After serving as an offensive assistant in his first season on the Rams coaching staff, Peetz now has the title of pass game specialist entering his second.
Prior to joining the Rams, Peetz served as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for LSU in 2021, helping guide the Tigers to the No. 5 passing offense in the SEC. Quarterback Max Johnson finished seventh in the conference with 2,815 passing yards, fifth in touchdown passes (27) and the fifth-fewest interceptions (6, tied with two others). Johnson did not play in the team's bowl game appearance. Peetz helped senior wide receiver and former quarterback Jontre Kirklin throw for three touchdowns, which tied for third-most for a "quarterback" in a bowl game for the Tigers.
Peetz also spent two years with the Carolina Panthers, coaching the running backs in 2019 when Christian McCaffrey put together a record-breaking season. In 2019, McCaffrey led the NFL in scrimmage yards (2,392) and became just the third player in NFL history with over 1,000 rushing yards and 1,000 receiving yards in the same season. He also set the NFL record for receptions by a running back with 116 in 2019, becoming only the second player in league history with 1,000 rushing yards and 100 receptions in the same season.
In 2020, Peetz coached the Panthers' quarterbacks and helped Carolina produce four players with over 1,000 scrimmage yards in a season as the it became only the fifth team in the Super Bowl era to accomplish such a feat. Quarterback Teddy Bridgewater completed 69.2 percent of his passes and threw for 3,733 yards and 15 TDs for the Panthers in 2020. The Panthers' offense also produced a pair of 1,000-yard receivers in 2020 with Robby Anderson and D.J. Moore both eclipsing the mark.
Peetz joins the Rams with 10 years of NFL experience and has worked with quarterbacks such as Bridgewater (Panthers), Derek Carr (Raiders), Kirk Cousins (Commanders), Chad Henne (Jaguars) and Blaine Gabbert (Jaguars).
NFL stops for Peetz included the Oakland Raiders (2015-17), Washington Commanders (2014) and Jacksonville Jaguars (2012). Peetz spent the 2013 and 2018 seasons as an offensive analyst with Alabama. He also coached at Santa Barbara City College in 2006 and at UCLA in 2007. He was a scout for the Jacksonville Jaguars from 2008-11 before moving to an on-field
Peetz coached quarterbacks in his final two seasons in Oakland (2016-17), serving as assistant quarterback coach in 2016 and quarterbacks coach in 2017. Raiders quarterback Derek Carr earned two of his three consecutive Pro Bowl selections working with Peetz. He originally joined the team as a senior offensive assistant in 2015, working primarily with the running backs. He helped Latavious Murray earn Pro Bowl honors after rushing for 1,066 yards and six touchdowns, the first 1,000-yard rushing season by a Raider since 2010.
Peetz spent one year with Washington as the offensive quality control/assistant wide receivers coach in 2014. In his one season working with Peetz, Washington wide receiver DeSean Jackson led the NFL with an average of 20.9 yards per reception and led the team with 1,169 receiving yards.
Peetz played defensive back and a long snapper at Nebraska from 2003-05. While at Nebraska, he was twice named to the Brook Berringer Citizenship Team for his extensive community outreach work. He graduated from Nebraska in exercise science in December of 2005.
Peetz and his wife Maggie have seven children – Gianna, Julia, John Robert, Emma, William, and George.
