Chan Gailey

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Chan Gailey
New York Jets
Position: Offensive coordinator
Personal information
Date of birth: (1952-01-05) January 5, 1952 (age 72)
Place of birth: Gainesville, Georgia
Career information
High school: Americus (GA)
College: Florida
Career history
As coach:
Career highlights and awards
Head coaching record
Regular season: 34–46 (.425)
Postseason: 0–2 (.000)
Career: NFL: 34–48 (.415)
NCAA: 68–41 (.624)
WLAF: 12–7 (.632)
Overall: 113–95 (.543)
Coaching stats at PFR

Thomas Chandler Gailey, Jr. (born January 5, 1952) is an American football coach who is the current offensive coordinator of the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). Gailey has previously served as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and Buffalo Bills.

Gailey previously served as offensive coordinator for the Miami Dolphins in 2000 and 2001 when the Dolphins posted consecutive 11–5 records. He was on the Pittsburgh Steelers staff from 1994 to 1997 when the Steelers won four straight AFC Central titles and coached in one Super Bowl (XXX). He was offensive coordinator in 1997 when Pittsburgh ranked sixth in the NFL in total offense and seventh in scoring.[1] Gailey served as the offensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs in 2008 and three games of the 2009 pre-season.

Early life and education

Gailey was born in Gainesville, Georgia in 1952.[2] He attended Americus High School in Americus, Georgia, where he earned Eagle Scout honors,[3][4] and a letterman in high school football, basketball, baseball and golf. In football, he was an all-state selection as quarterback. Gailey graduated from Americus High School in 1970.

Gailey attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he was a three-year letterman for coach Doug Dickey's Florida Gators football team as a quarterback from 1971 to 1973.[5] Gailey graduated from Florida with a bachelor's degree in physical education in 1974.[2]

Coaching career

Troy State, Air Force, Troy

Gailey stayed with Florida as a graduate assistant for two years before taking his first actual coaching job as the secondary coach for the Troy Trojans of Troy State University in Troy, Alabama. After two seasons there, he spent four seasons with the U.S. Air Force Academy, including two as defensive coordinator under head coach Ken Hatfield.[6] In 1983, he took over the head coaching duties at Troy, where he led the Trojans to a 12–1 record in 1984 en route to the Division II championship.[7]

Professional leagues (1984–92, 1994–2001)

Gailey moved to the National Football League the next year, when the Denver Broncos signed him as a defensive assistant and special teams coach. The team made three Super Bowl appearances during his six-year tenure. In 1991, Gailey left the NFL to become the head coach of the Birmingham Fire of the World League of American Football, where the team made the playoffs in both years that he was coach.

After a one-year stint as head coach at Samford University, he returned to the NFL with the Pittsburgh Steelers. After starting off as coach for the wide receivers, then moved up to offensive coordinator for the 1996 and 1997 NFL seasons. The Steelers won their division all four years, and made one Super Bowl appearance.

In 1998, Gailey was hired to take over a struggling Dallas Cowboys squad, one that had faltered under Barry Switzer during his last year. Gailey's Cowboys won the NFC East in 1998, and made the playoffs under his two years at the reins, although they failed to win a playoff game. Gailey is the only Cowboys coach to make the playoffs every season with his team.[8]

Gailey returned to the offensive coordinator role, this time with the Miami Dolphins for the 2000 and 2001 seasons.[9]

Georgia Tech (2002–07)

Gailey was hired by the Yellow Jackets in 2002 to replace George O'Leary who left to become Head Coach at the University of Notre Dame.[10] In his first five years at Georgia Tech, he had compiled a 37–27 record. Georgia Tech went to bowl games each year under Gailey, and won two: the 2003 Humanitarian Bowl (a 52–10 win over the University of Tulsa), and the 2004 Champs Sports Bowl (a 51–14 victory over Syracuse University). Gailey compiled six winning seasons in six years at the helm. However, he never defeated Tech's biggest rival, the University of Georgia, never won the ACC, never went to a BCS bowl, never won more than 9 games, and never finished in the top 25. The 2006 season was his most successful at Georgia Tech winning the ACC Coastal Division, but losing his last 3 games to rival UGA, Wake Forest in the ACC Championship Game and West Virginia in the Gator Bowl.[11]

Gailey's name was mentioned for both the Pittsburgh Steelers and Miami Dolphins head coaching jobs following the 2006 season, two teams for which he was offensive coordinator.[12] Gailey got neither job. On January 19, 2007 Gailey announced he would return to Georgia Tech.[13]

After a 7–5 2007 regular season and losing for the sixth straight year to the Georgia Bulldogs football team, it was announced on November 26, 2007 that Gailey had been dismissed and his $1 million/year contract bought out.[14][15][16][17]

Back to the NFL (2008)

Gailey was hired on January 16, 2008 to become the offensive coordinator of the Kansas City Chiefs. Gailey inherited a Chiefs offense that ranked at the bottom of the league in almost every category the previous season.[18] He was demoted after three pre-season games in 2009 and relieved of play-calling duties by head coach Todd Haley.[19] Gailey was out of football in 2009.

Buffalo Bills (2010–12)

He was introduced as the 15th head coach of the Buffalo Bills on January 19, 2010, replacing interim head coach Perry Fewell and becoming their fifth head coach in 10 years.[20] On December 31, 2012, Gailey was relieved of his duties as the head coach of the Buffalo Bills after a 6–10 season and a career 16–32 record in Buffalo.[21]

New York Jets (2015–present)

Gailey was named offensive coordinator by the New York Jets on January 20, 2015.[22]

Head coaching record

College

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Troy State Trojans (Gulf South Conference) (1983–1984)
1983 Troy State 7–4 4–3 T–2nd[23]
1984 Troy State 12–1 6–1 1st W NCAA Division II Championship
Troy State: 19–5 10–4
Samford Bulldogs (NCAA Division I-AA independent) (1993)
1993 Samford 5–6
Samford: 5–6
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2002–2007)
2002 Georgia Tech 7–6 4–4 T–5th L Silicon Valley
2003 Georgia Tech 7–6 4–4 T–4th W Humanitarian
2004 Georgia Tech 7–5 4–4 T–6th W Champs Sports
2005 Georgia Tech 7–5 5–3 3rd (Coastal) L Emerald
2006 Georgia Tech 9–5 7–1 1st (Coastal) L Gator
2007 Georgia Tech 7–5 4–4 3rd (Coastal) Humanitarian
Georgia Tech: 44–32 28–20
Total: 68–43
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title

National Football League

Team Year Regular Season Post Season
Won Lost Ties Win % Finish Won Lost Win % Result
DAL 1998 10 6 0 .625 1st in NFC East 0 1 .000 Lost to Arizona Cardinals in NFC Wild-Card Game.
DAL 1999 8 8 0 .500 2nd in NFC East 0 1 .000 Lost to Minnesota Vikings in NFC Wild-Card Game.
DAL Total 18 14 0 .563 0 2 .000
BUF 2010 4 12 0 .250 4th in AFC East – – – –
BUF 2011 6 10 0 .375 4th in AFC East – – – –
BUF 2012 6 10 0 .375 4th in AFC East – – - –
BUF Total 16 32 0 .333 0 0 .000
Total 34 46 0 .425 0 2 .000

World League of American Football

Record with Birmingham Fire

Season W L T Finish Playoff results
1991 5 5 0 1st North American West Lost Semifinals (Dragons)
1992 7 2 1 2nd North American West Lost Semifinals (Thunder)
Totals 12 7 1 (excluding playoffs)

Coaching tree

NFL head coaches under whom Chan Gailey has served:

Assistant coaches under Chan Gailey who became NFL head coaches:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Associated Press. Former Cowboys head coach hopes to revive Chiefs' sputtering offense ESPN.com, January 16, 2008.
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  5. ↑ 2011 Florida Gators Football Media Guide, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 174 & 181 (2011). Retrieved August 29, 2011.
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  23. ↑ http://www.gscsports.org/documents/2014/8/11/2014_GSC_Football_Media_Record_Book.pdf

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by
'Vacant
 Denver Broncos Offensive Coordinator
1989–1990		 Succeeded by
Mike Shanahan
Preceded by Pittsburgh Steelers Offensive Coordinator
1996–1997		 Succeeded by
Ray Sherman
Preceded by Miami Dolphins Offensive Coordinator
2000–2001		 Succeeded by
Norv Turner
Preceded by Kansas City Chiefs Offensive Coordinator
2008		 Succeeded by
Todd Haley
Preceded by New York Jets Offensive Coordinator
2015–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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