James Urban
Personal information
Born: (1973-12-01) December 1, 1973 (age 50)
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
Career information
College:Washington and Lee
Career history
As a coach:

James Urban (born December 1, 1973) is an American football coach who was the quarterbacks coach for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as an assistant coach for the Cincinnati Bengals and Philadelphia Eagles.

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]

Following the 2022 season, Urban vacated the role of quarterbacks coach and assumed the title of senior football analyst/game planning.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c Spadaro, Dave (February 20, 2007). "Eagles Announce Coaching Moves". philadelphiaeagles.com. Retrieved February 19, 2011.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Frank, Reuben (January 31, 2009). "Eagles bring back Pederson as assistant coach". Burlington County Times. Retrieved February 19, 2011.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Vick 'looks pretty good,' may play Thursday". NBC Sports. August 23, 2009. Archived from the original on October 10, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
  5. ^ Phillips, James (February 10, 2011). "Mechanicsburg native James Urban is promoted by Eagles". The Patriot-News. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
  6. ^ "Bengals land Eagles aide Urban to coach receivers". NFL.com. February 21, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
  7. ^ "Ravens Hire Bengals' James Urban as Quarterbacks Coach". Archived from the original on January 5, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  8. ^ Shaffer, Jonas; Han, Giana. "Lamar Jackson's progress is evident at Baltimore Ravens training camp". Washington Post. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  9. ^ "Tee Martin Named QBs Coach, Willie Taggart Joins Staff". baltimoreravens.com. Retrieved January 4, 2024.

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