Joey Lynch was previously the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Vanderbilt University after previously holding the passing game coordinator role with the team.
14 Facts About Joey Lynch
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Joey Lynch played college football at Ball State University, where he was a longtime assistant coach.
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Joey Lynch never played for his father in college however, as the elder Lynch was let go after the 2002 season and Brady Hoke was named the new football head coach for the 2003 season.
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Joey Lynch was named the starting quarterback his sophomore year and remained the starter until his playing career ended in 2006.
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Joey Lynch finished his career at Ball State with 4,932 passing yards and 32 touchdowns.
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Joey Lynch held this position for one year before joining the coaching staff at Ashland University as the offensive coordinator in 2008.
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Joey Lynch joined the coaching staff at his alma mater Ball State as a wide receivers coach in 2009, and was later named the recruiting coordinator in 2010.
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Joey Lynch was retained by newly hired head coach Pete Lembo in 2010 and shifted to coaching the tight ends position and recruiting coordinator for the 2011 season.
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Joey Lynch was promoted to offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in December 2013 after Rich Skrosky accepted the head coaching position at Elon.
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Joey Lynch added the title of assistant head coach in 2019.
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Joey Lynch was named a Broyles Award nominee in 2019 after guiding Ball State to a top 25 offense in terms of total yards.
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Joey Lynch was named the offensive coordinator at Colorado State in 2020.
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Joey Lynch was hired as the quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator at Vanderbilt under first-year head coach Clark Lea.
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Joey Lynch's younger brother Kevin was an assistant coach at Ball State and succeeded Lynch as offensive coordinator following the latter's departure from the program in 2020.