Arizona Cardinals Team
Justin Frye
Offensive Line
Biography
Justin Frye is in his first season with the Cardinals and the NFL after being hired as the team's offensive line coach on 2/12/25. An 18-year coaching veteran, Frye came to Arizona after spending the previous three seasons (2022-24) at Ohio State, including the past two seasons as the Buckeyes run game coordinator/offensive line coach.
Justin Frye is in his first season with the Cardinals and the NFL after being hired as the team's offensive line coach on 2/12/25. An 18-year coaching veteran, Frye came to Arizona after spending the previous three seasons (2022-24) at Ohio State, including the past two seasons as the Buckeyes run game coordinator/offensive line coach.
Frye helped the Buckeyes win the College Football National Championship in 2024 as he had two players selected as All-Americans and first-team All-Big Ten (C Seth McLaughlin & G Donovan Jackson). Ohio State had two running backs each go over 1,000 yards and 10 rushing TDs (Quinshon Judkins-1,060 & 14 TDs, TreVeyon Henderson-1,016 & 10 TDs) for only the second time in school history (2013). McLaughlin won the 2024 Rimington Trophy, given to the top center in Division I football.
He added the title of run game coordinator in 2023 and helped three Ohio State offensive linemen get named all-conference. Jackson was a first-team selection while G Matt Jones was second-team and T Josh Fryar was third-team. Frye joined the Buckeyes in 2022 as the associate head coach for offensive/offensive line coach and tutored current Cardinals T Paris Johnson Jr. as he was named a first-team All-American and first-team All-Big Ten. Frye helped five players earn All-Big Ten honors in 2022 as the Buckeyes ranked 11th in the nation and second in the Big Ten in rushing yards per carry (5.37). The Buckeyes offensive line also helped protect QB C.J. Stroud as Ohio State was one of just two Power 5 schools nationally to finish in the top 10 in both fewest sacks allowed (7th) and fewest tackles for loss allowed (6th).
Prior to Ohio State, Frye spent four seasons (2018-21) at UCLA where he worked as the Bruins offensive line coach and also the team's offensive coordinator for his final three years in Westwood. UCLA ranked top-15 nationally in both 2021 and 2020 after averaging over 200 rushing yards per game each year. It was only the fourth and fifth seasons since 1990 where the Bruins averaged more than 200 yards per game.
In 2021, UCLA finished 14th nationally and second in the Pac-12 conference with an average of 215.1 rushing yards per game. Current Seahawks RB Zach Charbonnet led the conference with seven 100-yard rushing games and was third in rushing yards (1,137 yards) while RB Brittain Brown topped the conference by averaging 6.03 yards per carry. The Bruins led the conference in scoring (36.5 ppg) and were second in total offense (441.2 ypg). QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson was first in the conference in passing efficiency (153.9) while WR Kyle Phillips led all Pac-12 receivers with 10 receiving TDs. TE Greg Dulcich was a semifinalist for the John Mackey Award as the nation's top tight end and T Sean Rhyan was a first-team all-conference selection.
The 2020 season featured the Bruins highest per carry rushing average (5.1 ypc) since 1976 while UCLA ranked 12th nationally by averaging 230.6 rushing yards per game. They were second in the Pac-12 and 21st nationally in total offense (455.0 ypg) and second in the league in passing efficiency (154.68). UCLA's 31 TDs that season led the league and their scoring offense (35.4 ppg) was 20th nationally. RB Demetric Felton Jr. led the Pac-12 and ranked 6th nationally in all-purpose yards (165.8 ypg). UCLA improved its rushing average per game by more than 70 yards from the previous year.
In 2019, RB Joshua Kelly had his second-straight 1,000-yard rushing season and UCLA had five straight games of 200+ rushing yards for the first time since 1978. Felton set school records for a running back with 55 receptions and four scoring plays of 75+ yards. UCLA improved its rushing average per game by 40 yards from 2018 and T Sean Rhyan was named a consensus freshman All-American selection. Kelley ran for 1,243 yards in 2018, the 10th highest total in school history, and ranked 9th in the FBS in rushing yards per game that season.
Frye spent five years (2013-17) at Boston College as the team's run game coordinator/offensive line coach where he helped the Eagles make four bowl games in five seasons. In 2013, RB Andre Williams was a Heisman Trophy finalist and the ACC's first Doak Walker Award winner after rushing for 2,177 yards, the fifth-highest total FBS history. He shattered every school single-season record including the most rushing yards in a game (339) and rushing TDs in a game (5). BC's rushing offense ranked 20th nationally (212.5 ypg) which was a 121-yard increase from 2012 Williams' 167.5 rushing average per game led the nation. Three of Frye's offensive linemen (T Matt Patchan, C Andy Gallik and T Ian White) each earned all-conference honors.
In 2014, Boston College averaged 254.7 yards per game, ranking 14th nationally, and allowed just 21 sacks. Four linemen (Gallik, T Seth Betancourt, T Ian Silberman, G Bobby Vardaro) earned all-ACC honors. In 2017, BC ranked 25th in the nation in rushing offense (220.4 ypg) and RB AJ Dillon was 7th in the country in rushing (1,589 yards) while adding 14 TDs. Dillon averaged 122.2 yards per game, the 12th best mark in the nation that year.
Frye went to Boston College after working as the offensive line coach at Temple for two seasons (2011-12). He coached an offensive line that had the top rushing offense in the Big East conference in 2012 as the Owls averaged 201.2 yards per game (31st in NCAA). RB Montel Harris was an All-Big East first-team selection after leading the conference by averaging 105.4 rushing yards per game. In 2011, Temple set school records for the most rushing yards (3,335) and rushing touchdowns (38) in a single-season while ranking 7th in the country in rushing offense (256.5 ypg). RB Bernard Pierce finished 6th in the NCAA in rushing average per game (123.4 ypg) and OL Pat Boyle and OL Wayne Tribue earned all-conference honors.
He began his coaching career at his alma mater, Indiana University, as an offensive graduate assistant for two years (2007-08) where he worked with the offensive line and tight ends and helped the Hoosiers play in the 2007 Insight Bowl at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, AZ. Frye then spent two seasons (2009-10) as a graduate assistant at Florida where he worked with the Gators offensive line. In 2009, the Gators led the SEC in rushing and total offense and featured future NFL draft picks Maurkice Pouncey, Mike Pouncey, Marcus Gilbert and Maurice Hurt. Maurkice Pouncey won the 2009 Rimington Award as the college football's most outstanding center.
Frye played on the offensive line at Indiana (2002-06) and set a school record with 45 consecutive starts to finish his career. As a senior in 2006, he was a team captain and was voted the team's most outstanding offensive lineman. Frye was an all-state performer at Elwood High School. His late father, Kevin, was a fullback and tight end for the Hoosiers from 1977-81 and played in the 1979 Holiday Bowl.
He earned his degree in 2006 from Indiana in Sports Communications and Broadcasting. Frye and his wife, Lauren, have four children: Kevin, Zoe, Max and Welles.
Justin Frye Coaching Breakdown
Year School/Team Position
2007–08 Indiana Graduate Assistant
2009–10 Florida Graduate Assistant
2011–12 Temple Offensive Line
2013–17 Boston College Run Game Coordinator/Offensive Line
2018 UCLA Offensive Line
2019–21 UCLA Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
2022 Ohio State Assoc. Head Coach for Offense/Offensive Line
2023–24 Ohio State Run Game Coordinator/Offensive Line
2025– ARIZONA CARDINALS Offensive Line