Will Harriger is in his first season with the Carolina Panthers as quarterbacks coach after spending the 2023 season with the Dallas Cowboys as an offensive assistant/quality control. Harriger brings with him nine seasons of NFL coaching experience and an additional 11 years at the collegiate level.
Harriger spent 2022 as a senior offensive analyst and quarterbacks coach at Southern California. Under his tutelage, Williams won the Heisman Trophy after the quarterback tallied 4,537 passing yards (third nationally) and 42 touchdowns (first in Pac-12) against only five interceptions. Williams also rushed for 382 yards and 10 scores.
In 2021, he was an offensive assistant coach with the Jacksonville Jaguars, where quarterback Trevor Lawrence set franchise rookie records for completions and passing yards. Previously, Harriger worked in Atlanta from 2019-20 and Seattle from 2014-18. He was an offensive assistant his first year with the Seahawks, then was promoted to assistant quarterbacks coach for the final four years, assisting the development of quarterback Russell Wilson to pass for 11,650 yards and 90 touchdowns from 2016-18, earning Pro Bowl honors in 2017 and 2018 and leading the NFL in passing touchdowns in 2017.
Prior to his time in the NFL, Harriger spent 10 years coaching in college in various roles, including two seasons at Florida (2012-13), two seasons at Texas Tech (2010-11), two seasons at Tennessee-Martin (2006, 2009), one year at Texas (2008), one year at his alma mater Auburn (2007) and two seasons at Midwestern State (2004-05).
Harriger earned his bachelor's degree in communications from Auburn after prepping at Trinity Christian, Texas, High School.
He and his wife, Brooke, have three children, Daisy, William IV (Bud) and Dorothy.
2004-05 | Midwestern State - Graduate Assistant (OLBs)
2006 | Tennessee-Martin - Graduate Assistant (Tight Ends)
2007 | Auburn - Def. Assistant
2008 | Texas - QC/Defense
2009 | Tennessee-Martin - LBs
2010-11 | Texas Tech - Def. Assistant
2012-13 | Florida - Defensive Intern
2014 | Seattle Seahawks - Offensive Assistant
2015-18 | Seattle Seahawks - Assistant Quarterbacks
2019-20 | Atlanta Falcons - Off. Asst./RBs
2021 | Jacksonville Jaguars - Off. Asst.
2022 | USC - Senior Offensive Analyst/Quarterbacks
2023 | Dallas Cowboys - Offensive Assistant/Quality Control
2024 | Carolina Panthers - Quarterbacks
