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'''Aaron Roderick''' (December 20, 1972) is an [[American 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 served at BYU as their's passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach from 2018 to 2020 and as an offensive consultant in 2017. Roderick alsowas previously served in variousother assistant coaching roles, including at the [[Utah Utes football|University of Utah]] from 2005 to 2016 and as the offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach and recruiting coordinator at [[Southern Utah Thunderbirds football|Southern Utah University]] (SUU) from 2003 to 2004.
==Coaching career==
===BYU===
In 1999, Roderick began his coaching career at BYU, his [[alma mater]], as a graduate assistant for the offense under head coach [[LaVell Edwards]]. FollowingWhen Edwards retirementretired as BYU's head coach in 2001, Roderick was retained as a graduate assistant under new head coach [[Gary Crowton]] in 2001.
===Snow College===
===Southern Utah===
In 2003, Roderick was named the offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach and recruiting coordinator at [[Southern Utah Thunderbirds football|Southern Utah University]] (SUU).
===Utah===
In 2005, Roderick joined the [[Utah Utes football|University of Utah]] as theirthe 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 theirthe wide receivers coach. A few weeks later, Roderick returned to Utah, citing personal reasons, to be theirthe 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 receiver|receivers]] coach.<ref name="staff">{{cite web|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700008831/Whittingham-shakes-up-staff.html|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 Cougars football|Brigham Young University]] (BYU), his alma mater, as an offensive consultant. In 2018, Roderick was hired as the passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach at BYU under head coach [[Kalani Sitake]]. In 2019, Roderick was a 2019 Broyles Award nominee, an annual award given to the nationsnation's top assistant coach.<ref>https://www.heraldextra.com/sports/college/byu/football/byu-coach-aaron-roderick-named-2019-broyles-award-nominee/article_063b3f99-ac6a-5d8b-b22c-88b134b85bb6.html</ref> On January 4, 2021, Roderick was promoted to offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, replacing [[Jeff Grimes]], who departedleft 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 serving as the [[running backs coach]] at [[Snow College]]. Roderick is married to Laurel Simpson and they haveare the parents of two children together.
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