Lansdale Catholic's Judge coaching quarterbacks at Ole Miss in CFP

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Lansdale Catholic's Judge coaching quarterbacks at Ole Miss in CFP

Ole Miss has a Bucks County area connection as it heads into Thursday night’s College Football Playoff semifinal showdown with Miami.

Former New York Giants head coach and New England Patriots special teams coordinator Joe Judge, a Lansdale Catholic graduate, is in his first season as the Rebels’ quarterbacks coach after one year as a senior analyst.

Under Judge’s tutelage, Ole Miss senior QB Trinidad Chambliss has passed for 3,660 yards, 21 touchdowns and just three interceptions this season while rushing for 520 yards rushing and eight TDs.

No. 6 Ole Miss (13-1) outlasted No. 3 Georgia 39-34 in the Jan. 1 quarterfinals to earn a date with No. 10 Miami, a 24-14 winner over No. 2 Ohio State. Ole Miss handled No. 11 Tulane 41-10 in the first round.

Ole Miss quarterbacks coach Joe Judge and Trinidad Chambliss of the Rebels watch a video replay during the third quarter of the game against the Citadel Bulldogs at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on Nov. 8.

Judge, 44, grew up in Warrington and Doylestown, attended St. Joseph/St. Robert School in Warrington and played CYO Football for the Romans. He was a two-year starting quarterback for longtime LC coach Jim Algeo (1998-99).

Primarily a special teams player at Mississippi State, Judge began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Mississippi State (2005-07). He was special teams coordinator at Division III Birmingham-Southern (2008) and then special teams assistant for Nick Saban at Alabama (2009-11).

Next, he became special teams assistant with Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots (2012-14), then special teams coordinator at New England (2015-19), head coach of the Giants (2020-21) and Patriots assistant coach (2022-23) prior to joining Lane Kiffin at Ole Miss. Former Rebels defensive coordinator Pete Golding took over as head coach Nov. 30 when Kiffin left for LSU.

Judge was part of three Super Bowl champion teams and two BCS national championship squads at ’Bama.

This article originally appeared on Bucks County Courier Times: College Football Playoff semifinal Ole Miss Miami Joe Judge

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