Coach’ em Up: Mike Groh

For our third installment of “Coach ’em Up,” we take a look at wide receivers coach/passing game coordinator Mike Groh.

Groh is the son of former of former head coach Al Groh who spent time as the head man for the New York Jets, Wake Forest Demon Deacons, and Virginia Cavaliers. Mike was hails from New Jersey where he quarterbacked his high school to what is known as the “Greatest High School Football Game Ever” before accepting a scholarship at Virginia. During his time as a Cavalier, Groh went 18-7 over two seasons as a starter (1994 and 1995) and finished with 4,366 career passing yards and 29 touchdowns.

The following year, he spent the 1996 season with the Baltimore Ravens before playing one year for the NFL Europe’s Rhein Fire in 1997. He began his coaching career as an assistant under his father with the Jets in 2000, eventually landing-with his father-at Virginia from 2001-2008; he spent the last three seasons as the offensive coordinator. Following stops at Louisville and Alabama, where he coached Amari Cooper to a 59-1000-11 stat line as a true freshman, Groh was back in the NFL with the Chicago Bears from 2013-2015, garnering praise for the growth of Alshon Jeffrey and progression of Marquess Wilson.

During his final season in Chicago, Groh worked alongside former offensive coordinator Adam Gase after working with former head coach Marc Trestman. His knowledge of their offenses will serve him well in Los Angeles where Rob Boras’ philosophy shares striking similarities. Groh has expressed his desire to strike to improve and find a way to get Tavon Austin the ball while creating mismatches among the receiving corp and evolving as an offense.