Todd Haley

Richard Todd Haley (born February 28, 1967) is an American football coach who most recently was head coach for the Memphis Showboats of the United States Football League (USFL).

Haley was born on February 28, 1967, in Atlanta, Georgia.

He is the son of Dick Haley, the formerly director of player personnel for the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Jets and a former NFL cornerback.

As a youth, Haley was a ball boy for the Steelers and attended Steelers training camps with his father.

Alongside his father, Haley would watch the Steelers' game and practice film.

Haley attended Upper St. Clair High School, and went on to attend the University of Florida and then the University of Miami, where he played on the two schools' respective golf squads.

In 1991, Haley graduated from the University of North Florida with a bachelor's degree in communication.

Haley is one of the few coaches to have never played football beyond youth level.

Haley was hired by the New York Jets in 1995 and served as an assistant in the scouting department for two seasons.

At the time, Haley's father Dick was working with the Jets as director of player personnel.

From 1997 to 2006, he had stints as the wide receivers coach of the New York Jets, Chicago Bears, and Dallas Cowboys.

In 1997, he was promoted to offensive assistant/quality control coach and worked closely Charlie Weis, who was then offensive coordinator for the Jets.

During his tenure with the Jets, Haley began his association with Scott Pioli, who served as director of pro Personnel for the Jets from 1997 to 1999.

From 1999 to 2000, Haley was the Jets' wide receivers coach, where he coached Keyshawn Johnson to his second Pro Bowl appearance.

In 2001, Haley joined the Chicago Bears as wide receivers coach, and served in the position until 2003.

From 2004 to 2006, Haley was the wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys, where he helped develop quarterback Tony Romo and the Cowboys' passing offense, which centered around wide receivers Terry Glenn and Terrell Owens.

The decision to hire Pioli led to speculation that Herman Edwards, who had been serving as the Chiefs' head coach since 2006, was not likely to return for 2009.

Edwards was fired on January 23, just five days after the Arizona Cardinals defeated the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship Game.

Leading up to Super Bowl XLIII, Haley was repeatedly questioned about Kansas City and the possibilities of joining his former colleague Pioli.

Haley would later say that it was the day after the Super Bowl, which the Cardinals lost, that he heard his name mentioned for the Chiefs' coaching position.

In the days after the Cardinals' appearance in Super Bowl XLIII, Haley was offered the head coaching position of the Chiefs.

He served as the offensive coordinator of the Arizona Cardinals from 2007 to 2008, the head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs from 2009 to 2011, the offensive coordinator of the Pittsburgh Steelers from 2012 to 2017, and the offensive coordinator of the Cleveland Browns in 2018, but he was fired in Week 8 of his first season with the team.

Haley also coached the Tampa Bay Bandits in 2022.

In 2007, Haley joined Ken Whisenhunt's coaching staff for the Arizona Cardinals as the team's offensive coordinator.

Haley did not start calling plays for the Cardinals until late in the season.

The Cardinals finished in the top half of the NFL in multiple offensive categories.

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 ppg).

The Cardinals were fourth in total offense, averaging 365.8 yards per game.

Arizona was second in the league in passing offense (292.1 ypg) and ranked sixth in the NFL with 20.5 first downs per game.

The Cardinals finished the season with a 9–7 record and a playoff berth after winning the NFC West Division title.

The Cardinals went on to appear in their first Super Bowl in franchise history after the team scored more than 30 points in each of its three playoff games.

In Super Bowl XLIII, the Cardinals offense played the NFL's top-ranked Pittsburgh Steelers defense.

Trailing 17–7 at halftime, the Cardinals offense fought back after a 13-point deficit and led the game 23–20 with just over two minutes remaining.

The Cardinals lost 27–23 in the game's final seconds.

On December 14, 2008, a last-minute loss to the San Diego Chargers led longtime Kansas City Chiefs general manager Carl Peterson to abruptly announce his resignation the following day, paving the way for the hiring of Scott Pioli on January 13, 2009 as Peterson's successor.

Pioli later became the general manager of the Kansas City Chiefs and hired Haley as the team's head coach in 2009.

Haley accepted the position on February 6, 2009, and signed a four-year contract.

For his first coaching staff, Haley hired Joel Collier, Gary Gibbs, Steve Hoffman, Bill Muir, Clancy Pendergast, Pat Perles, and Dedric Ward to unspecified positions on the Chiefs' 2009 coaching staff and retained Bob Bicknell, Joe D'Alessandris, Chan Gailey, Tim Krumrie, Brent Salazar, and Cedric Smith from Herm Edwards' staff.

Ward and Pendergast had previously served on the Cardinals' coaching staff with Haley.