Josh Gattis (born January 15, 1984) is an

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coach and former player who is the offensive coordinator at the

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Playing career

Gattis was born in Durham, North Carolina. He played college football at Wake Forest as a

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. As a junior in 2005, he recorded five interceptions and 72 tackles, and was awarded second-team All-ACC. His senior year in 2006 was one of Wake's greatest seasons of all time, as the team won the ACC for the second time in school history and played in the school's first

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. He recorded five interceptions and 82 tackles on the year, and was named first-team All-ACC. Gattis was drafted by the

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in the fifth round of the 2007 NFL Draft with the 150th overall pick. He was released and later signed with the

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, where he played in five games and recorded one tackle in 2007.

Coaching career

After serving as a

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under

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for one season, Gattis was hired as the wide receivers coach at

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in 2011. While on the Broncos staff, he coached consensus All-American wide receiver Jordan White. In 2012, he was hired by

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as wide receivers coach and offensive recruiting coordinator. Wide receiver

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was awarded first-team All-SEC in both years Gattis was wide receivers coach at Vanderbilt. Gattis followed head coach James Franklin as he moved from Vanderbilt to

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in 2014, and assumed the same role with the Nittany Lions. On January 25, 2018, it was announced he had been hired as the wide receivers coach at

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. He served as co-offensive coordinator (with

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) and wide receivers coach during the 2018 season at Alabama, helping to oversee the third-highest scoring offense in the country. In his role as wide receivers coach, he oversaw

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, who became the second consensus All-American wide-out to be coached by Gattis, and first to win the

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as the nation's best wide receiver. On January 10, 2019, Gattis was hired to be the offensive coordinator at

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. In 2021, Gattis won the Broyles Award as the top assistant coach in college football, leading the Wolverines' offense to a Big Ten Conference Championship and an appearance in the College Football Playoff. On February 9, 2022, Gattis was hired to be the offensive coordinator at the University of Miami Hurricanes. On January 27, 2023, it was announced Gattis had been fired by Miami. On March 2, 2023, Gattis was hired to be the offensive coordinator at

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