# Austin King

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{{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](/source/Center_(American_football))--> 
| career_position     =c
| career_number       =66
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1981|4|11}}
| birth_place  = [Cincinnati, Ohio](/source/Cincinnati%2C_Ohio), U.S.
| height_ft    = 6
| height_in    = 3
| weight_lbs   = 288
| high_school  = [Purcell Marian](/source/Purcell_Marian_High_School) (Cincinnati)
| college      = [Northwestern](/source/Northwestern_Wildcats_football)
| draftyear    = 2003
| draftround   = 4
| draftpick    = 133
| pastteams    =
* [Tampa Bay Buccaneers](/source/Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers) ({{NFL Year|2003}})
* [Atlanta Falcons](/source/Atlanta_Falcons) ({{NFL Year|2004|2006}})
* [Seattle Seahawks](/source/Seattle_Seahawks) ({{NFL Year|2007}})*
| pastcoaching =
* [Toledo](/source/Toledo_Rockets_football) (2012–2013)<br>Offensive quality control assistant 
* [Syracuse](/source/Syracuse_Orange_football) (2014)<br>Offensive quality control assistant 
* [Dayton](/source/Dayton_Flyers_football) (2015–2019)<br>Offensive coordinator
* [Las Vegas Raiders](/source/Las_Vegas_Raiders) ({{nfly|2020|2021}})
** Offensive quality control coach ({{NFL Year|2020}})
** Tight ends coach ({{NFL Year|2021}})
* [Chicago Bears](/source/Chicago_Bears) ({{NFL Year|2022}})<br>Assistant offensive line coach
* [Denver Broncos](/source/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](/source/American_football) coach and former [center](/source/Center_(gridiron_football)) who is the [tight ends coach](/source/tight_ends_coach) for the [Denver Broncos](/source/Denver_Broncos) of the [National Football League](/source/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](/source/NFL_Scouting_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](/source/Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers) selected him the fourth round of the [2003 NFL draft](/source/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](/source/The_Ledger)|page=C1|access-date=9 June 2016}}</ref> Following his rookie season, he played the majority of his career with the [Atlanta Falcons](/source/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](/source/Toledo_Rockets_football) as a quality control coach and working his way up to offensive coordinator at [Dayton](/source/Dayton_Flyers_football) 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](/source/Josh_McDaniels) and was hired to be the assistant offensive line coach under new Chicago Bears head coach [Matt Eberflus](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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