Josh Heupel Josh Heupel ( born March 22 , 1978 ) is an American former college football player who was a quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners football team of the University of Oklahoma . During his college playing career , he was recognized as a consensus All - American , won numerous awards , and led Oklahoma to the 2000 BCS National Championship . Heupel became a coach after his playing career ended , and he is currently co - offensive coordinator for the Oklahoma Sooners . Early years . Heupel was born and raised in Aberdeen , South Dakota . His mother Cindy was a high school principal , and his father Ken was a head football coach at Northern State University . As a child , Heupel would watch game film with his father . He attended Central High School in Aberdeen , where he played high school football for the Central Golden Eagles . In the second half of the first game of his sophomore season in 1994 , he became the Golden Eagles ' quarterback in a scaled - down version of the run - and - shoot offense . As a senior , he was named South Dakota ' s player of the year . He got recruiting inquiries from major college football programs at the universities of Houston , Minnesota , Wisconsin and Wyoming — but , " it seemed I was always the second or third guy on their list , " according to Heupel . College career . Heupel began his collegiate playing career at Weber State University in Ogden , Utah . He redshirted in 1996 and saw action in four games as a freshman in 1997 , but he suffered an ACL injury during spring practice in 1998 , pushing him down the team ' s depth chart . He transferred to Snow College in Ephraim , Utah , where he beat out Fred Salanoa as the team ' s starting quarterback . Heupel passed for 2 , 308 yards and 28 touchdowns , despite sharing playing time with Salanoa . He held a scholarship offer from Utah State University , but committed to Oklahoma after meeting with Mike Leach , the Sooners ' new offensive coordinator . He was the Heisman Trophy runner - up in 2000 . He was also an All - American ( 2000 ) , the AP Player of the Year , and Walter Camp Award winner in 2000 . Heupel led the Sooners to an undefeated regular season and a national championship victory over Florida State in the 2001 Orange Bowl . Professional career . Heupel was drafted in the sixth round of the 2001 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins . Compromised by shoulder tendinitis of his throwing arm , he was relegated to fourth string for the entire preseason and failed to make the team . He was then later signed by the Green Bay Packers in early offseason 2002 , but was released a month before training camp . He did not further pursue a career in professional football afterward . Coaching career . Heupel spent the 2004 season as a graduate assistant for the University of Oklahoma football team under his college coach of 1999 - 2000 , Bob Stoops . In 2005 , Heupel was hired as the tight - ends coach for the University of Arizona football team by newly appointed coach Mike Stoops , brother of Bob and an Oklahoma assistant coach during Heupel ' s playing days . Heupel became the quarterbacks coach for Oklahoma in 2005 ; among his notable accomplishments in that capacity was coaching Sooner quarterback Sam Bradford , who won the 2008 Heisman Trophy . On December 13 , 2010 , Bob Stoops named Heupel and Jay Norvell as co - offensive coordinators at Oklahoma , replacing Kevin Wilson , who had accepted the head coaching job at Indiana . Stoops said Heupel would be in charge of calling offensive plays during games . Personal . Heupel is married , and he and his wife Dawn have a son and a daughter . His sister , Andrea Heupel , is married to former U . S . Representative Dan Boren .