Brendan Daly (American football)
Brendan Daly (born September 10, 1975) is an American football coach who is the defensive line coach for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). Daly previously served as a defensive line coach for the Minnesota Vikings, St. Louis Rams and New England Patriots.
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| Position: | Run game coordinator / defensive line coach |
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| Born: | September 10, 1975 |
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| High school: | Springfield (IL) Sacred Heart-Griffin |
| College: | Drake |
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Early years
Daly attended Sacred Heart-Griffin High School in Springfield, Illinois and earned his bachelor's degree in history from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.
Family
Daly is married to Keely Endecott Daly and has three children.
Coaching career
Ridgewood High School
In 1997, Daly received his first coaching position as an offensive and defensive line coach at Ridgewood High School in New Port Richey, Florida.
Drake
In 1998, Daly was hired as a tight ends coach at Drake, his alma mater.
Villanova
In 1999, Daly was hired as a tight ends coach at Villanova. The 1999 Wildcats went 7–4 and Talley posted his 100th victory at the school.
Maryland
In 2000, Daly was hired as an offensive graduate assistant at Maryland. This was Daly's first exposure to major Division I football and he worked with the tight ends.
Oklahoma State
In 2001, Daly was hired as a graduate assistant at Oklahoma State. Throughout his time at Oklahoma State, Daly worked on both sides of the ball. He was promoted to assistant strength and conditioning coach in 2003.
Illinois State
In 2004, Daly was hired as a tight ends coach at Illinois State. He coached the tight ends at Division I-AA Illinois State when the Redbirds led the Gateway Conference in passing offense.
Villanova (second stint)
In 2005, Daly returned to Villanova as their defensive line coach.
Minnesota Vikings
In 2006, Daly was hired by the Minnesota Vikings to be their assistant defensive line coach.
St. Louis Rams
In 2009, Daly was hired by the St. Louis Rams to be their defensive line coach.
Minnesota Vikings (second stint)
In 2012, Daly returned to the Minnesota Vikings after he was hired to be their defensive line coach.
New England Patriots
In 2014, Daly was hired by the New England Patriots as a defensive assistant.[1] Daly won his first Super Bowl ring when the Patriots defeated the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX by a score of 28–24. He was promoted to defensive line coach ahead of the 2015 season. Daly was part of the Patriots coaching staff that won Super Bowl LI on February 5, 2017. In the game, the Patriots defeated the Atlanta Falcons by a score of 34–28 in overtime. [2] The Patriots made it Super Bowl LII, but were defeated by the Philadelphia Eagles 41–33. Daly won his third Super Bowl when the Patriots defeated the Los Angeles Rams 13–3 in Super Bowl LIII. It was the lowest scoring Super Bowl ever.
Kansas City Chiefs
On February 9, 2019, Daly was hired by the Kansas City Chiefs [3][4]as their defensive line coach.[5] In his first season with the Chiefs, Daly won Super Bowl LIV against the San Francisco 49ers 31–20 to give Daly his fourth Super Bowl championship.
References
- Knopping, Greg (January 29, 2014). "Patriots Add Brendan Daly to Coaching Staff". Pats Pulpit. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- "Super Bowl LI - New England Patriots vs. Atlanta Falcons - February 5th, 2017". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
- "Report: Patriots D-line coach Brendan Daly hired by Chiefs". New England Patriots. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- McBride, Jim (February 9, 2019). "Patriots defensive line coach Brendan Daly to join Chiefs - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- Jr, Ron Kopp (September 19, 2020). "Brendan Daly is confident in all options for the defensive line rotation". Arrowhead Pride. Retrieved October 1, 2020.