Zak Kuhr (pronounced "COOR") is in his second season coaching in the NFL. He was hired in 2020 as a quality control coach to work with the Titans defense and became the inside linebackers assistant in 2021.
Prior to joining the Titans, Kuhr spent the 2019 season at the University of Texas with head coach Tom Herman. The Longhorns finished with an 8-5 record, including a win in the Valero Alamo Bowl. They were 25th in the final Associated Press Top 25 rankings.
Kuhr was with head coach Everett Withers for two years at Texas State (2017-18). In his first season with the Bobcats, during which time he was the co-offensive coordinator and running backs coach, Texas State's offense averaged over 389 yards of total offense and nearly 23 points during the final five games after netting just 304 yards and 13.4 points per contest in the first seven games. Kuhr also coached a trio of running backs (Anthony Taylor, Anthony Smith and Robert Brown, Jr.) who combined for over 1,200 yards and five touchdowns. He was promoted to assistant head coach/offensive coordinator/running backs coach for the 2018 season.
Before his time at Texas State, Kuhr had a one-year stop in 2016 at Rutgers, where he was the Scarlet Knights' running backs coach.
After spending 2013 as a graduate assistant at Old Dominion, where he worked with the running backs and special teams, Kuhr completed two campaigns (2014-15) on the coaching staff at James Madison. He served as the co-offensive coordinator and running backs coach for the Dukes in 2015 after being hired as running backs coach the previous year. In 2015, James Madison finished with a 9-3 record, advanced to the second round of the FCS playoffs, leading the country in third-down efficiency (54 percent) while ranking second in scoring offense (44.3 points per game) and third in total offense (528.8 yards per game).
He was an intern under Urban Meyer at Ohio State for two seasons (2011-12), working with running backs and special teams units. It was there that he first worked with current Titans head coach Mike Vrabel, who was an assistant for the Buckeyes at the time. Kuhr helped mentor running back Carlos Hyde, who went on to earn All-American honors.
A native of Jacksonville, Fla., Kuhr launched his coaching career in his hometown at a young age. He first worked as an assistant coach at Mandarin High School and Westside High School, where he served as offensive coordinator. He then spent two seasons (2009-10) as special teams coordinator at Edward Waters College.
Kuhr earned his bachelor's degree in sports management at Florida in 2013.
Zak Kuhr's Coaching Timeline:
2021: Inside Linebackers Assistant, Tennessee Titans
2020: Quality Control, Tennessee Titans
2019: Assistant Coach, Texas
2018: Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs, Texas State
2017: Co-Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs, Texas State
2016: Running Backs, Rutgers
2015: Co-Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs, James Madison
2014: Running Backs, James Madison
2013: Graduate Assistant, Old Dominion
2011-12: Intern, Ohio State
2009-10: Special Teams Coordinator, Edward Waters
