| Washington Commanders | |
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| Position: | Tight ends coach |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | September 9, 1980 Edina, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| College: | Iowa (1999–2002) |
| Career history | |
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David Raih (born September 9, 1980) is an American football coach who is the tight ends coach for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). Raih played college football as a quarterback at Iowa from 1999 to 2002. Raih entered coaching as an intern at UCLA in 2008 and has also coached with Iowa, Texas Tech, and Vanderbilt in the NCAA and Green Bay Packers, Arizona Cardinals, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFL.
Raih was born on September 9, 1980, in Edina, Minnesota. He attended Saint Thomas Academy in Mendota Heights, Minnesota. Raih was a three-sport athlete in football, basketball and track. In his junior year, his team won the Minnesota state basketball championship. He also quarterbacked his team to the Minnesota state semifinals in football in both his junior and senior years.[1]
Raih played college football as a quarterback at the University of Iowa, earning a letter in his fourth year as the 2002 Iowa Hawkeyes football team won the Big Ten Conference title and earned a berth in the 2003 Orange Bowl. His playing career was limited due to injury. He had surgery on his throwing arm in both 1999 and 2002.[2] Prior to his start coaching, Raih was a sales representative for Zimmer Inc., a manufacturer of orthopedic devices (2004–07).[3]
Raih's coaching career started at UCLA, where he spent two years as an intern (2008–09) working with the quarterbacks under head coach Rick Neuheisel.[4] Raih left his six-figure salary job at Zimmer Inc. to become an unpaid intern for the UCLA.
Raih spent three seasons as a graduate assistant coach at his alma mater, the University of Iowa, where he assisted with tight ends (2012) and the offensive line (2010–2011).[5]
In 2013 Raih joined Texas Tech as the director of high school relations, in addition to assisting with quarterbacks under head coach Kliff Kingsbury Raih was promoted to outside receivers coach going into the 2013 Holiday Bowl.[6]
Raih spent five seasons with the Packers, most recently working as the wide receivers coach after being promoted on January 24, 2018. He previously served as offensive perimeter coach, following a promotion on February 27, 2017, and was earlier named assistant offensive line coach on February 17, 2016. He was initially hired by Head Coach Mike McCarthy on February 7, 2014, and spent his first two years as the team’s coaching administrator.
On January 13, 2019, Raih was hired by the Arizona Cardinals as their wide receivers coach, reuniting with head coach Kliff Kingsbury.
On February 2, 2021 Raih was hired as the offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach at Vanderbilt University under head coach Clark Lea.[7] He resigned after the season.
In 2023, Raih was hired by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a senior offensive analyst.[8]
On February 15, 2024, Raih was hired by the Washington Commanders as their tight ends coach under head coach Dan Quinn.[9]