T. J. Weist
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Co-Offensive Cordinator, Passing Game and Wide receivers coach |
| Team | South Florida |
| Conference | The American |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
June 25, 1965 Bay City, Michigan |
| Playing career | |
| 1985–1987 | Alabama |
| Position(s) | Wide receiver |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1988–1989 | Alabama (WR/GA) |
| 1990–1993 | Michigan (WR/GA) |
| 1994–1995 | Southern Illinois (WR/TE) |
| 1996 | Tulsa (WR) |
| 1997–2001 | Indiana (WR) |
| 2002 | Western Kentucky (WR/RB) |
| 2000–2006 | Western Kentucky (OC) |
| 2007–2009 | Western Kentucky (AHC) |
| 2010–2012 | Cincinnati (WR) |
| 2013 | Connecticut (OC) |
| 2013 | Connecticut |
| 2015 | Michigan (assistant) |
| 2016–present | South Florida (OC/PGC/WR) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 4–5 |
| Bowls | 1–0 |
T. J. Weist (pronounced WEEST, born June 25, 1965) is an American football coach. He is currently the co-offensive coordinator passing game and wide receivers coach for the South Florida Bulls football team. He was the senior offensive analyst for University of Michigan in 2015 and interim head coach of the Connecticut Huskies football team for the 2013 season.
On September 30, 2013, Weist was named to lead the Huskies, after former coach Paul Pasqualoni was fired. Weist was formerly the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator of the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, and most recently as the wide receivers coach of the Cincinnati Bearcats. Weist, who has mentored over 23 future National Football League (NFL) receivers, was also the Bearcats recruiting coordinator for 2012. During his time with the Bearcats, Cincinnati won a total of two Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East]] championships.
Weist helped lead the Bearcats to a 10–3 record in 2012 and a 48-34 victory over the Duke Blue Devils in the Belk Bowl. Weist served as Cincinnati's offensive coordinator in the Belk Bowl as the Bearcats gained 554 yards of total offense on 53 plays and did not have a turnover. Cincinnati was 17 of 25 in passing for 332 yards. Cincinnati was ranked second in the Big East in total offense at 440.23 yards per game and was first in the Big East in scoring offense at 32.31 points per game.
In 2011, Cincinnati averaged 385 yards of total offense per game and scored an average of 33.3 points per game on the way to a Big East conference championship and a win in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl over Vanderbilt.
In 2010, Weist coached a pair of All-Big East Conference selections in Armon Binns (first team) and D. J. Woods (second team) as the duo were the No. 1 and 2 ranked receivers in the Big East in 2010. The Bearcats were the only NCAA FBS school to have two wide receivers with 15 or more 20-yard receptions in 2010. In 2010, the Bearcats led the Big East in scoring offense (27.1 ppg), total offense (417.3 ypg) and passing offense (260.7 ypg).
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