David Raih

Position: Offensive Graduate Assistant Experience: First year at Iowa

David Raih is in his first year as a graduate assistant coach at the University of Iowa. He assists with the Iowa offense. Raih played quarterback for the Hawkeye football team from 1999-2003. Following his playing career, he worked as an assistant to Offensive Coordinator Ken O'Keefe during the 2004 season.

Raih joins the Iowa staff after spending two years as an intern at UCLA. During the 2009 season, Raih assisted special teams coach Frank Gansz Jr., as well as working with the tight ends. In 2008, he assisted Offensive Coordinator Norm Chow, working with the quarterbacks. In Raih's two years at UCLA, he was involved in on-campus recruiting; assisting Coach Rick Neuheisel in landing two nationally ranked top ten recruiting classes.

Prior to the appointment at UCLA, he was a sales representative for Zimmer Inc., a manufacturer of orthopedic devices. He served Zimmer Inc. as a sales representative to Cedar Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills, CA in 2007. Previously, he spent three years as a Zimmer representative to The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.

Raih was the recipient of the Presidents Club Award in 2006, becoming the youngest national winner in company history. The award signifies ranking in the Top 12 in the United States in percentage growth.

Raih was a member of the Iowa football team from 1999-2003, earning a letter in his fourth year as the 2002 Hawkeyes earned the Big Ten Conference title and a berth in the 2003 FedEx Orange Bowl.

Raih's playing career as a Hawkeye quarterback was shortened due to injury, as he had surgery to his throwing arm in both 1999 and 2002. During his sophomore season, Raih saw action as a member of the 2001 Alamo Bowl team, Iowa's first bowl berth of the Kirk Ferentz era. Raih was also a member of Iowa's Leadership Committee and was the teams Athletes in Action representative at the 2001 Alamo Bowl, 2003 Orange Bowl and 2004 Outback Bowl.

He was a member of the Dean's List at the University of Iowa while earning a bachelor's degree in Finance and a minor in Journalism and Mass Communication. Raih was born September 9, 1980 and is a native of Edina, MN. He is single.