Giants hire new TE coach

[MightyGiants]

https://x.com/MikeGarafolo/status/1754878745255510501?s=20


Personal information
Born:   August 17, 1986 (age 37)
Chicago Heights, Illinois, U.S.
Career information
High school:   Marian Catholic (IL)
College:   Eastern Illinois
Position:   Offensive coordinator
Career history
As a coach:
Illinois Wesleyan (2008–2009)
Graduate assistant
Minnesota State–Moorhead (2010)
Defensive coordinator & defensive line
Ball State (2011)
Graduate assistant
Penn State (2012–2013)
Graduate assistant
Houston Texans (2014–2015)
Offensive quality control
Houston Texans (2016)
Offensive quality control & assistant offensive line
Houston Texans (2017–2018)
Tight ends
Houston Texans (2019)
Offensive coordinator
Houston Texans (2020)
Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks
Houston Texans (2021)
Offensive coordinator
Tennessee Titans (2022)
Passing game coordinator
Tennessee Titans (2023)
Offensive coordinator

[MightyGiants]

From the Giants website


The New York Giants hired former Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator Tim Kelly to be their tight ends coach.

Kelly just completed his second season with the Titans and his 10th season coaching in the NFL. He was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2023 after serving as passing game coordinator in 2022. Prior to arriving in Tennessee, he spent eight seasons with the Houston Texans, including three campaigns as their offensive coordinator.

In 2022, Kelly's duties included work with the Titans' tight ends, putting together the first- and second-down passing game, and helping with the offensive plan in the red zone. The team's tight ends collectively ranked seventh in the NFL at their position with 952 receiving yards, including 450 yards by fourth-round draft pick Chig Okonkwo, who established a new franchise record for rookie tight ends and led all NFL rookie tight ends in 2022.

On first and second down, the Titans offense averaged 7.6 passing yards per attempt, which tied for the sixth-best mark in the league, and in the red zone, their touchdown rate of 64.3 percent ranked sixth.

Kelly joined the Texans in 2014 as an offensive quality control coach and added assistant offensive line duties in 2016. He served as tight ends coach from 2017 to 2018, and in 2019, he was promoted to offensive coordinator, a title he held through 2021 while also coaching quarterbacks in 2020.

During his time in Houston, the Texans won the AFC South title on four occasions (2015-16, 2018-19).

In 2021, third-round rookie quarterback Davis Mills appeared in 13 games with 11 starts for the Texans. He set a franchise rookie record with 2,664 passing yards, completing 263 of 394 attempts (66.8 pct.) for 16 touchdowns, 10 interceptions, and an 88.8 passer rating. Mills led the NFL with a 116.8 passer rating in the red zone. Additionally, veteran wide receiver Brandin Cooks recorded a career-high 90 receptions for 1,037 yards and six touchdowns.

In 2020, the Texans offense led the NFL in yards per reception (12.6) and yards per play (6.4), while quarterback Deshaun Watson led the NFL and set the franchise's single-season record with 4,823 passing yards. Watson also ranked first in yards per attempt (8.9), second in passer rating (112.4), and third in completion percentage (70.2).

In Kelly's first season as offensive coordinator in 2019, the Texans put together a 10-6 regular season and captured the AFC South title. Houston added several pieces that Kelly worked into the offense, including tackle Laremy Tunsil, wide receiver Kenny Stills, and running backs Duke Johnson and Carlos Hyde. Tunsil was named to his first career Pro Bowl, while Hyde put together the first 1,000-yard season of his six-year career.

The Texans had three Pro Bowl selections on offense: Tunsil, Watson, and wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins. Houston finished the season with a 3,500-yard passer (Watson), a 1,000-yard rusher (Hyde), and a 1,000-yard receiver (Hopkins) for the first time since 2012. The Texans tied the team record for most overall touchdowns scored (46) in a single season and set franchise records for highest red-zone touchdown percentage (64.2) and fewest three-and-outs (24).

In 2018, the Texans captured an AFC South title with an 11-5 record, which marked the second-most wins in a season in franchise history and the first season with double-digit wins since 2012. Under Kelly, rookie tight end Jordan Thomas posted 20 receptions for 215 yards (10.8 avg.) and four touchdowns in 16 games (10 starts), matching Andre Johnson for the second-most touchdown receptions by a rookie in franchise history.

Before his NFL coaching career, Kelly was at Penn State (2012-13), where he served as a graduate assistant after having held the same position at Ball State in 2011.

Before he went to Ball State, Kelly was the defensive coordinator, defensive line coach, and recruiting coordinator at Minnesota State-Moorhead for the 2010 season.

Kelly spent the 2008-09 seasons at Illinois-Wesleyan, where he was the defensive line coach for the 2009 CCIW Championship team that ranked ninth among all defenses at the NCAA Division-III level. He also coached two first-team all-conference selections.

Kelly played defensive tackle at Eastern Illinois, starting all 48 games in his collegiate career, and serving as the team's captain in 2007. He was named to the Capital One Academic All-District V Team in 2006 and 2007.

A native of Chicago Heights, Ill., Kelly starred at Marian Catholic High School, where he is a member of the East Suburban Catholic Conference Hall of Fame. He received his bachelor's degree in sports administration from Eastern Illinois in 2008 and his master's degree in sport management from Illinois State in 2010.

His brother, Dennis, is an NFL offensive lineman who spent five seasons with the Titans.

Kelly and his wife, Katie, have two daughters, Norah and Quinn.

Tim Kelly's Coaching Timeline:

2024-Current: Tight Ends Coach, New York Giants

2023: Offensive Coordinator, Tennessee Titans

2022: Passing Game Coordinator, Tennessee Titans

2021: Offensive Coordinator, Houston Texans

2020: Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks, Houston Texans

2019: Offensive Coordinator, Houston Texans

2017-18: Tight Ends, Houston Texans

2016: Offensive Quality Control/Asst. Offensive Line, Houston Texans

2014-15: Offensive Quality Control, Houston Texans

2012-13: Graduate Assistant, Penn State

2011: Graduate Assistant, Ball State

2010: Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line, Minnesota State–Moorhead

2008-09: Defensive Graduate Assistant, Illinois Wesleyan

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[Jolly Blue Giant]

That's quite a resume for a TE's coach. He's held some high positions for a guy who's only 37 yrs old. Seems the Giants are on a youth movement. Giants might have Kelly in mind for a future OC job, as Kafka is going to get poached some day...probably his last year as Giants' OC

OC Mike Kafka 36 yrs old
DC Shane Bowen 37 yrs old
STC Michael Ghobrial 37 yrs old

I mentioned in a post a while back, that with Daboll's personality, the Giants might want to stay away from older, weathered, proven guys who have a hard time letting a 48 yr old rookie head coach try to push them in the direction he doesn't want to go because they believe they already have all the answers, and they ain't going to take kindly to some whipper-snapper HC yelling at them. Maybe the guys in the front office read my post...LOL 

Unlike our new OL Coach Carmen Bricillo, Kelly won't be mistaken for Daboll on the sideline. He's got plenty of hair

[MightyGiants]

That's quite a resume for a TE's coach. He's held some high positions for a guy who's only 37 yrs old. Seems the Giants are on a youth movement. Giants might have Kelly in mind for a future OC job, as Kafka is going to get poached some day...probably his last year as Giants' OC

OC Mike Kafka 36 yrs old
DC Shane Bowen 37 yrs old
STC Michael Ghobrial 37 yrs old

I mentioned in a post a while back, that with Daboll's personality, the Giants might want to stay away from older, weathered, proven guys who have a hard time letting a 48 yr old rookie head coach try to push them in the direction he doesn't want to go because they believe they already have all the answers, and they ain't going to take kindly to some whipper-snapper HC yelling at them. Maybe the guys in the front office read my post...LOL 

Unlike our new OL Coach Carmen Bricillo, Kelly won't be mistaken for Daboll on the sideline. He's got plenty of hair

Ric,

Your point about age is a good one

[Jolly Blue Giant]

When the whole Wink drama unfolded before our eyes, I thought age (as silly as it might seem) could have a bearing on it. Wink somewhat already holding ill feelings and bad vibes for getting spurned of a HC job, and maybe thinking, "I'm old enough to be your father, where's the respect?", when getting yelled at by Daboll. And over time, it just got worse and worse. Sad really. Head coaches yell all the time. You just have get used to it and let him call the shots as well as rant and rave when things don't go right

Egos should be (need to be) "parked at the door" when playing/working in a high stress/high stakes job. Seems silly, but egos, feelings, and emotions can defy reason (especially when dealing with women...just kidding, just kidding  ). I kind of think Belichick would be very difficult to work with a HC if he took a coordinator's position

[MightyGiants]

When the whole Wink drama unfolded before our eyes, I thought age (as silly as it might seem) could have a bearing on it. Wink somewhat already holding ill feelings and bad vibes for getting spurned of a HC job, and maybe thinking, "I'm old enough to be your father, where's the respect?", when getting yelled at by Daboll. And over time, it just got worse and worse. Sad really. Head coaches yell all the time. You just have get used to it and let him call the shots as well as rant and rave when things don't go right

Egos should be (need to be) "parked at the door" when playing/working in a high stress/high stakes job. Seems silly, but egos, feelings, and emotions can defy reason (especially when dealing with women...just kidding, just kidding  ). I kind of think Belichick would be very difficult to work with a HC if he took a coordinator's position

Ric,

I have managed in union shops (not-for-profit hospital facilities), and I have managed for over 3 decades in hybrid paid/volunteer EMS/Heavy Rescue.  I have managed in government public health for a decade.  I even had a brief management stint in the private sector.

My lifetime of management experience has taught me that one-size-fits-all doesn't work when you are dealing with people.  You need to customize your approach based on the person.  Some people will thrive when challenged or yelled at.  Others will give their best with a pat on the ass.   

[Jolly Blue Giant]

I think that the hysteria over Daboll's yelling and emotional outbreaks are overblown by writers needing something to write about and fans taking the bait. No one ever complained about Mike Ditka in the "pre-pundit sports journalist" days; although, Jimmy Kimmel did make fun of Bill Cower on his comedy show years ago for being the "angriest man on the planet" and loved to show clips of him blowing up on the field

Tom Landry never lost his cool and was serious, calm, and very stern. Dittos with Tom Coughin, Don Shula, Tony Dunga, etc. It worked. However, coaches like Mike Ditka, Bill Parcells, Bill Cowher, etc., were high strung and could become "game angry" at the slightest miscue or mistaken play. And it, too, worked. Bill Belichick wore a permanent scowl and was unfriendly to fans, to the media, etc. Not a friendly bone in his body...yet, will go down as the greatest coach in NFL history. I think he was kind to his players though 

Daboll is his own man and isn't like any other coach...nor has any coach been a carbon copy of another coach. They all have their pluses and minuses. Daboll actually displays a very friendly demeanor, and is genuinely happy and outgoing and it's obvious he loves his players. But come game day, he's all business and instead of the players, he goes after his coaches when things don't go well, and he wears his emotions on his sleeve on game day. That's just his style. Time will tell if his kind of coaching stands the test of time. I do believe that it behooves him to have coordinators and coaches who are younger than himself. Older guys tend to have a problem getting corrected or yelled at by a head coach that is much younger than them...IMHO

Bill Parcells on "Sensitivity Training"