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Josh Firm

Title:
Running Backs
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Phone:
406.994.5694

Josh Firm joins the Bobcats as running backs coach in 2025 after three seasons at Robert Morris (running backs coach in 2022, offensive coordinator/quarterbacks 2023-24). The Lancaster, Calif., native played football and baseball at Antelope Valley JC in his hometown before starting at quarterback at Missouri S&T in 2011 and 2012. He began his coaching career in the spring of 2013 as a player/coach for the Calanda Broncos in Chur, Switzerland. He was starting quarterback and co-offensive coordinator, leading the Broncos to a 2013 Swiss National Championship. He returned to Missouri S&T that fall, working with running backs as a student coach, then from January to June in 2014 served as offensive coordinator for the Bron-Villeurbanne Falcons in Lyon, France. He joined the Wyoming staff as recruiting intern in 2014, also working alongside Vigen and helping with quarterbacks, and in 2015 became a graduate assistant for recruiting. Firm assisted UW offensive line coach Scott Fuchs in 2016 and ‘17. In 2018, Firm became tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator at Morgan State, rising to the role of offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the 2020 and 2021 campaigns. In 2022 Firm became the running backs coach at Robert Morris before his elevation to offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the 2023 and 2024 seasons. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Business and Information Systems from Missouri S&T in 2013, and his Master’s in Instructional Technology from Wyoming in 2018.