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{{shortShort description|American football coachplayer whoand is the current offensive coordinator at Brigham Youngcoach University(born 1972)}}

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{{Infobox college coach

| name = Aaron Roderick

| image =

| image = http://img.ksl.com/slc/2504/250458/25045832.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Roderick with the Utes

| current_title = [[Offensive coordinator]]

| current_team = [[BYU Cougars football|BYU]]

| current_conference = [[NCAABig Division12 IConference|Big FBS independent schools|Independent12]]

| current_record =

| contract =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|12|20|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = [[Bountiful, Utah]], U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1994–1995

| player_team1 = [[BrighamRicks YoungVikings University–Idahofootball|Ricks JC]]

| player_years2 = 1996–1998

| player_team2 = [[BYU Cougars football|BYU]]

| player_positions = [[Wide Receiverreceiver]]

| coach_years1 = 1999–2001

| coach_team1 = [[BYU Cougars football|BYU]] ([[Graduate assistant|GA]])

| coach_years2 = 2002

| coach_team2 = [[Snow CollegeBadgers football|Snow JC]] ([[Running backs coach|RB]])

| coach_years3 = 2003–2004

| coach_team3 = [[Southern Utah Thunderbirds football|Southern Utah]] ([[Offensive coordinator|OC]]/[[Quarterbacks coach|QB]]/RC)

| coach_years4 = 2005–2009

| coach_team4 = [[Utah Utes football|Utah]] (WR)

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'''Aaron Roderick''' (December 20, 1972) is an American [[Americancollege football]] coach and former [[wide receiver]] who is currently the [[offensive coordinator]] and [[quarterbacks coach]] at [[BYU Cougars football|Brigham Young University]] (BYU). He was previously BYU's passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach from 2018 to 2020 and an offensive consultant in 2017. Roderick was previously in other assistant coaching roles, including at the [[Utah Utes football|University of Utah]] from 2005 to 2016 and [[Southern Utah Thunderbirds football|Southern Utah University]] (SUU) from 2003 to 2004.

==Coaching career==

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===Utah===

In 2005, Roderick joined the University of Utah as the wide receivers coach. Before the 2009 season, Utah offered Roderick a promotion to co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach and he briefly accepted before opting to go to the [[Washington Huskies football|University of Washington]] to serve as the wide receivers coach. A few weeks later, Roderick returned to Utah, citing personal reasons, to be the wide receivers coach.<ref name="return">{{cite web|url=http://utahutes.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/012609aaa.html|title=Aaron Roderick Returns to Utah|publisher=Official Website of Utah Athletics|accessdate=February 24, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305133047/http://utahutes.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/012609aaa.html|archive-date=March 5, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="bio">{{cite web|url=http://utahutes.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/roderick_aaron00.html |title=Aaron Roderick Bio |publisher=Official Website of Utah Athletics |accessdate=February 24, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107071000/http://utahutes.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/roderick_aaron00.html |archivedate=January 7, 2010 }}</ref> In 2010, Roderick was promoted to Utah's co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach.<ref name="staff">{{cite web|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700008831/Whittingham-shakes-up-staff.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100214172957/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700008831/Whittingham-shakes-up-staff.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 14, 2010|title=Utah Utes football: Kyle Whittingham shakes up coaching staff|publisher=[[Deseret News]]|accessdate=February 24, 2010}}</ref>

===BYU (second stint)===

In 2017, Roderick returned to BYU as an offensive consultant. In 2018, Roderick was hired as the passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach under head coach [[Kalani Sitake]]. In 2019, Roderick was a 2019 Broyles Award nominee, an annual award given to the nation's top assistant coach.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.heraldextra.com/sports/college/byu/football/byu-coach-aaron-roderick-named-2019-broyles-award-nominee/article_063b3f99-ac6a-5d8b-b22c-88b134b85bb6.html| {{Baretitle URL inline|date=November 2021Reference at www.heraldextra.com}} </ref> On January 4, 2021, Roderick was promoted to offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, replacing [[Jeff Grimes]], who left to become the offensive coordinator at [[Baylor Bears football|Baylor University]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=McDonald |first1=Ryan |title=BYU promotes Aaron Roderick to offensive coordinator, Fesi Sitake named passing game coordinator |url=https://www.deseret.com/sports/2021/1/4/22214525/byu-promotes-aaron-roderick-offensive-coordinator-fesi-sitake-passing-game-coordinator-cougars |access-date=January 4, 2021 |work=www.deseret.com |publisher=Deseret News |date=January 4, 2021}}</ref>

==Personal life==

Roderick graduated from BYU in 1998 with a [[bachelor's degree]] in sociology, and earned a [[master's degree]] in sociology at BYU in 2002, while servingworking as the [[running backs coach]] at [[Snow College]]. Roderick is married to Ellen McConnell

and has three children.

==References==

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==External links==

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[[Category:BYU Cougars football coaches]]

[[Category:BYU Cougars football players]]

[[Category:Snow Badgers football coaches]]

[[Category:People from Bountiful, Utah]]

[[Category:Players of American football from Utah]]

[[Category:Ricks Vikings football players]]

[[Category:Snow Badgers football coaches]]

[[Category:Southern Utah Thunderbirds football coaches]]

[[Category:Utah Utes football coaches]]

[[Category:People from Bountiful, Utah]]

[[Category:Players of American football from Davis County, Utah]]

[[Category:Playerscoaches of American football from Utah]]