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Mike Groh

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Mike Groh
Sport(s)	Football
Current position
Title	Wide receivers coach
Team	Chicago Bears
Biographical details
Born	December 19, 1971 (age 41) Charlottesville, Va.
Playing career
1991-95 1996 1997	University of Virginia Baltimore Ravens Rhein Fire
Position(s)	QB
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2000 2001-02 2003 2004-05 2006-2008 2009 2010 2011-2012 2013-present	New York Jets (assistant) Virginia (WR) Virginia (WR/QB) Virginia (QB) Virginia (OC) Alabama (GA) Louisville (QB) Alabama (WR) Chicago Bears (WR)

Mike Groh (born December 19, 1971, in Charlottesville, Virginia) is an American college football coach and former player, currently the wide receivers coach for the Chicago Bears. He is a former starting quarterbackfor the University of Virginia Cavaliers.

Contents [hide] 1 High school career 2 College career 3 Coaching career 4 References

[edit]High school career

Groh attended Randolph High School in Randolph, NJ, where he was part of the state championship team in 1990. Of note, his last game as a senior is often called the "Miracle at Montclair" or "The Greatest High School Game Ever Played" in New Jersey, a 22-21 victory in dramatic fashion over Montclair High School. The game was the 49th consecutive win for the program, a state record at the time. Groh was the quarterback and kicker on the team, and kicked the game-winning field goal as the clock expired.
[edit]College career

Groh enrolled at the University of Virginia in the fall of 1991 and was redshirted as a true freshman. He served as a backup quarterback during his redshirt freshman season in 1992 and replaced struggling starter Bobby Goodman in a late season game against N.C. State. However, in the 1993 season, Groh lost the quarterback competition to fellow redshirt sophomore Symmion Willis and again served as a backup. In the first game of the 1994 season against Clemson, Groh alternated with Willis when the offense struggled during a 6-3 win. Groh and Willis continued to alternate at quarterback for the next few games until Groh emerged as the starting quarterback. The Cavaliers finished 9-3 for the 1994 season with a win over Texas Christian University in the Independence Bowl. Groh led the Cavaliers to a 9-4 record in the 1995 season highlighted by a 33-28 win overFlorida State and a win over Georgia in the Peach Bowl. His father is Al Groh the former head coach of football at Virginia.
[edit]Coaching career

Groh was hired on the Virginia staff in 2001 as the wide receivers coach before he took on the task of coaching the Cavalier quarterbacks in 2003 along with the receivers. Then in 2006, he was named the teams offensive coordinator. He was relieved of the offensive coordinator position at the University of Virginia in December 2008.^[1] Groh spent the 2009 season at Alabama as an offensive graduate assistant as the Crimson Tide recorded a 14-0 record en route to the National Championship. Louisville Cardinals head coach Charlie Strong announced, on January 13, 2010, that he has hired Mike Groh to coach the quarterbacks at University of Louisville. On February 7, 2011, it was announced he had been given the job of wide receivers coach at the University of Alabama.^[2] On February 21, 2013, it was announced that Groh was hired by the Chicago Bears as wide receivers coach.^[3]
[edit]References

• ^ Goldsmith, Will. "Mike Groh ousted as offensive coordinator". C-VILLE Weekly. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
• ^ Goodbread, Chase (February 7, 2011). "Groh named to replace Cignetti on Alabama staff". The Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
• ^ Biggs, Brad (February 21, 2013). "Bears add Mike Groh to complete Marc Trestman's staff". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved February 21, 2013.

Nice! I hope it hurts abalamalbalas recruiting hehe. #WarEagle

great that we waited that long. Only heard good things about him so far.

The puzzle is complete in regards to Trestman's staff. Just one of many from Saban's staff making the jump recently to the NFL. Bit a journey man following his dad around the NFL and NCAA though.

Seems like a lot of his notoriety in the college game is as a recruiter for FSU and Alabama. As a former "rivals recruiter of the year" hopefully this means he will have some good notes for Emery's scouts in what he wants for a WR.

Time for him to start developing AJ as a reliable No. 2 receiver for Cutty.

I remember him being on the Jets. If he had anything to do with the offense, I'm impressed (Keyshawn Johnson, Wayne Chrebet, Kyle Brady, Vinnie Testevarde, Curtis Martin).

I agree with Ric, he can't be worse than Drake. I do remember his dad, Al Groh, who was the head coach of the University of Virginia from 2001-2009.

Welcome to Chicago!

Originally Posted by Riczaj01

He CANNOT be worse then the previous WR coach the Bears had. Welcome aboard sir.

I agree and think he is a very good hire. Again proper homework was done before the hire was made. Feeling better and better about the new regime every day.

Well, I can't honestly say one way or the other, but from the sounds of things this looks like a good hire. Time will tell, but all arrows pointing up right now.