{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1981)}} {{For|the Missouri Governor|Austin Augustus King}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | image = | current_team = Denver Broncos | number = <!--66--> | position = Tight ends coach<!--Center--> | career_position =c | career_number =66 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|4|11}} | birth_place = Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight_lbs = 288 | high_school = Purcell Marian (Cincinnati) | college = Northwestern | draftyear = 2003 | draftround = 4 | draftpick = 133 | pastteams = * Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|2003}}) * Atlanta Falcons ({{NFL Year|2004|2006}}) * Seattle Seahawks ({{NFL Year|2007}})* | pastcoaching = * Toledo (2012–2013)<br>Offensive quality control assistant * Syracuse (2014)<br>Offensive quality control assistant * Dayton (2015–2019)<br>Offensive coordinator * Las Vegas Raiders ({{nfly|2020|2021}}) ** Offensive quality control coach ({{NFL Year|2020}}) ** Tight ends coach ({{NFL Year|2021}}) * Chicago Bears ({{NFL Year|2022}})<br>Assistant offensive line coach * Denver Broncos ({{NFL Year|2023}}–present) ** Assistant offensive line coach ({{NFL Year|2023}}–{{NFL Year|2024}}) ** Tight ends coach ({{NFL Year|2025}}–present) | statlabel1 = Games played | statvalue1 = 34 | statlabel2 = Games started | statvalue2 = 1 | pfr = KingAu20 }}
'''Austin Patrick King''' (born April 11, 1981) is an American professional football coach and former center who is the tight ends coach for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL).
==Playing career== {{NFL predraft | height ft = 6 | height in = 3 | weight = 299 | arm span = 31 | hand span = 9+5/8 | dash = 5.57 | ten split = 1.81 | twenty split = 3.12 | shuttle = 4.73 | cone drill = 7.99 | vertical = 28 | broad ft = 8 | broad in = 10 | bench = 20 | wonderlic = | note = All values from NFL Combine.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=1028&DraftYear=2003 |title=Austin King, Northwestern, C, 2003 NFL Draft Scout, NCAA College Football |website=draftscout.com}}</ref> }}
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected him the fourth round of the 2003 NFL draft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2003 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2003/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Cobb">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=20030428&id=kAcwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4f0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1998,6187295&hl=en|title=Bucs address offensive line on day 2|last=Cobb|first=Mike|date=28 April 2003|work=Lakeland Ledger|page=C1|access-date=9 June 2016}}</ref> Following his rookie season, he played the majority of his career with the Atlanta Falcons.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nfl.com/player/austinking/2505526/profile|title=Austin King Profile|work=NFL.com|access-date=February 6, 2020}}</ref>
==Coaching career== After beginning at Toledo as a quality control coach and working his way up to offensive coordinator at Dayton where he led a record setting offense in 2019, he was hired as a quality control coach by the Raiders on February 5, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.raiders.com/news/las-vegas-raiders-announce-hiring-of-rod-marinelli-and-austin-king|title=Las Vegas Raiders announce hiring of Rod Marinelli and Austin King|publisher=Raiders.com|date=February 5, 2020}}</ref> In February 2021, he was promoted to tight ends coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/02/10/report-raiders-promoting-austin-king-to-tight-ends-coach/|title=Report: Raiders promoting Austin King to tight ends coach|publisher=Pro Football Talk|date=February 10, 2021|last=Simmons|first=Myles}}</ref> He was not retained by new Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels and was hired to be the assistant offensive line coach under new Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus on February 7, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagobears.com/news/bears-hire-austin-king-as-assistant-offensive-line-coach|last=Mayer|first=Larry|date=February 7, 2022|title=Bears hire King as assistant offensive line coach|website=ChicagoBears.com|accessdate=February 7, 2022}}</ref>
On February 28, 2023, King was hired by the Denver Broncos to serve as the team's assistant offensive line coach.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Broncos 2023 Coaching Staff Tracker: Sean Payton puts the final touches on his coaching staff|url=https://thednvr.com/broncos-2023-coaching-staff-tracker-sean-payton-puts-the-final-touches-on-his-coaching-staff/|access-date=April 29, 2024|website=thednvr.com|language=en}}</ref>
On March 6, 2025, King was promoted to the position of tight ends coach after the departure of Declan Doyle.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=DiLalla |first=Aric |date=2025-03-06 |title=Broncos announce updates to 2025 coaching staff |url=https://www.denverbroncos.com/news/broncos-announce-updates-to-2025-coaching-staff |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=Denver Broncos |language=}}</ref>
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