Josh Firm - Football Coach - University of Wyoming Athletics

Josh Firm

Title:
Offensive Graduate Assistant
Email:
jfirm@uwyo.edu
Phone:
(307) 766-3155

Josh Firm is in his third year with Cowboy Football in 2017. He moved into the role of offensive graduate assistant for Wyoming Football in the spring of 2016, after previously serving as the Cowboys’ recruiting graduate assistant during the 2015 season. He was part of a Wyoming team that won the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference and played in the 2016 MW Championship Game. The Cowboys went on to earn a spot in the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl. As an offensive graduate assistant, Firm will assist in practice preparation and preparing scouting reports, as well as assisting the Cowboy coaching staff on game days. As UW’s recruiting graduate assistant, he assisted the director of recruiting with all facets of the recruiting process, including: collecting recruiting information for review by the Cowboy coaching staff, assisting with recruit visits, helping produce recruiting materials and assisting in scheduling recruiting trips by Wyoming coaches. He began his coaching career in the spring and summer of 2013 as a player/coach for the Calanda Broncos in Chur, Switzerland, where he was the starting QB and co-offensive coordinator. In August of 2013, he returned to his alma mater, Missouri University of Science and Technology as an assistant coach for the running backs. From January 2014 to June 2014, Firm served as the offensive coordinator for the Bron-Villeurbanne Falcons in Lyon, France. Firm came to Wyoming in July 2014 to serve as an intern with Cowboy Football. Firm played his college football at Missouri S&T where he was the Miners’ starting quarterback in 2011 and 2012, earning Great Lakes Football Conference All-Academic honors in 2011. Before transferring to Missouri S&T, Firm began his college playing career at Antelope Valley Community College in California. He earned his bachelor’s degree in business management and information systems from Missouri S&T in 2013, and is currently working on his master’s degree in instructional technology at Wyoming. He is originally from Lancaster, Calif.