Austin Patrick King (born April 11, 1981) is an American assistant offensive line coach for the

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of the

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. Prior to his coaching career, he was a

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in the NFL.

Playing career

The

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selected him the fourth round of the

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. Following his rookie season, he played the majority of his career with the

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Coaching career

After beginning at

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as a quality control coach and working his way up to offensive coordinator at

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where he led a record setting offense in 2019, he was hired as a quality control coach by the Raiders on February 5, 2020. In February 2021, he was promoted to tight ends coach. He was not retained by new Raiders head coach

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and was hired to be the assistant offensive line coach under new Chicago Bears head coach

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on February 7, 2022.

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