivers". NFL.com. February 21, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 5, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Shaffer, Jonas; Han, Giana. "Lamar Jackson's progress is evident at Baltimore Ravens training camp". washingtonpost.com. Washington Post. Retrieved November 29, 2019.