Responsibilities
Tight Ends Coach
Years at BYU
- 2024-present
Education
- Bachelor's degree in communications, University of Hawaii (2003)
Years Overall Coaching
2003-present
Coaching Experience
- BYU
- Tight Ends Coach (2024)
- Charlotte
- Offensive analyst (2023)
- Carolina Panthers
- Tight ends coach (2022)
- Defensive analyst (2021)
- Chicago Bears
- Tight ends coach (2018-2019)
- New York Giants
- Tight ends coach (2014-2017)
- Wide receivers coach (2012-2013)
- Offensive assistant (2011)
- Offensive quality control assistant (2010)
- Temple
- Wide receivers coach (2007-2009)
- Georgetown
- Slot receivers and tight ends, special teams (2006)
- Syracuse
- Graduate assistant (2003-05)
Coaching Career Highlights
- A 20-year coaching veteran with more than a decade of NFL coaching experience
- Worked in the NFL with the Carolina Panthers, Chicago Bears and New York Giants, where he earned a Super Bowl ring
- Served under NFL head coaches Tom Coughlin, Ben McAdoo, Matt Nagy and Matt Rhule
- Helped the Panthers set franchise single-game records in 2022 in both total yards (570) and rushing yards (320)
- In his first season with Chicago, the Bears won the NFC North for the first time since 2010
- Coached Chicago tight end Trey Burton to career-high 54 receptions for 569 yards and six touchdowns, ranking tied for fourth among NFC tight ends
- Worked with first-round pick of the Giants, Evan Engram, guiding the rookie to 64 receptions for 722 receiving yards and six touchdowns en route to a Pro Football Writers of America All-Rookie Team selection in 2017
- Engram was No. 5 among all tight ends in receiving yards and led all NFL rookie tight ends in receptions and receiving yards
- Coached Giants tight end Larry Donnell to his best NFL season with 63 receptions, 623 yards and six touchdowns in 2014
- In 2014, New York's tight ends set a Giants’ franchise record with 11 combined receiving touchdowns
- In 2015 and 2016, Giants tight end Will Tye combined for 90 receptions, 859 yards and four touchdowns over two seasons
- Tye led all NFL rookie tight ends in receptions and yards in 2015
- Coached Victor Cruz for two seasons, including 2012 when Cruz was selected to the Pro Bowl after posting 86 receptions, 1,092 yards and 10 touchdowns
- Mentored Temple wideout Bruce Francis, an All-MAC honoree, to 45 catches with 687 yards and a Temple Division I school-record 13 touchdowns
- Francis finished his collegiate career with at least one reception in a school-record 38 consecutive games and with the most receiving touchdowns in school history at 23
Playing Career
- BYU quarterback 1998
- Transferred to Hawaii to play football and baseball (1999-2003)
Hometown
- Born in Massachusetts, graduated from Bishop Kenny High School in Jacksonville, Florida
Personal/Family
- He and his wife Rachel have one daughter