A two-time quarterbacks coach in the NFL, Jake Peetz spent the past season as LSU’s offensive coordinator. It turns out the Rams will have two 2021 SEC OCs on their staff next season.
After naming ex-Kentucky coordinator Liam Coen as their next OC, the Rams are adding Peetz to their offensive staff, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com tweets. This marks a reunion between Peetz and Sean McVay, who were both on Washington’s staff in 2014. Peetz, 38, has bounced around since.
Peetz’s most notable NFL development probably came in 2018, when the Colts had him on their offensive coordinator radar during the short time in which Josh McDaniels was on track to be their next head coach. McDaniels nixing those plans led Peetz to Alabama for a second one-year stint under Nick Saban. Peetz spent the 2019 and ’20 seasons with the Panthers, with Matt Rhule keeping the Ron Rivera-era assistant and moving him from running backs to quarterbacks coach.
Peetz, who was a quality control staffer during McVay’s first Washington OC season, also coached the Raiders’ QBs from 2016-17. LSU’s offense ranked just 80th in 2021, a 6-7 Tigers season, though sophomore quarterback Max Johnson did finish with a 27-6 TD-INT ratio in his first full year as a starter.
The Rams lost two-year OC Kevin O’Connell to the Vikings. Coen, Peetz, Greg Olson and Thomas Brown are set to be key McVay lieutenants for the defending Super Bowl champions next season. Of this group, Brown was the only one on staff last season.