.png) Callahan with theTennessee Titans in 2024 | |
| New York Giants | |
|---|---|
| Title | Quarterbacks coach &passing game coordinator |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1984-06-10)June 10, 1984 (age 41) Champaign, Illinois, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| High school | De La Salle(Concord, California) |
| College | UCLA (2002–2005) |
| Position | Quarterback |
| Career history | |
| |
| Awards and highlights | |
| Head coaching record | |
| Regular season | 4–19 (.174) |
| Coaching profile atPro Football Reference | |
Brian Callahan (born June 10, 1984) is an American professionalfootball coach who is currently thequarterbacks coach andpassing game coordinator for theNew York Giants of theNational Football League (NFL). He previously served as the head coach for theTennessee Titans from 2024 to 2025. Before his hiring as a head coach, Callahan served as theoffensive coordinator for theCincinnati Bengals from 2019 to 2023.
Callahan playedcollege football for theUCLA Bruins and began his coaching career with them as a graduate assistant. Callahan began serving with theDenver Broncos in 2010 and was part of the team that wonSuper Bowl 50. After the Broncos' Super Bowl victory, Callahan served as the quarterbacks coach for theDetroit Lions andOakland Raiders. He is the son of NFL coachBill Callahan.
Born inChampaign, Illinois, Callahan attendedDe La Salle High School inConcord, California, before attending theUniversity of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he played for theBruins as aquarterback andholder from 2002 to 2005.[1][2][3] While at UCLA, Callahan earned abachelor's degree in sociology in 2006 and amaster's degree in education in 2008.
In 2006, Callahan began his coaching career as a graduate assistant with theUCLA Bruins.[4] Callahan served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach atJunípero Serra High School inSan Mateo, California from 2008 to 2009.[5]
In 2010, Callahan was hired by theDenver Broncos as a coaching assistant.[6] He held various positions with them through the2015 season. Callahan was part of the Broncos staff when the team wonSuper Bowl 50 over theCarolina Panthers.[7]
On February 12, 2016, Callahan was hired by theDetroit Lions as their quarterbacks coach.[8]
On January 27, 2018, Callahan was hired by theOakland Raiders as their quarterbacks coach.[9]
On February 7, 2019, Callahan was hired by theCincinnati Bengals as their offensive coordinator.[10] During his time in Cincinnati, the team made it toSuper Bowl LVI but lost to theLos Angeles Rams 23–20.[11] The following season in 2022, the Bengals made it to the AFC Championship Game, but lost to the eventualSuper Bowl LVII championKansas City Chiefs.[12]
On January 22, 2024, Callahan was hired by theTennessee Titans as their head coach.[13] He secured his first win as a head coach during Week 4 onMonday Night Football when the Titans defeated theMiami Dolphins 31–12 on the road.[14] Callahan led the Titans to a 3–14 record in his first season as head coach.[15] This record landed them with the first overall pick in the2025 NFL Draft, which was used to select Miami quarterbackCam Ward.[16]
Through the first four weeks of the 2025 season, the Titans put up a league-worst deficit of 69 points (51 points scored, with 120 points made against).[17] This was capped by a Week 4 26–0 shutout road loss to theHouston Texans, giving Houston their first win of the season.[18] Following a Week 3 42–20 loss to theIndianapolis Colts,[19] Callahan handed offensive playcalling duties to quarterbacks coachBo Hardegree.[20][21] On October 13, 2025, Callahan was fired by the Titans following a 1–5 start to the season for the second consecutive year.[22][23] He finished his tenure in Tennessee with a 4–19 (.174) record, winning only one home game (against theNew England Patriots in 2024) in less than two seasons.[24]
On February 11, 2026, Callahan was hired by theNew York Giants to be their quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator under new head coachJohn Harbaugh.[25][26]
| Team | Year | Regular season | Postseason | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won | Lost | Ties | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | ||
| TEN | 2024 | 3 | 14 | 0 | .176 | 4th in AFC South | — | — | — | — |
| TEN | 2025 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .167 | Fired | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 4 | 19 | 0 | .174 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||
Callahan and his wife, Allyson, have two children: Norah and Ronan.[27]
Callahan is the son ofBill Callahan, the former head coach of theOakland Raiders and theNebraska Cornhuskers. Upon Callahan's hiring as head coach of theTennessee Titans, his father left his job with theCleveland Browns, to join his son's coaching staff as offensive line coach.[28]
