T.J. Weist (pronounced WEEST) enters his first season as the assistant special teams coach for the New York Giants. His coaching career spans over three decades, primarily at the collegiate level across several major programs.
Weist most recently served on John Harbaugh's staff in Baltimore from 2021-23 as a special teams coach. He first joined the Ravens in 2018 as a coaching analyst before being elevated to assistant special teams coach for the 2019-20 seasons. During Weist's five years (2019-23) helping Baltimore's special teams unit, the Ravens sent four players (long snapper Morgan Cox, kicker Justin Tucker, punter Jordan Stout, and return specialist Devin Duvernay) to a combined 10 Pro Bowls. Those four also earned five first-team All-Pro selections, including two by Tucker (2019, 2021).
With Weist on staff, Baltimore consistently ranked among the league's best in Football Outsiders' special teams DVOA (defense-adjusted value over average), a metric that measures play-by-play efficiency relative to league averages. In his first season (2019), the Ravens finished eighth in special teams DVOA. From 2020–23, they ranked in the top three each year, including a No. 1 ranking in 2021.
Tucker produced two of the most prolific scoring seasons in Ravens' history while Weist was on staff. He set a single-season team record with 147 points in 2023, one year after establishing the previous mark with 142 points in 2022.
Before entering the NFL, Weist spent 28 seasons at the collegiate level, primarily on the offensive side of the ball. He most recently coached at South Florida as the wide receivers coach and co-offensive coordinator on then-head coach—and current Giants running backs coach—Willie Taggart's staff. At USF, Weist worked closely with wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling, who was drafted in the fifth round of the 2018 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers. When Taggart departed to become the head coach at Oregon, Weist was named the interim head coach for the Birmingham Bowl.
In 2015, Weist served as a senior offensive analyst on Jim Harbaugh's staff at Michigan, marking his second stint in Ann Arbor. He also spent the 2013 season at Connecticut, where he began as offensive coordinator before taking over as interim head coach midway through the year. In his first opportunity as an interim head coach, Weist led the Huskies to a 3-5 record, ending the season on a three-game winning streak.
At Connecticut, Weist worked closely with wide receiver Geremy Davis, a sixth-round draft choice by the Giants in 2015. Davis recorded career highs in receiving yards (1,085) and receptions (71) in Weist's one season on staff.
From 2010-12, Weist worked with the wide receivers at Cincinnati. The Bearcats won 10 games in each of his final two seasons, including postseason wins in the Belk Bowl and the Liberty Bowl.
Weist spent eight seasons (2002–09) at Western Kentucky in a variety of roles. He was initially hired by Jack Harbaugh as the running backs and wide receivers coach in 2002, the year the Hilltoppers captured the Division I-AA National Championship. He was promoted to offensive coordinator/wide receivers coach in 2003, a position he held until 2007, when he became assistant head coach/pass game coordinator/wide receivers coach.
Prior to his time at Western Kentucky, Weist spent five seasons coaching receivers at Indiana. In his first season (1997), he overlapped with John Harbaugh, who was the special teams coordinator and defensive backs coach for the Hoosiers.
Weist also coached wide receivers and tight ends at Southern Illinois (1994–95) and spent the 1996 season coaching receivers at Tulsa.
From 1990-93, Weist coached wide receivers at Michigan. He worked closely with two standout players: 1991 Heisman Trophy winner Desmond Howard and Giants Ring of Honor member and the franchise's all-time leading receiver, Amani Toomer. Under Weist's guidance, Howard recorded 118 receptions for 1,808 yards and 28 touchdowns over two seasons.
Weist began his coaching career at his alma mater, Alabama, as a graduate assistant working with wide receivers from 1988–89.
A native of Bay City, Mich., Weist graduated from Alabama in 1988 with a bachelor's degree in health and physical education and in 1989, he obtained a master's degree in exercise physiology. He played wide receiver for the Crimson Tide from 1984-87. While at Alabama, Weist was teammates with Giants legend Howard Cross in 1987. He and his wife, Karen, have a son, James, and twin daughters, Karrington and Samantha.
2026: New York Giants - Assistant Special Teams
2021-23: Baltimore Ravens - Special Teams
2019-20: Baltimore Ravens - Assistant Special Teams
2018: Baltimore Ravens - Coaching Analyst
2016: University of South Florida - Interim Head Coach/Co-Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers
2015: University of Michigan - Senior Offensive Analyst
2013: University of Connecticut - Interim Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator
2010-12: University of Cincinnati - Wide Receivers
2007-09: Western Kentucky University - Assistant Head Coach/Pass Game Coordinator/Wide Receivers
2003-06: Western Kentucky University - Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers
2002: Western Kentucky University - Running Back/Wide Receivers
1997-01: Indiana University - Wide Receivers
1996: University of Tulsa - Wide Receivers
