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04/16/2012
Lots of events for fans in spring finale
03/14/2012
Utes will hold 15 practices, spring game is Apr. 21
02/27/2012
Former Utah graduate assistant returns
02/02/2012
Sitake, Roderick promoted, Finn, Shah Hired.
Passing Game Coordinator/Wide Receivers
8th Year
Coaching Experience
| 2005- Utah | ||
| 2012 | Passing Game Coordinator | |
| Wide Receivers | ||
| 2011 | Wide Receivers | |
| 2010 | Co-Offensive Coordinator | |
| Wide Receivers | ||
| 2005-09 | Wide Receivers | |
| 2003-04 Southern Utah | ||
| Offensive Coordinator | ||
| Quarterbacks | ||
| Recruiting Coordinator | ||
| 2002 Snow College | ||
| Running Backs | ||
| 1999-01 Brigham Young | ||
| Graduate Assistant | ||
| Offense | ||
| Bowl Games | ||
| 1999 | Motor City Bowl | |
| 2001 | Liberty Bowl | |
| 2005 | Emerald Bowl | |
| 2006 | Armed Forces Bowl | |
| 2007 | Poinsettia Bowl | |
| 2008 (2009) | Sugar Bowl | |
| 2009 | Poinsettia Bowl | |
| 2010 | Las Vegas Bowl | |
| 2011 | Sun Bowl | |
Aaron Roderick, in his eighth year as Utah's receivers coach, begins his first season as the passing game coordinator. His past experience as an offensive coordinator and receivers and quarterbacks coach will serve him in good stead in his new position.
Roderick was Utah's co-offensive coordinator in 2010, when Utah finished 23rd in the nation in scoring offense (33.1), and he also called the plays in the last six games of 2009. His other coordinator experience was as the offensive coordinator at Southern Utah from 2003-04.
But Roderick is best known for his work with the receivers, among them school record holder David Reed, who led the Mountain West Conference in receiving yards per game (91.4) in 2009 and set Utah single-season records for receptions (81) and yards (1,188). A first-team all-league selection in 2009, Reed now plays for the Baltimore Ravens, who drafted him in the fifth round.
Other receivers to earn honors under Roderick include second-team all-Mountain West honorees Brent Casteel (2006), Freddie Brown (2008) and Jereme Brooks (2010). Brown was a seventh-round draft pick of Cincinnati.
His receivers have also come up big in bowl games. Travis LaTendresse was the Offensive MVP of the 2005 Emerald Bowl, setting bowl records for receptions (16) and yards (214) in a win over Georgia Tech. In Utah's 2009 Sugar Bowl win over Alabama, Brown had 125 receiving yards. Last year at the Sun Bowl, DeVonte Christopher's fourth-quarter touchdown grab on fourth-and-14 sent the game into overtime and Utah went on to beat Georgia Tech.
Roderick came to Utah after two seasons as the offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach and recruiting coordinator at Southern Utah from 2003-04. Southern Utah finished 21st in the nation in total offense in 2004, averaging 412.5 yards per game. The Thunderbirds also averaged 270.5 passing yards per game (14th in the nation) to set a new school passing record.
Quarterback Casey Rehrer ranked sixth in Division I-AA in total offense, averaging 312.6 yards per game, and was 19th in pass efficiency. Roderick's SUU receivers featured first-team all-leaguer Jerome Eason and second-team all-conference member A.J. Smith, who finished fifth in the country in receptions per game (7.18 avg.).
In his first year as SUU's offensive coordinator, the Thunderbirds set school records for passes attempted and completed, and also produced several single-game top-10 performances.
Prior to his stint at SUU, Roderick coached the running backs at Snow College in 2002. He began his career as a graduate assistant at BYU, assisting with the linebackers in 1999 and the receivers in 2000 and 2001.
Recruiting Area
Orange County, San Diego
Playing Career
After an All-America junior college career at Ricks College from 1994-95, Roderick went to BYU, where he started as a receiver and returner in 1997 and 1998 and made the academic all-conference team.
Education
Brigham Young, 1998
Bachelor's in sociology
Brigham Young, 2002
Master's in sociology
Personal Data
Hometown: Bountiful, Utah
Birthdate: Dec. 20, 1972
Family: Married to Laurel Simpson-Roderick. Daughter Rachel and son Quin.
