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Jimmie Dougherty

James Michael Dougherty (born September 9, 1978) is an American football coach who is currently an offensive assistant for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He was most recently the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks for the University of Washington. Prior to that, he was the quarterbacks coach and pass game coordinator at Arizona.

Dougherty was born on September 9, 1978, in Peoria, Illinois. He attended Edwardsville High School in Edwardsville, Illinois, where he played for his father, Tim Dougherty, and earned all-state honors as a quarterback. Dougherty played college football at Missouri from 1997 to 2001. In 2002, he earned a bachelor's degree in Interdisciplinary Studies in Missouri, and he went on to attain a master's degree in Sport Management from Illinois State University in 2004.

Dougherty began his coaching career as the defensive backs coach at Illinois Wesleyan University, where he spent the 2002 and 2003 seasons.

After earning his master's degree from Illinois State in 2004, Dougherty embarked on a five-year tenure at the University of San Diego. He coached the team's wide receivers in the 2004 season. One of the receivers Dougherty coached was All-American, team MVP, and later Philadelphia Eagles signee Michael Gasperson. Dougherty also mentored Adam Hannula, who set school receiving records.

In the 2005 season, Dougherty coached the Toreros' tight ends; senior tight end Matt Koller earned All-Pioneer League honors during this season.

The following two seasons, Dougherty served as the Toreros' passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach. He mentored Josh Johnson, who became USD's all-time leading passer and was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 2008 NFL draft. In the 2007 season, Johnson amassed 43 passing touchdowns and just one interception in the 2007 season and finished third in voting for Walter Payton Award, which is awarded to the nation's top Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) player. Johnson also set a new all-time NCAA record with a career passing efficiency rating of 176.7. Johnson has spent 14 seasons as a professional football player, currently as a backup quarterback to Lamar Jackson with the Baltimore Ravens.

In 2008, Dougherty was promoted to offensive coordinator. He oversaw an offense that scored an average of 35.3 points per game.

From 2009 to 2012, Dougherty served as the wide receivers coach for the Washington Huskies. Dougherty tutored four of the ten all-time receiving leaders in school history: Jaydon Mickens, Jermaine Kearse, Kasen Williams, and Devin Aguilar. Kearse went on to start for the Seattle Seahawks in the 2013 season, in which the Seahawks won Super Bowl XLVIII. Dougherty was given the additional title of passing game coordinator in the 2012 season. The Huskies played in a bowl game in each of Dougherty's last three seasons with the program.

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