Darin Hinshaw

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Darin Hinshaw
UCF Knights
Position:Offensive analyst
Personal information
Born: (1972-06-06) June 6, 1972 (age 49)
Punta Gorda, Florida
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school:Charlotte (FL)
College:UCF
Undrafted:1995
Career history
As a player:
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
As a coach:
  • Granite State Warriors (1996)
    Offensive coordinator
  • UCF (1999)
    Graduate assistant
  • UCF (2000)
    Quarterbacks coach
  • Middle Tennessee State (2001–2002)
    Running backs coach
  • Middle Tennessee State (2003–2004)
    Co-offensive coordinator
  • Middle Tennessee State (2005)
    Offensive coordinator & wide receivers coach
  • Georgia Southern (2006)
    Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach
  • Memphis (2007–2009)
    Wide receivers coach
  • Tennessee (2010–2011)
    Quarterbacks coach
  • Tennessee (2012)
    Wide receivers coach
  • Cincinnati (2013–2015)
    Passing game coordinator & quarterbacks coach
  • Kentucky (2016–2020)
    Co-offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach
  • UCF (2021–present)
    Offensive analyst
Career Arena statistics
TD–INT:2–3
Passing yards:210
Completion percentage:53.8
Passer rating:60.26
Player stats at ArenaFan.com

Darin Clifford Hinshaw (born June 6, 1972) is an American football coach and former quarterback who is currently an analyst for the football team at the University of Central Florida (UCF). Prior to UCF, he was the co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Kentucky. He played college football at the University of Central Florida, where he finished his career as the program's leader in career passing yards and touchdowns.

Playing career[]

College[]

Hinshaw was initially recruited by Florida by Galen Hall, but committed to UCF after Hall's successor Steve Spurrier recruited Hinshaw's high school quarterback rival to play for the Gators.[1] At UCF, he set multiple career program records in both passing yards and touchdowns, many that have since been broken.[2] He was also a member of the school's men's basketball team for the 1993–94 season when they made the NCAA Tournament.[3][4]

Professional[]

After going undrafted in the 1995 NFL Draft, Hinshaw signed with the Cleveland Browns, but only lasted four days with the team.[5] He had brief stints with multiple CFL expansions teams in 1995 before spending two seasons with the Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League (AFL).[6] He also had stints with the Granite State Warriors of the Eastern Football League and the AFL's Nashville Kats.

Coaching career[]

After retiring from professional football, Hinshaw returned to his alma mater UCF in 1999 as a graduate assistant. After being promoted to quarterbacks coach in 2000, Hinshaw joined the coaching staff at Middle Tennessee as running backs coach in 2001, working his way up to offensive coordinator by 2005. He left Middle Tennessee to accept the offensive coordinator position at Georgia Southern in 2006, where he spent one season as the head of the Eagles offense.[7]

Hinshaw was named the wide receivers coach at Memphis in 2007. He joined the coaching staff at Tennessee in 2010 as quarterbacks coach under first-year head coach Derek Dooley.[8] He was reassigned to wide receivers coach in 2012 and was not retained when Dooley was fired at the end of the 2012 season.

Hinshaw was hired as the passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Cincinnati in 2013 on the staff of another head coach in its first season with their program, Tommy Tuberville.

Hinshaw was named the co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Kentucky in 2016, following Cincinnati offensive coordinator Eddie Gran.[9] He and Gran were fired after the 2020 season when the Kentucky offense ranked towards the bottom in many offensive categories.[10][11] He was announced as an analyst at his alma mater UCF on August 2, 2021.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ "Darin Hinshaw was Almost a Florida Gator". Kentucky Sports Radio. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Before McKenzie Milton and Blake Bortles, UCF had a QB star in this current college coach". Bradenton Herald. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  3. ^ "QUIET LEADER HINSHAW CREEPS UP ON RECORDS". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Future UCF Football Hall-of-Famers: Darin Hinshaw". SBNation. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  5. ^ "So Who is This Darin Hinshaw Guy?". Kentucky Sports Radio. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  6. ^ "FORMER UCF QB HINSHAW HOPES TO FILL VOID FOR PREDS". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  7. ^ "VanGorder begins assembling coaching staff". WALB. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Record-setting Knight QB to Coach at UT". UCF Today. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  9. ^ "UK football hires Cincinnati's Eddie Gran to be assistant head coach of the offense". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Kentucky fires OC Eddie Gran, QB coach Darin Hinshaw". ESPN. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Eddie Gran, Darin Hinshaw relieved of duties at Kentucky". WKYT. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  12. ^ UCF Football [@UCF_Football] (August 2, 2021). "Glad to have @CoachHinshaw back !!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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