| Baltimore Ravens | |
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| Position: | Offensive line coach |
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| Born: | (1961-09-19)September 19, 1961 (age 63) Riverside, California |
| Career information | |
| College: | Cincinnati |
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George Warhop (born September 19, 1961) is anAmerican football coach who is theoffensive line coach for theBaltimore Ravens of theNational Football League (NFL). He previously served as the offensive line coach for theJacksonville Jaguars,Tampa Bay Buccaneers,Cleveland Browns,San Francisco 49ers,Dallas Cowboys,Arizona Cardinals,St. Louis Rams andHouston Texans.
Warhop was named theoffensive line coach of theKansas Jayhawks on January 11, 1986.[1] He was named the offensive line coach forVanderbilt on February 21, 1989.[2] After coaching the Commodores in 1989, Warhop resigned on December 13, 1989,[3] and took theNew Mexico offensive line coaching job on December 17, 1989.[4] After coaching the Lobos in 1990, Warhop resigned and became theoffensive coordinator for theLondon Monarchs of theWorld League of American Football.[5] Warhop spent two seasons with the Monarchs before he was hired as the offensive line coach forSouthern Methodist on February 17, 1993.[6] He spent the summer of 1994 as a minority intern for theDenver Broncos of theNational Football League.[7] From 1994–1995 Warhop worked as the offensive line coach forBoston College.[8]
On February 8, 1996, Warhop was hired by theSt. Louis Rams as their co-offensive line coach.[9] In the1997 NFL draft the Rams tookoffensive tackleOrlando Pace with the first overall selection. Pace held out of training camp for three weeks to get a bigger contract, and Warhop was angry, stating that Pace "lost a good part of the year." In an attempt to speed up the playbook-learning process, Warhop was assigned as a special tutor for Pace.[10]
On February 10, 1998, Warhop was hired by theArizona Cardinals as their offensive line coach.[11] His contract expired at the conclusion of the2002 season, and was not re-signed.[12]
On January 16, 2003, Warhop was hired by theDallas Cowboys as their offensive line coach, following his tenure with the Cardinals.[13] In2003 and2004 the Cowboys' offensive line only allowed 37 sacks, while in 2002, the year before Warhop was hired, they surrendered 54 sacks.[14] After two seasons with the Cowboys, Warhop was fired on January 7, 2005.[15] Shortly after he was fired, he interviewed for theFlorida State Seminoles' offensive line coach position,[16] but did not get the job.
On January 27, 2005, Warhop was hired by theSan Francisco 49ers as their offensive line coach.[17] In2006 Warhop's offensive line allowed a league-worst 55 sacks, and the 49ers hired a second offensive line coach,Chris Foerster, to share the duties.[18] Warhop was fired in-season on October 23, 2008 after his offensive line gave up a league-worst 29 sacks to that point.[19]
On February 4, 2009, Warhop was hired by theCleveland Browns as their offensive line coach.[20]
In 2014, Warhop was hired by theTampa Bay Buccaneers as their offensive line coach under head coachLovie Smith. Warhop was retained under head coachDirk Koetter.
On January 13, 2019, Warhop was hired by theJacksonville Jaguars as their offensive line coach under head coachDoug Marrone. On January 19, 2021, Warhop was retained under the new head coach of the Jaguars,Urban Meyer.[21][22]
On February 21, 2022, Warhop was hired by theHouston Texans as their offensive line coach.[23] He was not retained for the 2023 season.[24]
On August 14, 2024, Warhop took over as interim offensive line coach following the hospitalization ofJoe D'Alessandris. Following D'Alessandris's death on August 25, Warhop was named offensive line coach for the remainder of the season.[25]