James Urban is in his fifth season with the Ravens as quarterbacks coach and has guided a room led by 2019 unanimous NFL MVP Lamar Jackson for nearly his entire Baltimore tenure. Urban, a 19-year NFL coaching veteran, has experience as part of three prolific NFL offenses. He spent seven seasons (2011-17) with AFC North rival Cincinnati, coaching the team's wide receivers. Prior to joining Cincinnati, Urban entered the NFL ranks with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2004. After five seasons in two roles under then-head coach Andy Reid, he was promoted to quarterbacks coach in his final two seasons (2009-10), guiding Pro Bowlers Donovan McNabb (2009) and Michael Vick (2010), both of whom excelled under Urban's direction.

• For the past four years, Urban has mentored QB Lamar Jackson, helping him earn unanimous NFL MVP honors in 2019, becoming the youngest player to earn the award (22 years, 358 days), in his second NFL season.
• Jackson enters the 2022 campaign 37-12 as a regular season starter...In 2021, he surpassed Hall of Famer Dan Marino by becoming the first QB in league history to reach 35 career victories before the age of 25.
• Entering 2022, Jackson ranks seventh all time in rushing yards (3,673) among NFL QBs...His 10 career performances with 100+ rushing yards are tied (with Michael Vick) for the most by a QB in NFL history.
• In 12 starts in 2021, he completed 246-of-382 passes for 2,882 yards, 16 TDs and 13 INTs (87.0 rating), while adding team-high 767 yards and 2 TDs, en route to his second career Pro Bowl nod.
• In 2021, Jackson recorded at least 200 passing yards and 50 rushing yards in seven games, tying Randall Cunningham (1990) and Jackson's 2019 campaign for the most such performances in single-season NFL history.In 2020, Jackson eclipsed the 1,000-yard rushing mark for the second-straight season, becoming the first NFL QB ever with multiple 1,000-yard rushing seasons.
• In 2019, the Ravens lead the NFL in scoring (33.2 ppg) for the first time in team history...Additionally, Baltimore posted a franchise record 64 total TDs, 6,521 total net yards and 3,296 rushing yards.
• In 2019, Jackson became the only QB in NFL history to produce at least 3,000 passing yards (3,127) and 1,000 rushing yards (1,206) in a single season...His 1,206 rushing yards are an NFL single-season record by a QB.

Jackson was responsible for an NFL-best 43 total TDs (36 passing & 7 rushing) in 2019...His 36 TD passes led the NFL and are the most in franchise single-season history...Jackson's 6.9 rushing average also led the NFL, while his three games with 5 TD passes, four games with 4 TD passes and eight games with 3 TD passes were each the NFL's highest such marks.

2018-21: (with Baltimore) 2021: QB Lamar Jackson was instrumental in helping Baltimore's offense finish No. 6 in the NFL (378.8 ypg), with a run game that ranked third (145.8 ypg) and a passing attack that made the NFL's biggest improvement from 2020 (+61.8 ypg)...In 12 starts, he completed 246-of-382 passes for 2,882 yards, 16 TDs and 13 INTs (87.0 rating), while adding team-high 767 yards and 2 TDs, en route to his second career Pro Bowl nod...Jackson recorded at least 200 passing yards and 50 rushing yards in seven games, tying Randall Cunningham (1990) and Jackson's 2019 campaign for the most such performances in single-season NFL history...On 10/11/21 vs. Ind., Jackson threw for a single-game franchise record 442 yards, surpassing QB Vinny Testaverde's previous franchise mark of 429 yards (on 10/27/96 vs. STL)...In the game, Jackson also passed for 4 TDs, completed 86% of his passes (37-of-43) and added 62 yards on the ground. 2020: Jackson eclipsed the 1,000-yard rushing mark for the second-straight season, becoming the first NFL QB ever with multiple 1,000-yard rushing seasons...Jackson also completed 64.4% of his passes for 2,757 yards, 26 TDs and 9 INTs (99.3 rating), adding 7 rushing TDs...Jackson (2019-20) is one of three QBs (Deshaun Watson, 2018-19; Josh Allen, 2020-21) with at least 25 TD passes and 5 rushing TDs in consecutive seasons in NFL history. 2019: Mentored the NFL MVP (Jackson), who led the Ravens to their first-ever No. 1 playoff seed (14-2 record) and second-straight AFC North Division title, while producing one of the greatest seasons ever by a QB...The second-year veteran became the only QB in NFL history to produce at least 3,000 passing yards (3,127) and 1,000 rushing yards (1,206) in a single season...His 1,206 rushing yards are an NFL single-season record by a QB...Jackson posted two perfect passer ratings in 2019, making him one of two QBs in NFL history (Ben Roethlisberger, 2007) to attain the 158.3 mark twice in a season...Baltimore led the NFL in scoring (33.2 ppg) and shattered other franchise single-season records, including total TDs (64), total net yards (6,521) and rushing yards (3,296)...Jackson's 113.3 passer rating in 2019 ranked third. 2018: Joined the Ravens as the team's QBs coach, helping guide rookie Jackson, who was selected in the first round (32nd overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft...Jackson started the regular season's last seven games, posting a 6-1 record and helping the Ravens to the AFC North Division title...Jackson joined QBs Ben Roethlisberger and Dak Prescott as the only rookie QBs with at least six wins in their first seven starts since the 1970 NFL merger...With Jackson as the starter, the Ravens piled up an NFL-high 1,607 rushing yards (229.6 ypg)...Urban helped Jackson produce a team-leading 147 rushing attempts for 695 yards (most among all NFL QBs) and 5 TDs, also earning AFC Offensive Rookie of the Month honors for December. 2011-17: (with Cincinnati) In seven seasons with the Bengals, Urban guided a strong wide receivers group led by one of the NFL's best in WR A.J. Green...From 2011-17, Green ranked fourth in the league in receiving yards (8,213), fifth in receptions (556) and sixth in receiving TDs (57)...Green is also second (Chad Johnson) on Cincinnati's all-time leading receiving list in yards, catches and TDs. 2017: With his seventh Pro Bowl selection in his seventh NFL season, Green (who tallied his sixth 1,000-yard season) became the first NFL WR since the 1970 merger to be invited to the Pro Bowl in each of the first seven years of his career (Green didn't play in '17 Pro Bowl due to injury). 2016: Bengals signed veteran free agent WR Brandon LaFell, who led the team with 6 TDs on 862 receiving yards and 64 catches...LaFell and rookie WR Tyler Boyd combined for 1,465 yards, as the team re-tooled its receiving group. 2015: Green led the team with 1,297 receiving yards, 86 catches and 10 TDs...WRs Marvin Jones (816) and Mohamed Sanu (394) combined for 1,210 receiving yards, their best season as a pair. 2014: Earning his fourth Pro Bowl, Green collected another 1,000-yard season (1,041) despite missing three games (turf toe). 2013: Guided a strong group led by Green, who recorded his best season in leading Cincinnati with 1,426 receiving yards on 98 receptions (both career highs), also tying his career high with 11 TD catches...Urban also tutored second-year wideouts Jones, the second-leading receiver (714 yards and 10 TDs), and Sanu (455 yards and 2 TDs). 2012: Green caught 97 passes for 1,350 yards and 11 TDs in his second season, while WR Andrew Hawkins (533 yards, 51 catches & 4 TDs) had a breakout year under Urban's tutelage. 2011: Joined the Bengals as wide receivers coach and helped groom the No. 4-overall pick (Green) in his rookie year. 2004-10: (with Philadelphia) Spent seven seasons with the Eagles, the first four alongside John Harbaugh. 2009-10: Served as QBs coach, guiding Pro Bowl seasons for Michael Vick ('10) and Donovan McNabb ('09)...Vick signed as a free agent in his return to the NFL ('09), backing up McNabb in his first season, then starting 12 games in 2010, earning the AP Comeback Player of the Year award and was the NFC's starting QB in the Pro Bowl...In his final season in Philly, McNabb earned his sixth Pro Bowl berth (first since '04) under Urban's guidance. 2007-08: Served as offensive quality control coach. 2004-06: Hired by Andy Reid as assistant to the head coach.

1999-2003: (with Univ. of Pennsylvania)*1999:* Hired as the director of football administration/operations at Penn.1997-98: (with Clarion) Spent two seasons coaching wide receivers and tight ends at Clarion (PA) University. College: A native of Mechanicsburg, PA, Urban played wide receiver and kick returner at Washington and Lee University (1992-95), earning a bachelor's degree in English...He also holds a master's degree in communications from Clarion.

Personal: Urban played football at Trinity (Camp Hill, PA) HS and was inducted as part of the school's inaugural Hall of Fame class in 2015...James and his wife, Patrice, have two daughters, Brielle and Cassidy, and a son, Jameson.