Background
Godsey was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on January 1, 1979. His father John played college football for Alabama under Bear Bryant.
Godsey was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on January 1, 1979. His father John played college football for Alabama under Bear Bryant.
Central Florida hired Godsey as a graduate assistant in 2004. He was reunited with O"Leary who took over the Knights that year. In 2005, he was promoted to quarterbacks coach and served in that role through the 2008 season.
In 2009 and 2010 he coached running backs.
In the seven years Godsey spent at UCF, the Knights won two Conference United States of America championships.
In 2003 Godsey coached quarterbacks at The Lovett School in Atlanta, Georgia under legendary coach Bill Railey. While the team is traditionally considered to be a private school power in Georgia High School Football, the Lions struggled in 2003.
Although the 2003 squad did make the playoffs.
Godsey played quarterback in college at Georgia Technical, where he holds several school records, and for one season in the Arena Football League before becoming a coach. He first coached at Central Florida and then the NFL"s New England Patriots before joining the Texans. College Arena League Godsey spent the 2003 Arena Football League season on the Tampa Bay Storm.
The team wound up winning ArenaBowl XVII. High School NFL On February 17, 2011, Godsey was hired by the New England Patriots as an offensive assistant, after the team"s prior offensive assistant Brian Ferentz was named tight ends coach.
The move reunited him with Bill O"Brien, New England"s offensive coordinator who held the same position with Georgia Technical in 2001 while Godsey was the starting quarterback. He was named tight ends coach for the Patriots in 2012.
In February 2014, he joined new Houston Texans coach Bill O"Brien as quarterbacks coach.