Graham Hobbs joined the Eagles football staff as quarterbacks coach in the spring of 2018.
A native of Corapeake, North Carolina, Hobbs spent the prior two seasons with Marshall University as an offensive graduate assistant, working primarily with wide receivers. He helped tutor First Team All-Conference USA selection Tyre Brady, who recorded 942 receiving yards and eight touchdowns on the season. Marshall’s 2017 campaign ended with a victory in the New Mexico Bowl.
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After attending Chowan University in North Carolina and playing quarterback for a season, Hobbs transferred to Florida International to finish his bachelor’s degree and get his coaching start within collegiate football, first as member of the video staff. He then joined the coaching staff as the offensive quality control coach for the 2014 and 2015 seasons for the Golden Panthers. Hobbs worked with the quarterback and wide receiver positions at FIU, while also helping with film analysis and opponent scouting reports. He left FIU to join Elizabeth City State University as an offensive assistant coach in the spring of 2016, before moving on to Marshall for the 2016 season.
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Hobbs graduated from Gates County High School in North Carolina as a three-sport athlete, earning all-conference and all-area honors in football, basketball and baseball for the Red Barons. He earned his bachelor’s degree in recreation and sport management from Florida International University in 2015, and completed his master’s degree in parks, recreation, tourism, and sport management from North Carolina State University in 2017.
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