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Todd Haley

Career Highlights: Todd Haley brought an energetic and passionate approach to his second season as Head Coach of the Kansas City Chiefs…Haley led the Chiefs to first place in the AFC West with a 10-6 record…The Chiefs won their first three games, including the season opener on Monday Night Football against the San Diego Chargers, and was the last undefeated team remaining in the NFL before losing to Indianapolis in Week 5…The team’s run ended when they lost to the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Wild-Card Game on January 9, 2011…Haley, who enters his 17th season in the NFL in 2011, joined the Chiefs after a two-year stint as offensive coordinator of the Arizona Cardinals (2007-08)...During his tenure with the Cardinals, he helped revitalize a franchise that hadn’t reached the NFL title game since 1947…In just his second season in Arizona, the Cardinals enjoyed a remarkable renaissance, winning the club’s first division title since 1975 and also had a sensational postseason run, reaching Super Bowl XLIII thanks in large part to Haley’s explosive offensive unit…Under Haley’s guidance, the Cardinals offense in 2008 was one of the league’s most innovative and explosive units...Arizona tied for third in the league in scoring, registering a franchise-record 427 points (26.7 points per game) and fourth in total offense, averaging 365.8 yards per game…Arizona was second in the league in passing offense and ranked sixth in the NFL with 20.5 first downs per game...In 2007 the Cardinals ranked fifth in the league in passing and set a single-season franchise record with 32 touchdown passes...In addition to his tenure with the Cardinals, Haley enjoyed previous NFL coaching experience with Dallas (2004-06), Chicago (2001-03) and the New York Jets (1997-2000), earning playoff berths with each of those franchises…He joined Ken Whisenhunt’s staff in Arizona after serving a three-year stint as passing game coordinator/wide receivers coach for Dallas (2004-06)...In 2006, the Cowboys offense ranked fourth in the NFL in passing as quarterback Tony Romo became a Pro Bowl performer in his first year as a starter and Dallas qualified for the postseason...Haley’s passing attack helped the Cowboys finish fourth in the league in scoring and second in third-down efficiency at 48.8%...Haley joined the Cowboys after three years as wide receivers coach for Chicago (2001-03)...In 2001, the Bears went 13-3 and won the NFC Central for the first time since 1990 as wide receiver Marty Booker set a single-season franchise record with 100 catches…Under Haley’s tutelage in 2002 Booker became just the second player in franchise annals to post back-to-back 1,000-yard campaigns, becoming Chicago’s first Pro Bowl wide receiver since 1971...Haley’s initial NFL experience came with the New York Jets (1995-2000), where he served as that club’s wide receivers coach from 1999-2000...Haley also worked as an offensive assistant/quality control coach for the Jets (1997-98)…He began his NFL tenure as an assistant in the Jets scouting department in 1995, where he scouted regionally and assisted in player evaluations.

Updated: June, 2011

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