Will Lawing

Will Lawing (born November 27, 1985), is an American football coach who is the tight ends coach for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as an assistant coach at Penn State University and Juniata College. Lawing has served with the Texans in various assistant coaching roles since 2014.

Will Lawing
Alabama Crimson Tide
Position:Offensive analyst
Personal information
Born: (1985-11-27) November 27, 1985
Boone, North Carolina
Career information
College:North Carolina
Career history
As coach:

Lawing played college football for the North Carolina Tar Heels.[1]

Early life

The son of a successful college coach, Brad Lawing,[2] Will was a four-year member of the UNC football team and in 2008 received a bachelor's degree in exercise and sports science.[3]

Coaching career

Early coaching career

Lawing spent four seasons with Juniata College as the program's offensive coordinator in 2011–2012, passing game coordinator in 2010 and tight ends coach in 2009. In addition to his coaching duties, Lawing was also Juniata's recruiting coordinator.[4] He served as a graduate assistant at Penn State under Head Coach Bill O’Brien for the 2013 season.[2]

Houston Texans

Starting in 2014, Lawing spent three years as defensive quality control coach for head coach Bill O' Brien and the Houston Texans. He served as an offensive line assistant in 2017 and 2018. On February 5, 2019, Lawing was named the tight ends coach of the Houston Texans.[5]

On January 30, 2021, Lawing was retained as tight ends coach under head coach David Culley.

References
  1. "The Pro Football Archives", profootballarchives.com, retrieved February 11, 2019.
  2. Wood, Anthony."Texans' Bill O'Brien says new TE coach Will Lawing has paid his dues", texanswire.usatoday.com, February 7, 2019. retrieved February 11, 2019.
  3. "2018 Houston Texans Media Guide", retrieved February 11, 2019.
  4. "Will Lawing Juniata Profile", JuniataSports.net, May 25, 2013, retrieved February 11, 2019.
  5. Wilson, Aaron."Texans name Tim Kelly OC, hire Carl Smith as QBs coach", Houston Chronicle, February 5, 2019, retrieved February 11, 2019.
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