Aaron Roderick (December 20, 1972) is an

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coach and former wide receiver who is currently the

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and

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Brigham Young University Brigham Young University (BYU, sometimes referred to colloquially as The Y) is a private research university in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...

(BYU). He was previously BYU's passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach from 2018 to 2020 and an offensive consultant in 2017. Roderick was previously in other assistant coaching roles, including at the

University of Utah The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the flagship institution of the Utah System of Higher Education. The university was established in 1850 as the University of De ...

from 2005 to 2016 and

Southern Utah University Southern Utah University (SUU) is a public university in Cedar City, Utah. Founded in 1897 as a normal school, Southern Utah University now graduates over 1,800 students each year with baccalaureate and graduate degrees from its six colleges. ...

(SUU) from 2003 to 2004.

Coaching career

BYU

In 1999, Roderick began his coaching career at BYU, his alma mater, as a graduate assistant for the offense under head coach

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. When Edwards retired as BYU's head coach in 2001, Roderick was retained as a graduate assistant under new head coach

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Snow College

In 2002, Roderick was hired as the running backs coach at

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Southern Utah

In 2003, Roderick was named the offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach and recruiting coordinator at SUU.

Utah

In 2005, Roderick joined the University of Utah as the wide receivers coach. Before the 2009 season, Utah offered Roderick a promotion to co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach and he briefly accepted before opting to go to the

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to serve as the wide receivers coach. A few weeks later, Roderick returned to Utah, citing personal reasons, to be the wide receivers coach. In 2010, Roderick was promoted to Utah's co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach.

BYU (second stint)

In 2017, Roderick returned to BYU as an offensive consultant. In 2018, Roderick was hired as the passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach under head coach

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. In 2019, Roderick was a 2019 Broyles Award nominee, an annual award given to the nation's top assistant coach. On January 4, 2021, Roderick was promoted to offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, replacing

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, who left to become the offensive coordinator at

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Personal life

Roderick graduated from BYU in 1998 with a

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in sociology, and earned a

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

in sociology at BYU in 2002, while working as the

running backs coach In American football, a position coach is a team official in charge of coaching a specific position group. Position coaches have more specialized duties than the head coach, assistant coach, and the offensive and defensive coordinators. Common ...

. Roderick is married to Ellen McConnell and has three children.

References

External links

Utah Utes Bio

BYU Cougars Bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Roderick, Aaron 1972 births Living people American football wide receivers BYU Cougars football coaches BYU Cougars football players Snow Badgers football coaches People from Bountiful, Utah Sportspeople from the Salt Lake City metropolitan area Players of American football from Utah Ricks Vikings football players Southern Utah Thunderbirds football coaches Utah Utes football coaches