David Corley Jr. (April 12, 1980) is an American football coach and former quarterback. He played college football at William & Mary and is currently the assistant quarterbacks coach of the

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of the National Football League (NFL).

Early life

Corley Jr. was born in

Salisbury, North Carolina Salisbury is a city in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, United States; it has been the county seat of Rowan County since 1753 when its territory extended to the Mississippi River. Located northeast of Charlotte and within its metropolita ...

, the son of David Sr. and Gail Corley. David played high school football at Fairfield Central High in Winnsboro, South Carolina. In Corley's last two years of high school, Fairfield went 30-0 and won back-to-back state football championships.

College playing career

Corley Jr. played football as a four-year starting Quarterback at NCAA Division I FCS William & Mary from 1999 to 2002. He signed with the Tribe because of coach

Jimmye Laycock Jimmye McFarland Laycock (born February 6, 1948) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the College of William & Mary from 1980 through 2018, retiring with the third-longest continuous head coaching tenure in ...

's reputation for developing quarterbacks, even though Corley was recruited by Clemson, South Carolina, Wake Forest and Georgia Tech.Ingram, Sarah Su
W&m's Teen Quarterback Devours Veggies, Milk And Defenses
''The Daily Press'', November 19, 1999. In

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, throwing for 2,808 yards and 21 touchdowns he led the Tribe to an 8-4 record, Atlantic 10 title and NCAA I-AA Playoff appearance. Corley still holds many all-time records at William and Mary including passing yards (9,805), total yards (10,948) and touchdown passes (73). In 2014 Corley Jr. was elected into the W&M Athletics Hall of Fame.Skipper, Jaco
W&M Hall of Fame
tribeathletics.com, November 26, 2013.

Coaching career

Corley spent 2004–2005 at the high school level coaching quarterbacks at C.A. Johnson Preparatory Academy in Columbia, South Carolina.David Corley Penn State Bio
, Penn State University Official Athletic Site, retrieved January 19, 2018. Initially hired as the running backs coach for the

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, for the 2018 season, Corley was switched to wide receivers coach after the hiring of

Ja'Juan Seider Ja'Juan Seider (born April 16, 1977), is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the running backs coach for Penn State. He played college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Florida A&M Rattlers. He was sele ...

, two weeks later. On January 2, 2019, one day after Penn State’s loss to Kentucky in the Citrus Bowl, Corley was relieved of his duties as wide receiver coach for the Nittany Lions.

Pittsburgh Steelers

On April 19, 2022, the

hired Corley as their Assistant quarterbacks coach

Personal

Corley graduated from William & Mary in 2002.Penn State hires RBs coach Corley
''Altoona Mirror'', January 13, 2018.

References

External links

Penn State profile
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