Josh Neiswander

{{Short description|American gridiron player and coach (born 1986)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox CFL player

| name = Josh Neiswander

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| position1 = Quarterbacks coach

| number = 9

| College = Angelo State Rams

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|12|02}}

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| birth_place = Winnsboro, Texas, U.S.

| Height_ft = 6

| Height_in = 2

| Weight_lbs = 212

| hand = right

| playing_years1 = {{CFL Year|2011}}–{{CFL Year|2013}}

| playing_team1 = Montreal Alouettes

| coaching_years1 = {{XFL Year|2020}}

| coaching_team1 = Tampa Bay Vipers (QB)

| coaching_years2 = {{XFL Year|2023}}

| coaching_team2 = San Antonio Brahmas (QB)

| CFL-archive = https://web.archive.org/web/20150929113000/http://www.cfl.ca/roster/show/id/3239

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Josh Neiswander (born December 2, 1986) is a former professional Canadian football quarterback and current American football coach. He was signed by the Montreal Alouettes on June 11, 2011.[http://en.montrealalouettes.com/roster/show/id/3239 Josh Neiswander bio] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826081547/http://en.montrealalouettes.com/roster/show/id/3239 |date=2013-08-26 }} He dressed in all 17 games during the following season as a backup to Anthony Calvillo, football's all-time leader in passing yards, touchdowns, and completions. He started his first professional game against the BC Lions on August 22, 2013, and started 4 more games that season, throwing for 1,369 yards and 9 touchdowns in his first professional season. He graduated with a Master's in Business Administration from Angelo State University while breaking every major passing record in school history.

Neiswander became the quarterbacks coach for the Tampa Bay Vipers of the XFL in 2019, which reunited him with Montreal head coach Marc Trestman.{{cite web|last=Parks|first=Greg|url=https://xflboard.com/news/2019/08/05/connecting-the-dots-finding-the-commonalities-among-tampa-bays-coaching-staff-and-with-summer-showcase-players/|title=Connecting the dots: Finding the commonalities among Tampa Bay's coaching staff, and with Summer Showcase players|publisher=XFL Board|date=August 5, 2019|access-date=October 14, 2019|archive-date=October 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014172116/https://xflboard.com/news/2019/08/05/connecting-the-dots-finding-the-commonalities-among-tampa-bays-coaching-staff-and-with-summer-showcase-players/|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last=Bassinger|first=Thomas|url=https://www.tampabay.com/sports/bucs/2019/06/03/tampa-bay-xfl-team-hires-former-usf-executive-josh-bullock-as-its-president/|title=Tampa Bay XFL team hires former USF executive Josh Bullock as its president|newspaper=Tampa Bay Times|date=June 3, 2019|access-date=October 14, 2019}}

Neiswander was not retained after the 2023 XFL season after the departure of Head Coach Hines Ward.{{Cite web |last=Perry |first=Mark |date=2023-12-28 |title=Exclusive: HC Hines Ward, GM Will Lewis Out With Brahmas, HC Phillips & OC Smith In, Full Details |url=https://xflnewshub.com/xfl-news/exclusive-hc-hines-ward-gm-will-lewis-out-with-brahmas-hc-phillips-oc-smith-in-full-details/ |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=xflnewshub.com |language=en-us}}