David Raih

David Raih

Personal information
Born:	(1980-09-09) September 9, 1980 Edina, Minnesota
Career information
College:	University of Iowa
Career history
As a coach:
UCLA (2008–2009) Coaching intern Iowa (2010-2011) Tight Ends Iowa (2011-2012) Offensive Line Texas Tech (2013) Outside Receivers Green Bay Packers (2014–2015) Coaching Administrator Green Bay Packers (2016) Assistant Offensive Line Green Bay Packers (2017) Offensive Perimeter Coach Green Bay Packers (2018) Wide Receivers

David Raih (born September 9th, 1980) is an American football coach who most recently served as Wide Receivers Coach of the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL).

Early Life

Born Sept. 9, 1980, Raih is the fourth of five sons and attended St. Thomas Academy (St. Paul, Minn.), a Catholic, college-prep, military high school where he was promoted to lieutenant colonel, the second-highest-ranking officer in the high school. He was a three-sport athlete in football, basketball and track. Raih’s team won the Minnesota state basketball championship his junior year, and he quarterbacked his team to the Minnesota state semifinals in football in both his junior and senior years. Raih played collegiately as quarterback at Iowa (1999-2003), earning a letter in his fourth year as the 2002 Hawkeyes won the Big Ten Conference title and earned a berth in the 2003 FedEx Orange Bowl. His playing career was shortened due to injury, as he had surgery to his throwing arm in both 1999 and 2002. Prior to his start coaching, Raih was a sales representative for Zimmer Inc., a manufacturer of orthopedic devices (2004-07).

Coaching career

UCLA

Raih’s coaching career started at UCLA, where he spent two years as an intern (2008-09) working with the quarterbacks under head coach Rick Neuheisel. Raih left his six-figure salary job at Zimmer Inc. to become an unpaid intern for the UCLA.

University of Iowa

Raih spent three seasons as a graduate assistant coach at his alma mater, the University of Iowa, where he assisted with tight ends (2012) and the offensive line (2010-11).

Texas Tech

In 2013 Raih joined Texas Tech as the director of high school relations, in addition to assisting with quarterbacks under head coach Kliff Kingsbury. Raih was promoted to outside receivers coach going into the 2013 Holiday Bowl.

Green Bay Packers

David Raih spent five seasons with the Packers, most recently working as the wide receivers coach after being promoted on Jan. 24, 2018. He previously served as offensive perimeter coach, following a promotion on Feb. 27, 2017, and was earlier named assistant offensive line coach on Feb. 17, 2016. He was initially hired by Head Coach Mike McCarthy on Feb. 7, 2014, and spent his first two years as the team’s coaching administrator.

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