Justin Outten was hired by the Seahawks on February 18, 2025 as run game specialist/assistant offensive line coach after spending the last two seasons (2023-24) with the Tennessee Titans and one season with the Denver Broncos (2022) as offensive coordinator. He also spent time coaching in the NFL with the Green Bay Packers (2019-21) and Atlanta Falcons (2016-18). For eight seasons (2008-15), he coached at Westfield High School in Houston after beginning his collegiate coaching career at Syracuse University (2007).
In 2024, Outten helped third-year tight end Chig Okonkwo produce his third season with at least 30 receptions, 400 receiving yards and one touchdown. Okonkwo finished the season as the club's second leading pass catcher with 52 receptions, 479 yards and two touchdowns on 70 targets.
In 2023, Outten's work with the Titans running backs helped Derrick Henry finish second in the NFL with 1,167 rushing yards. Henry started 17 games for the first time in his career and was selected to his fourth career Pro Bowl. His 12 rushing touchdowns tied for seventh in the league. Meanwhile, rookie Tyjae Spears' 838 scrimmage yards (453 rushing and 385 receiving) ranked seventh in franchise history among rookie running backs, and the total also placed fourth among rookie running backs in 2023 behind Atlanta's Bijan Robinson, Detroit's Jahmyr Gibbs and Miami's De'Von Achane. Spears became the franchise's first rookie running back with at least 50 receptions (52) since Sid Blanks in 1964 (56).
With Outten as offensive coordinator in Denver in 2022, the Broncos tied for fifth place in the NFL in completions of 25-plus yards (35), trailing only Kansas City (49), Philadelphia (38), Miami (37) and New England (36). Outten, who called plays for the Broncos during the last two games of the season, helped the offense post 471 total yards of offense in Week 18, which was the most by the team in a single game since the 2016 season.
With the Packers, Outten coached a tight end unit that collectively tallied 60-plus catches and 700-plus receiving yards in each of his three seasons. During his tenure in Green Bay, six different tight ends registered at least one touchdown reception, which tied for the second-most in the NFL during that span.
In 2020, Outten coached tight end Robert Tonyan, who recorded 52 receptions for 586 yards (11.3 avg.). Tonyan totaled 11 touchdown receptions to set the single-season franchise mark for the position and tied
All-Pro Travis Kelce for the league lead at his position.
In his first season with Green Bay, Outten saw four tight ends (Jimmy Graham, Marcedes Lewis, Tonyan, Jace Sternberger) catch a touchdown pass (including playoffs), the most by a Packers' tight end unit since 2010. His tight end group helped the offense rank second in the league in giveaways (13), first in zero-turnover games (nine) and eighth in red-zone percentage (64.0).
During his three seasons with the Falcons, Outten served as an offensive intern (2016) and offensive assistant (2017-18), helping with the offensive line. During that span, Atlanta had four Pro Bowl selections among its offensive line, with center Alex Mack (2016-18) and tackle Jake Matthews (2018) becoming the first pair of Falcons offensive linemen since 1983 to be named to a Pro Bowl in the same year.
From 2016-18, Atlanta ranked in the top-10 in numerous offensive categories, including first in yards per play (6.26), third in total yards per game (389.9), third in passing yards per contest (278.5) and fourth in scoring offense (27.2). Following the 2018 season, Outten was promoted to assistant offensive line coach before joining the Packers.
Prior to Atlanta, Outten coached and was a special education teacher at Westfield High School. He served as assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and offensive line coach during his tenure. In his eight years at Westfield, Outten was part of a staff that helped 24 offensive linemen receive scholarships to play at the collegiate level.
A native of Doylestown, Pa., and graduate of Central Bucks High School West, Outten was a three-year letter winner at Syracuse. Over his final two seasons (2005-06), he appeared in all 23 games (22 starts) at center and was named team captain as a senior. He began his coaching career in 2007, serving as a graduate assistant for the Orange.
Outten graduated from Syracuse with a degree in childhood family studies, and he and his wife, Vanessa, have one daughter, Bella, and one son, Jayce.
