Johns Hopkins University Athletics

David Josephson, a 2015 Johns Hopkins graduate, was named the Blue Jays’ offensive coordinator on March 13, 2019 and enters his third season in that roll in 2022.  Josephson replaced Greg Chimera as the team’s offensive coordinator when Chimera was named the head coach at Johns Hopkins on February 22, 2019.

A member of the coaching staff at Stanford just prior to his return to Johns Hopkins, Josephson guided a Blue Jay offense that averaged 36.4 points and 459.3 yards per game during his first season as the offensive coordinator in 2019.  Both of those averages rank among the top 10 in program history as the 459.3 yards rank ninth and the 36.4 points rank 10th.  Josephson’s offense also cracked the program’s top 10 in passing yards (3,530/4th) and touchdown passes (27/T5th) while five of his players earned All-Centennial Conference honors.  The Blue Jays posted an 8-3 record and beat local rival Stevenson in the Centennial-MAC Bowl Series in 2019.

After the cancellation of the 2020 season (COVID), Josephson’s offense reached new heights in 2021 as the Blue Jays set school records for points per game (46.5) and passing yards per game (346.8); the Blue Jays ranked eighth nationally in scoring offense and third in passing offense.

Five Blue Jays earned D3football.com All-Region honors, eight earned All-Centennial and four of Johns Hopkins’ national-record eight CoSIDA Academic All-Americans played offense in 2021.

Josephson had previously served as an assistant coach at Johns Hopkins from 2015-17 and helped guide the Blue Jays to a three-year record of 31-4, including a 29-1 mark in the regular season. The Blue Jays won the outright Centennial Conference title in 2015 and 2016 and shared the title in 2017.  Johns Hopkins advanced to the NCAA Playoffs in each of those three seasons with appearances in the second round in 2015 and 2016.

Josephson, who began his coaching career as a student assistant during his undergraduate days at Johns Hopkins, served in a variety of roles during his previous three-year tenure.  He worked as the special teams coordinator during the 2017 season after assisting with special teams in 2015 and 2016.  He also coached the Blue Jay wide receivers (2016) and defensive backs (2015, 2017) and oversaw the team’s recruiting efforts during his final year.

Under the direction of head coach David Shaw at Stanford during the 2018 season, Josephson served as a graduate assistant and worked with the Cardinal secondary.  He assisted in all facets of game-planning, film breakdown and data analysis and worked closely with First Team All-Pac-12 defensive back Paulson Adebo, who led the nation with 24 pass breakups in 2018.  Stanford posted a 9-4 record, including a 6-3 mark in the Pac-12, and defeated Pitt in the Sun Bowl. 

Josephson helped guide a record-breaking Blue Jay offense in 2016 as Johns Hopkins averaged 41.4 points and 510.1 yards per game.  Johns Hopkins set then school records for total offense, passing yards per game (342.2) and touchdown passes (37).  The Blue Jays’ 41.4 points, 65 overall touchdowns and 6.51 yards per play in 2016 all ranked second best in school history at the time.  Three of Josephson’s players earned All-Centennial Conference honors in 2016, five different receivers had 29 or more receptions and five players had at least six touchdown receptions on the year.

Josephson originally joined the Blue Jay coaching staff in 2013 after his playing career was cut short by an injury. Undaunted, he continued his contribution to the program by quickly becoming a valuable student assistant - immersing himself in all aspects of the coaching staff. He also spent the spring of 2017 as an offensive assistant at Yale.

A native of Old Greenwich, Connecticut, Josephson graduated from Johns Hopkins with honors and a degree in economics and a minor in entrepreneurship and management.