- Hired as the Cardinals offensive coordinator in 2023 after coaching three seasons (2020-22) with Cleveland, including in 2022 as the Browns quarterbacks coach.
- In his first season with Arizona in 2023, the Cardinals offense finished 4th in the NFL in rushing (2,365 yards) and 2nd in rushing average (5.02). It was just the second time since 1970 the Cardinals had a top-five rushing offense in the NFL (3rd in 1979).
- Cardinals RB James Conner had his first-career 1,000-yard rushing season (1,040 yards) and QB Kyler Murray returned from a serious knee injury and started the final eight games where he helped Arizona's offense rank 9th in the league in those final eight games. TE Trey McBride led the team with 81 receptions for 825 yards. His 81 receptions set a single-season franchise record for a TE and his 825 yards are second in team history for a TE.
- With the Browns in 2022, QB Jacoby Brissett started 11 games and completed 236-of-369 passes for 2,608 yards, 12 TDs, six interceptions and an 88.9 quarterback rating. Brissett's 63.9 completion percentage and 88.9 passer rating were both career highs. QB Deshaun Watson started the final six games of the season and threw for 1,102 yards, seven TDs and five interceptions. Both QBs combined to run for 418 yards and three TDs in 2022.
- Prior to Cleveland, Petzing spent six seasons (2014-19) coaching with Minnesota. As the Vikings wide receivers coach in 2019, WR Stefon Diggs set a then career-high with 1,130 receiving yards and finished 4th in the league that season with a 17.9-yard average on 63 receptions.
- Working with Kirk Cousins in 2018, the Vikings QB set a team record for completions (425), threw for the third-most passing yards (4,298), had the second-highest completion percentage (70.1%) and recorded the fourth-highest passer rating (99.7) by a Viking in team history.
Drew Petzing is in his second season with the Cardinals and 11th in the NFL after being hired as Arizona's offensive coordinator on 2/21/23. He came to the Cardinals after spending the previous three years (2020-22) with Cleveland, including as the Browns quarterbacks coach in 2022.
Petzing coached Cleveland's tight ends for two years (2020-21) after spending six seasons (2014-19) as an assistant with the Minnesota Vikings. He was the Vikings wide receivers coach in 2019 after working as the assistant quarterbacks coach (2018) and assistant wide receivers coach (2014-17) with Minnesota. Petzing and Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon coached together in Minnesota for four seasons (2014-17).
Arizona had one of the top rushing attacks in 2023 after finishing the season 4th in the NFL in rushing (2,365 yards) and 2nd in rushing average (5.02) while leading the league with four games of 200+ rushing yards. The 2023 season marked just the second time since 1970 – and first time in 44 years – the Cardinals finished a season ranked in the top-5 in the league in rushing yards (3rd in 1979). It was the fourth-most rushing yards in a single-season in Cardinals history and the second-best rushing average in team annals. The Cardinals led the NFL with 23 runs of 20+ yards last season, becoming one of only three teams to have at least 23 runs of 20+ yards in the last 10 years.
RB James Conner had his first-career 1,000-yard rushing season (1,040) and his fourth-career season with 1,000+ scrimmage yards (1,165). He led the NFL in runs of 20+ yards (11), ranked 2nd in rushing yards/game (80.0) and 3rd in runs of 10+ yards. QB Kyler Murray started the final eight games of the season after returning from a serious knee injury that kept him out of action for 335 days. Murray threw for 1,799 yards and 10 TDs last season while rushing for 244 yards and three TDs. With Murray in the lineup, Arizona had the 9th ranked offense in the NFL. TE Trey McBride led the team with 81 receptions for 825 yards last season. His 81 receptions set a single-season franchise record for a TE while his 825 receiving yards are the second-most in team history by a TE. He had two games with 100+ receiving yards becoming the first Cardinals TE in the previous 34 yards to go over 100 yards. And he had two games with 10+ receptions, something that had never been done in team history by a TE.
As the QBs coach with the Browns in 2022, QB Jacoby Brissett started 11 games and completed 236-of-369 passes for 2,608 yards, 12 TDs, six INTs and an 88.9 QB rating. Brissett's 63.9 completion percentage and 88.9 passer rating were both career highs. QB Deshaun Watson started the final six games of the season and threw for 1,102 yards, seven TDs and five INTs. Both QBs combined to run for 418 yards and three TDs in 2022.
As tight ends coach with Cleveland for two seasons, Petzing's group helped the Browns become the only team in the league in 2021 to have at least three different tight ends each record at least three TDs as TE David Njoku led the team with four TDs. They also helped the Browns lead the NFL in rushing average (5.09-yard avg.) in 2021, the highest rushing average for the team since 1966.
In 2020, the Browns had three tight ends record multiple TDs, led by TE Austin Hooper who tied for second on the team with four TDs. Rookie TE Harrison Bryant led all rookie tight ends with three receiving TDs while Njoku had two TD receptions. Cleveland finished 3rd in the league in rushing (148.4 ypg) in 2020, the best average for the Browns since 1978.
During his tenure with Minnesota, Petzing helped the Vikings win two NFC North division titles (2015 & 2017) while also qualifying for the postseason as a Wild Card team in 2019. The 2017 Vikings went 13-3 and advanced to the NFC Championship.
As Vikings wide receivers coach in 2019, WR Stefon Diggs set a then career-high with 1,130 receiving yards, his second consecutive 1,000-yard season. He finished 4th in the league that season with a 17.9-yard average on 63 receptions. Working with Kirk Cousins in 2018, the Vikings QB set a team record for completions (425), threw for the third-most passing yards (4,298), had the second-highest completion percentage (70.1) and recorded the fourth-highest passer rating (99.7) by a Viking in team history. He became the first quarterback in NFL history to throw for at least 4,000 yards, at least 30 passing TDs, 10 or fewer INTs and complete at least 70% of his passes in a season.
As assistant wide receivers coach, Petzing helped develop WR Adam Thielen, who began his career as an undrafted rookie free agent. In 2017, Thielen made his first Pro Bowl and was a second-team All-Pro selection after finishing 5th in the NFL (2nd in NFC) with a then career-high 1,276 receiving yards on 91 receptions. Diggs reached 200 career catches in 40 games, the fastest in team history to reach that milestone (record has since been eclipsed by Justin Jefferson). In addition to working with wide receivers in his first season in Minnesota, Petzing also helped coach Vikings running backs in 2014. As a rookie, RB Jerick McKinnon tied for 5th in the NFL with a 4.8-yard average (min 100 carries).
Petzing served as a graduate assistant at Boston College for two years (2010-11) after working as a volunteer assistant coach at Harvard in 2009. He then worked for one season (2012) as the outside linebackers coach at Yale before spending the 2013 season with the Browns as a football operations intern where he assisted the offense.
As a player, Petzing spent his first two years (2005-06) at Middlebury College as a defensive back before injuries cut short his playing career. A Wellesley, MA native, Petzing then served as a student assistant the next two years before graduating in 2009 with a degree in Economics and minors in Math and Philosophy. His brother, Dean, is an offensive assistant coach with the Carolina Panthers. He and his wife, Louisa, have a daughter, Emilia and son, Owen.
