Scot Loeffler Scot Loeffler ( born November 1 , 1974 ) is an American football coach and former player . He is currently the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Virginia Tech , having previously held the same role at Auburn University under head coach Gene Chizik . Prior to joining Auburn , Loeffler served as offensive coordinator for Temple . He has spent over a decade coaching quarterbacks , primarily in the Big Ten and Southeastern conferences . Career . Loeffler played quarterback for the Michigan Wolverines from 1993 to 1996 . After suffering a shoulder injury that prematurely ended his playing career , Loeffler joined Lloyd Carr ' s coaching staff at his alma mater as a graduate assistant , and was a part of the Wolverine staff during the 1997 undefeated , national championship season . In 2000 , Loeffler was named quarterbacks coach at Central Michigan University . After coaching the Chippewas for two years , Loeffler returned to coaching quarterbacks at Michigan for the next six years . In 2008 , the Detroit Lions of the National Football League hired Loeffler to be a part of their failing offensive staff . However , after only one season out of the college ranks , Loeffler was hired by Urban Meyer to join his staff at Florida . Loeffler served as quarterbacks coach , where in his first season he was tasked with helping Tim Tebow become a more polished pro - style quarterback . Tebow finished the season ranked 1st in passer efficiency . When Steve Addazio was let go from Florida to eventually become the new head coach at Temple University , he brought Loeffler along as the new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach . Under his leadership , the Owls offense improved to the 7th leading rushing offense in the nation ( 257 yards per game ) and 33rd nationally in pass efficiency ( 142 . 8 ) . The team finished the season 9 - 4 , ranked 2nd in the MAC East and defeated Wyoming 37 – 15 in the 2011 New Mexico Bowl ( the school ' s first bowl win since the 1979 Garden State Bowl ) . Sophomore quarterback Chris Coyer was named the bowl ' s MVP and finished the season with a 177 . 4 passer rating . Loeffler was linked to the vacant OC positions at the University of Alabama , Louisiana State University and the University of Wisconsin . On January 22 , 2012 , head coach Gene Chizik hired Loeffler to serve as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Auburn . At the end of the 2012 season , Chizik was fired by Auburn . Former offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn was hired as head coach on December 4 , 2012 . Shortly after being hired , Malzahn announced that all assistant coaches were being released , thus ending Loeffler ' s career at Auburn University . On January 18 , 2013 , Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer announced Loeffler ' s hiring as one of three new Hokies offensive assistants , along with offensive line coach Jeff Grimes ( also formerly of Auburn ) and wide receivers coach Aaron Moorehead ( formerly of Stanford University ) . Loeffler has experience coaching in 10 bowl games including the 1999 Citrus Bowl , 2000 Orange Bowl , 2003 Outback Bowl , 2004 Rose Bowl , 2005 Rose Bowl , 2005 Alamo Bowl , 2007 Rose Bowl , 2008 Capital One Bowl , 2010 Sugar Bowl and the 2011 New Mexico Bowl . Players coached . Loeffler has served as position coach for a number of prominent players over his career . Loeffler was the college quarterbacks coach to future NFL Draft picks Tom Brady , Tim Tebow , Brian Griese , Chad Henne , Drew Henson and John Navarre . The players have started over 300 regular - season NFL games and garnered a combined four Super Bowl rings as pros . Personal life . Loeffler received his bachelor ’ s degree from the University of Michigan in 1996 and a graduate degree in history and political science in 1998 . He earned the Michigan Athletic Academic Achievement award during the 1997 - 98 academic year . Loeffler and his wife Amie have two children , son Luke and daughter Alexis . He was a college quarterback coach to Tom Brady and is reported to be one of his closest friends .