COACHES & ADMINISTRATION
22ND SEASON IN NFL • 1ST SEASON WITH RAIDERS HEAD COACH JOSH McDANIELS
and receiving yards (751) in a single season. Rookie RB Sony Michel finished with 931 rushing yards and four 100-yard rushing games. In 2017, McDaniels helped the Patriots reach their second consecutive Super Bowl by leading a unit that finished No. 1 in the NFL in total offense (394.2 yards per game). McDaniels helped guide the No. 2 passing offense (276.1 yards per game) and the No. 2 scoring offense (28.6 points per game). Brady and tight end Rob Gronkowski were both named to the Pro Bowl, while the Patriots offense had three players with 1,000-plus scrimmage yards in the same season for the first time in franchise history with wide receiver Brandin Cooks (1,122), Gronkowski (1,084) and running back Dion Lewis (1,110). In 2016, McDaniels saw Brady earn his eighth consecutive Pro Bowl selection (2009-16) after finishing the season with 28 touchdown passes and only two interceptions in 2016 for a TD/INT ratio of 14.00, the best in a single season. Brady threw just two interceptions in 432 pass attempts in 2016 for an interception percentage of 0.46, the fourth lowest in NFL history. Additionally, McDaniels guided running back LeGarrette Blount to a team single-season record with 18 rushing touchdowns while becoming the second player in franchise history to lead the NFL in rushing touchdowns. Wide receiver Julian Edelman recorded his second career 1,000-plus yards receiving season. Under the guidance of McDaniels in 2015, the Patriots advanced to their fifth-straight conference championship game. The offense set an NFL record by scoring in 38 straight quarters, while Brady became just the fourth player in NFL history to reach 30 touchdown passes in six seasons and just the third player in league history with at least eight 4,000-plus yards passing seasons. Additionally, Gronkowski surpassed 1,000 receiving yards for the third time in his career. In 2014, McDaniels helped the Patriots earn the fourth Super Bowl championship in franchise history. New England finished with the top-ranked red-zone offense, leading the league with 338 points scored (39 TDs, 22 FG) in 67 trips to the red zone. McDaniels’ offensive unit finished with 52 touchdowns, marking the eighth time in franchise history that New England has scored at least 50 touchdowns in a season. The offense’s 468 points ranked fourth in the league. In his two seasons after returning to Foxborough (2012-13), McDaniels guided the offense to a top-10 finish in total offense both seasons. Additionally, Brady was selected to the Pro Bowl in 2012 and 2013 and eclipsed 4,000 passing yards for the sixth time in 2013. In 2011, McDaniels served as offensive coordinator of the St. Louis Rams. Under his guidance, Rams running back Steven Jackson eclipsed the 1,000- yard mark for the seventh consecutive season. McDaniels served as head coach of the Denver Broncos from 2009-10, becoming the fifth-youngest head coach in NFL history at the time (32 years, 8 months). In his first season with the Broncos in 2009, McDaniels guided the club to a 6-0 start that tied for the third-best start by a rookie head coach in the NFL history. Five Broncos made the Pro Bowl under McDaniels in 2009 while quarterback Kyle Orton enjoyed the best season of his five-year career, posting 10 games with a passer rating of at least 90.0 that tied for fifth in
Josh McDaniels was named head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders on Jan. 31, 2022. McDaniels enters his 22nd season in the NFL, having spent 18 years with the New England Patriots, including 13 seasons as the team’s offensive coordinator. He also served as the Denver Broncos’ head coach from 2009-10 and the St. Louis Rams’ offensive coordinator in 2011. In his 13 seasons as the Patriots offensive coordinator, McDaniels guided an offense to top-10 finishes eight times, including the NFL’s No. 1 ranked offense in 2007, 2012 and 2017. He has also coached the team to 12 seasons with 10-or-more wins, while the offense has scored 400-plus points in 11 seasons. Overall, McDaniels was a part of six Super Bowl championships, 14 division titles and eight conference crowns with New England. Regarded as one of the league’s top quarterback coaches, McDaniels tutored quarterback Tom Brady to 10 Pro Bowl selections, two NFL Most Valuable Player awards and nine 4,000-yard passing seasons. Brady also led the league in touchdown passes two times (2007 and 2015) and passing yards three times (2005, 2007 and 2015) with McDaniels serving as his position coach. Last season, McDaniels played a key role in the development of quarterback Mac Jones, who led all rookie quarterbacks with 3,801 passing yards and 22 touchdowns. Jones’ 10 wins are the most in a season by a Patriots rookie quarterback and his completion percentage of 67.6 was the second-best for a rookie quarterback in a season in league history. Under the guidance of McDaniels, tight end Hunter Henry set a single season career-high with nine receiving touchdowns, tied for the NFL lead among tight ends. Additionally, the offense finished eighth in rushing with 2,151 yards behind running back Damien Harris’ career-high 929 rushing yards and 15 rushing touchdowns, tied for second-most in the NFL in 2021. In 2020, McDaniels oversaw an offense that finished fourth in the NFL with 2,346 rushing yards, a mark that ranked as the fourth-highest rushing total in team history. The Patriots finished the season with 4.67 yards per rush attempt, the fourth-best average in franchise history. Additionally, the offense scored 20 rushing touchdowns, tied for sixth-most in the NFL. McDaniels guided quarterback Cam Newton to double-digit rushing touchdowns for the third time in his career. Newton set the franchise record for most rushing attempts (137) and yards (592) by a quarterback, while also finishing with the most rushing touchdowns by a quarterback (12) in the NFL. In 2019, McDaniels helped lead the Patriots to a 12-4 record and claim their 11th consecutive division title. Brady threw for 4,000-plus passing yards for the 11th time in his career and became the all-time leader in NFL history with his 17th season of at least 20 passing touchdowns. Additionally, McDaniels saw running back Sony Michel record 912 rushing yards to become only the second player in team history to post 900-plus rushing yards in each of his first two NFL seasons. Under McDaniels’ guidance in 2018, QB Tom Brady was selected to his 14th Pro Bowl and surpassed 4,000 passing yards for the 10th time in his career. The Patriots offense ranked top-5 in total points (436), total yards (6,295) and rushing yards (2,037). Additionally, McDaniels saw running back James White set the team franchise record by a running back for receptions (87)
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