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RYAN GRUBB
When Kalen DeBoer was named Washington's new head football coach, the first staff member he announced was Ryan Grubb, who joins the Huskies as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
Grubb was a member of DeBoer's staff at Fresno State the last two seasons, serving as associate head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
In his first season on Montlake, Grubb helped guide the Husky offense to some of its highest heights while also coaching quarterback Michael Penix Jr. to one of the most prolific seasons in Husky history.
Washington led the nation in both passing offense (369.8 yards per game) and third-down conversions (57 percent) while also finishing second in total offense (515.8 yards per game). Just one season earlier, Washington finished the season 73rd in pass offense and 114th in total offense.
The Huskies also had top-25 finishes in sacks allowed (2nd), first downs (5th), scoring offense (7th), and rushing offense (25th).
Penix, meanwhile, broke the UW single-season passing record with 4,641 yards, and for single-game passing yards, with 516 vs. Arizona. The first-year Husky finished No. 8 in the Heisman Trophy voting, tied for third-highest in UW history.
This previous season, Grubb helped lead Fresno State to a 9-3 overall record. As of the end of the regular season, the Bulldogs ranked No. 1 in the Mountain West Conference in total offense (464.8 yards per game) and second in scoring offense (33.4 points per game) and passing offense (330.1 yards per game). In 2020, Fresno State also led the conference with 479.3 yards of total offense per game.
Grubb has spent considerable time alongside DeBoer over the last decade-plus. He joined DeBoer at Fresno State ahead of the 2017 season, as offensive line coach and run game coordinator, when DeBoer arrived as offensive coordinator. Prior to that, he was offensive line coach at Eastern Michigan during DeBoer's three seasons (2014-16) as offensive coordinator.
A former running back and wide receiver at Buena Vista University (Storm Lake, Iowa), Grubb first worked with DeBoer at the University of Sioux Falls from 2007-09. He was offensive line coach and run game coordinator those three seasons, when DeBoer, as head coach at his alma mater, led the Cougars to two NAIA national championships, a runner-up finish, and a 42-1 record in those three years. He continued on as USF offensive coordinator for four years (2010-13).
Grubb spent the last five seasons (2017-21) at Fresno State, including the last three as offensive coordinator. He coached offensive line the first three seasons and then, with DeBoer as head coach, took over coaching the quarterbacks.
In 2020 and 2021, he coached Fresno State quarterback Jake Haener, who was the second-team All-Mountain West Conference quarterback in 2021 – one of five Bulldogs to earn some level of All-MWC on offense. Haener completed 329-of-490 (67.1 percent) of his passes for 4,096 yards, 33 touchdowns and just eight interceptions.
In 2021, Fresno State finished first in the MWC and 14th in the nation in total offense (464.8 yards per game) and second in the conference and 26th in FBS in scoring (33.4 points per game). The Bulldogs' passing offense ranked second in conference and ninth in the country, with 326.7 yards per game.
The offense, and passing game in particular, also flourished in 2020 under Grubb, as it produced a conference-best 479.3 yards total offense per game, and the league's second-highest points per game total (32.8). Fresno State also led the Mountain West in passing yards per game, and ranked fifth in the FBS in that category, with 356.3 per game behind first-year signal caller Jake Haener. The Bulldogs generated over 400 yards total offense in all six games in 2020.
It was the first time since 2011 a Fresno State team had a streak of six-straight games with 400 yards total offense or more. The height of the offensive showcase came on Dec. 5 against Nevada, a game that saw Fresno State set the single game program record for most plays in a game, totaling 105. In that game, Fresno State produced 599 yards total offense, and Haener passed for 485 yards, the eighth-most in program history, completing 41-of-65 attempts.
The 2019 season marked the second season in a row and fourth time in the decade that the offense produced more than 30 points per game (30.0). The Bulldogs averaged 360.0 yards of total offense, generating 159.2 per game on the ground and 226.8 per game through the air in 2019.
In 2018, Grubb coached an offensive line that allowed just 12 sacks. In Grubb’s first two seasons, after it had given up just 10 the season before.
The 2018 team ranked sixth in the FBS in sacks allowed per game (0.86) and fifth in tackles for loss allowed per game (3.86).
In Grubb's first season, the Bulldogs’ offensive line turned into one of the team’s strongest position groups, allowing only 10 sacks in 14 games (0.71 per game), ranked third in the FBS. Fresno State also ranked third in the FBS in tackles for loss allowed per game at 3.29 per contest.
All five linemen from the 2017 team earned all-conference recognition. Center Aaron Mitchell earned second-team all-conference honors while Christian Cronk, Netane Muti, David Patterson and Micah St. Andrew each received honorable mention. In 2018, Cronk picked up All-MW first-team honors and St. Andrew was a second-team selection.
Grubb previously served as the offensive line coach at EMU for three seasons, guiding a group which allowed the eighth-fewest sacks in the nation in 2016, as well as the second-fewest tackles for a loss. His line produced two postseason All-MAC linemen in Cole Gardner and Andrew Wylie.
Eastern Michigan shattered the school record for team offense with 5,917 yards, breaking the previous record of 5,010. EMU also set team season records for points scored (385), passing yards (3,849), touchdown passes (25), first downs (303), pass completions (309), plays (999) as well single-game plays (99). The squad racked up the second-most touchdowns (47) and rushing TDs (21) in a season and the second-most single-game touchdown (8) and first downs (35). On the ground, the team produced the seventh-highest rushing yardage total in program history (2,068).
During the 2015 campaign, EMU finished the year with 39 touchdowns, a mark that tied for the fifth-most in a single season in program history, while its 4,560 yards of total offense were also the fifth-most.
Before arriving to Eastern Michigan, Grubb spent seven seasons at the University of Sioux Falls: the first three as the run game coordinator and offensive line coach followed by four seasons as the offensive coordinator. Grubb shared the same sideline with DeBoer from 2007-09 at USF and took over DeBoer’s OC duties upon his departure.
During Grubb’s time at Sioux Falls, the team posted a 75-13 (.852) record, as Grubb helped guide USF to two national championships and four Great Plains Athletic Conference championships. Grubb mentored multiple All-America selections, and saw Jon Ryan (wide receiver) and Lorenzo Brown (quarterback) earn NAIA Player of the Year honors. He helped more than 20 USF athletes garner all-conference accolades during his time with the Cougars.
In 2010, the Cougar offense thrived in its first year under the command of Grubb. The USF offense ranked third in scoring (577 points) and fourth in passing (3,821 yards) in the NAIA. Under Grubb, Ryan was named the NAIA Football Player of the Year and the GPAC Offensive Player of the Year.
The 2009 offensive line provided spectacular blocking for both USF’s running backs and NAIA Player of the Year Brown on the way to the program’s fourth national title. The Cougar offense set school records for points in a game (80), points per game (51.6), points in a season (775), total offense (7,313 yards), rush offense (3,842), and the most rushing yards by a team in the NAIA. The team gave up just 14 sacks in 15 games.
In 2008, the offensive line paved the way to the sixth-ranked rushing attack (235.6 yards per game) and 10th-best scoring attack (36.5) in the country, while only giving up 10 sacks in 14 games. Shawn Flanagan, Kyle Staudt and TJ Wendt earned all-conference recognition, while Wendt was named first-team All-America, and Flanagan second-team.
Grubb also served as the strength and conditioning coordinator for the USF football program and was named American Football Monthly’s NAIA National Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year for the 2008 season.
Grubb earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from Buena Vista University in 1999 and his master's in sports pedagogy from South Dakota State in 2006.
He and his wife, Stephanie, have a daughter, Falynn.
COACHING HISTORY
Washington
2022-23: Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Fresno State
2020-21: Offensive Coordinator/Assoc. Head Coach/Quarterbacks
2019: Offensive Coordinator/Assoc. Head Coach/Offensive Line
2017-18: Offensive Line/Run Game Coordinator
Eastern Michigan
2014-16: Offensive Line
Sioux Falls
2010-13: Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
2007-09: Offensive Line/Run Game Coordinator
South Dakota State
2006: Wide Receivers
2005: Running Backs
Kingsley-Pierson (H.S.)
2003-04: Offensive Coordinator
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RYAN GRUBB
- TITLE Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach
When Kalen DeBoer was named Washington's new head football coach, the first staff member he announced was Ryan Grubb, who joins the Huskies as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
Grubb was a member of DeBoer's staff at Fresno State the last two seasons, serving as associate head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
In his first season on Montlake, Grubb helped guide the Husky offense to some of its highest heights while also coaching quarterback Michael Penix Jr. to one of the most prolific seasons in Husky history.
Washington led the nation in both passing offense (369.8 yards per game) and third-down conversions (57 percent) while also finishing second in total offense (515.8 yards per game). Just one season earlier, Washington finished the season 73rd in pass offense and 114th in total offense.
The Huskies also had top-25 finishes in sacks allowed (2nd), first downs (5th), scoring offense (7th), and rushing offense (25th).
Penix, meanwhile, broke the UW single-season passing record with 4,641 yards, and for single-game passing yards, with 516 vs. Arizona. The first-year Husky finished No. 8 in the Heisman Trophy voting, tied for third-highest in UW history.
This previous season, Grubb helped lead Fresno State to a 9-3 overall record. As of the end of the regular season, the Bulldogs ranked No. 1 in the Mountain West Conference in total offense (464.8 yards per game) and second in scoring offense (33.4 points per game) and passing offense (330.1 yards per game). In 2020, Fresno State also led the conference with 479.3 yards of total offense per game.
Grubb has spent considerable time alongside DeBoer over the last decade-plus. He joined DeBoer at Fresno State ahead of the 2017 season, as offensive line coach and run game coordinator, when DeBoer arrived as offensive coordinator. Prior to that, he was offensive line coach at Eastern Michigan during DeBoer's three seasons (2014-16) as offensive coordinator.
A former running back and wide receiver at Buena Vista University (Storm Lake, Iowa), Grubb first worked with DeBoer at the University of Sioux Falls from 2007-09. He was offensive line coach and run game coordinator those three seasons, when DeBoer, as head coach at his alma mater, led the Cougars to two NAIA national championships, a runner-up finish, and a 42-1 record in those three years. He continued on as USF offensive coordinator for four years (2010-13).
Grubb spent the last five seasons (2017-21) at Fresno State, including the last three as offensive coordinator. He coached offensive line the first three seasons and then, with DeBoer as head coach, took over coaching the quarterbacks.
In 2020 and 2021, he coached Fresno State quarterback Jake Haener, who was the second-team All-Mountain West Conference quarterback in 2021 – one of five Bulldogs to earn some level of All-MWC on offense. Haener completed 329-of-490 (67.1 percent) of his passes for 4,096 yards, 33 touchdowns and just eight interceptions.
In 2021, Fresno State finished first in the MWC and 14th in the nation in total offense (464.8 yards per game) and second in the conference and 26th in FBS in scoring (33.4 points per game). The Bulldogs' passing offense ranked second in conference and ninth in the country, with 326.7 yards per game.
The offense, and passing game in particular, also flourished in 2020 under Grubb, as it produced a conference-best 479.3 yards total offense per game, and the league's second-highest points per game total (32.8). Fresno State also led the Mountain West in passing yards per game, and ranked fifth in the FBS in that category, with 356.3 per game behind first-year signal caller Jake Haener. The Bulldogs generated over 400 yards total offense in all six games in 2020.
It was the first time since 2011 a Fresno State team had a streak of six-straight games with 400 yards total offense or more. The height of the offensive showcase came on Dec. 5 against Nevada, a game that saw Fresno State set the single game program record for most plays in a game, totaling 105. In that game, Fresno State produced 599 yards total offense, and Haener passed for 485 yards, the eighth-most in program history, completing 41-of-65 attempts.
The 2019 season marked the second season in a row and fourth time in the decade that the offense produced more than 30 points per game (30.0). The Bulldogs averaged 360.0 yards of total offense, generating 159.2 per game on the ground and 226.8 per game through the air in 2019.
In 2018, Grubb coached an offensive line that allowed just 12 sacks. In Grubb’s first two seasons, after it had given up just 10 the season before.
The 2018 team ranked sixth in the FBS in sacks allowed per game (0.86) and fifth in tackles for loss allowed per game (3.86).
In Grubb's first season, the Bulldogs’ offensive line turned into one of the team’s strongest position groups, allowing only 10 sacks in 14 games (0.71 per game), ranked third in the FBS. Fresno State also ranked third in the FBS in tackles for loss allowed per game at 3.29 per contest.
All five linemen from the 2017 team earned all-conference recognition. Center Aaron Mitchell earned second-team all-conference honors while Christian Cronk, Netane Muti, David Patterson and Micah St. Andrew each received honorable mention. In 2018, Cronk picked up All-MW first-team honors and St. Andrew was a second-team selection.
Grubb previously served as the offensive line coach at EMU for three seasons, guiding a group which allowed the eighth-fewest sacks in the nation in 2016, as well as the second-fewest tackles for a loss. His line produced two postseason All-MAC linemen in Cole Gardner and Andrew Wylie.
Eastern Michigan shattered the school record for team offense with 5,917 yards, breaking the previous record of 5,010. EMU also set team season records for points scored (385), passing yards (3,849), touchdown passes (25), first downs (303), pass completions (309), plays (999) as well single-game plays (99). The squad racked up the second-most touchdowns (47) and rushing TDs (21) in a season and the second-most single-game touchdown (8) and first downs (35). On the ground, the team produced the seventh-highest rushing yardage total in program history (2,068).
During the 2015 campaign, EMU finished the year with 39 touchdowns, a mark that tied for the fifth-most in a single season in program history, while its 4,560 yards of total offense were also the fifth-most.
Before arriving to Eastern Michigan, Grubb spent seven seasons at the University of Sioux Falls: the first three as the run game coordinator and offensive line coach followed by four seasons as the offensive coordinator. Grubb shared the same sideline with DeBoer from 2007-09 at USF and took over DeBoer’s OC duties upon his departure.
During Grubb’s time at Sioux Falls, the team posted a 75-13 (.852) record, as Grubb helped guide USF to two national championships and four Great Plains Athletic Conference championships. Grubb mentored multiple All-America selections, and saw Jon Ryan (wide receiver) and Lorenzo Brown (quarterback) earn NAIA Player of the Year honors. He helped more than 20 USF athletes garner all-conference accolades during his time with the Cougars.
In 2010, the Cougar offense thrived in its first year under the command of Grubb. The USF offense ranked third in scoring (577 points) and fourth in passing (3,821 yards) in the NAIA. Under Grubb, Ryan was named the NAIA Football Player of the Year and the GPAC Offensive Player of the Year.
The 2009 offensive line provided spectacular blocking for both USF’s running backs and NAIA Player of the Year Brown on the way to the program’s fourth national title. The Cougar offense set school records for points in a game (80), points per game (51.6), points in a season (775), total offense (7,313 yards), rush offense (3,842), and the most rushing yards by a team in the NAIA. The team gave up just 14 sacks in 15 games.
In 2008, the offensive line paved the way to the sixth-ranked rushing attack (235.6 yards per game) and 10th-best scoring attack (36.5) in the country, while only giving up 10 sacks in 14 games. Shawn Flanagan, Kyle Staudt and TJ Wendt earned all-conference recognition, while Wendt was named first-team All-America, and Flanagan second-team.
Grubb also served as the strength and conditioning coordinator for the USF football program and was named American Football Monthly’s NAIA National Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year for the 2008 season.
Grubb earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from Buena Vista University in 1999 and his master's in sports pedagogy from South Dakota State in 2006.
He and his wife, Stephanie, have a daughter, Falynn.
COACHING HISTORY
Washington
2022-23: Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Fresno State
2020-21: Offensive Coordinator/Assoc. Head Coach/Quarterbacks
2019: Offensive Coordinator/Assoc. Head Coach/Offensive Line
2017-18: Offensive Line/Run Game Coordinator
Eastern Michigan
2014-16: Offensive Line
Sioux Falls
2010-13: Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
2007-09: Offensive Line/Run Game Coordinator
South Dakota State
2006: Wide Receivers
2005: Running Backs
Kingsley-Pierson (H.S.)
2003-04: Offensive Coordinator
NOV 25
1:00 PM
VS
Let’s get someone fresh. Not the same old retreads.
