Mike Judge joined SJSU in 2024 after being an offensive assistant with the Miami Dolphins of the NFL since 2019. He started his career with the New England Patriots in 2005 and 2006.
He was a quality control coach from 2019-20, assistant tight ends coach in 2021 and assisted the personnel department in 2022.
The Dolphins have posted winning seasons (2020-22) in three of Judge’s four years with the team, including a playoff appearance in 2022.
As assistant tight ends coach, Judge worked closely with a unit that broke franchise tight end records in back-to-back seasons with a combined 122 receptions for 1,271 yards in 2021. Mike Gesicki’s 73 receptions matched the single-season franchise record for a tight end (73, Randy McMichael, 2004) and ranked fifth among all NFL tight ends that year. Gesicki’s 780 receiving yards were just 11 shy of the team tight ends record.
Judge helped the Dolphins win 10 games in 2020. It was the team’s first 10-win season since 2016. Judge worked closely with the tight ends, who, at the time, had the most productive season by a tight end unit in franchise history. Gesicki, Durham Smythe and Adam Shaheen combined for 91 receptions and 1,061 yards, both team records for the tight end unit. Their 11 receiving touchdowns tied for the most by a tight end group in Dolphins history.
In Judge’s first season in Miami in 2019, he helped the Dolphins win five of their final nine contests. Miami defeated two division champions in the final month of the season, knocking off Philadelphia of the NFC East in Week 13 and finishing the season with a road win at the AFC East champion New England Patriots
Prior to Miami, Judge spent 11 seasons (2008-18) at the Naval Academy, where he coached fullbacks. During his tenure, the Midshipmen went 87-57 (.604), beat Army eight times, earned nine bowl bids, won five bowl games and won five Commander-In-Chief’s Trophies.
In 2017, Navy set a school record averaging 351.4 rushing yards per game, which ranked second in FBS. The team capped off the season with a 49-7 win over Virginia in the Military Bowl.
Navy went 7-1 in the American Athletic Conference in 2016 and played in the conference championship game. The Midshipmen made their 13th bowl appearance in the previous 14 seasons and their nine total wins tied for the fifth-most in program history. Navy’s offense set school records for points (531), touchdowns (73), touchdowns per game (5.2), rushing touchdowns (61), total offense (6,136 yards) and yards per play (6.8) despite playing four different quarterbacks
In 2015, Navy won a school-record 11 games, won their 10th bowl game in school history and finished in the top 25 of both major polls. In their first season playing in a conference, the Midshipmen won a share of the AAC West Division. Judge helped fullback Chris Swain earn second-team all-conference honors after he rushed for 1,023 yards.
Prior to Navy, Judge spent one season (2007) at Harvard coaching wide receivers. He was part of the New England Patriots’ coaching staff as a defensive assistant in 2005 and an offensive assistant in 2006.
Judge was an option quarterback at Springfield College, where he was a four-year letterwinner (2001-04) in football and baseball. During his collegiate career, he interned with the Patriots.
Judge and his wife, Jennifer, have two sons, Brecken and Kagan, and a daughter, Kinsley.