.jpg) Daboll with theAlabama Crimson Tide in 2018 | |
| Tennessee Titans | |
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| Title | Offensive coordinator |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1975-04-14)April 14, 1975 (age 50) Welland, Ontario, Canada |
| Career information | |
| High school | St. Francis(Athol Springs, New York, U.S.) |
| College | University of Rochester (1993–1996) |
| Career history | |
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| Awards and highlights | |
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| Head coaching record | |
| Regular season | 20–40–1 (.336) |
| Postseason | 1–1 (.500) |
| Career | 21–41–1 (.341) |
| Coaching profile atPro Football Reference | |
Brian Michael Daboll[1] (/ˈdeɪbəl/DAY-bəl; born April 14, 1975) is a Canadian born-American football coach who is theoffensive coordinator for theTennessee Titans of theNational Football League (NFL). He previously served as the head coach of theNew York Giants from 2022 to 2025. Daboll has also previously served as the offensive coordinator for theCleveland Browns,Miami Dolphins,Kansas City Chiefs,Alabama Crimson Tide, andBuffalo Bills. He also previously served in various capacities as an assistant coach for theNew England Patriots andNew York Jets.
Born inWelland, Ontario, Canada on April 14, 1975, Daboll was raised in the United States by his grandparents in nearbyWest Seneca, New York.[2] Daboll attendedSaint Francis High School inHamburg, New York and was a letterman in football. He was teammates there with future coachBrian Polian and future NFL front office executiveDave Caldwell. He attended theUniversity of Rochester and was a letterman and two-year starter in football as a safety. Daboll graduated with a degree ineconomics.
Daboll was hired as a restricted earnings coach by theCollege of William & Mary in 1997 before moving toMichigan State University as a graduate assistant from 1998 to 1999 under head football coachNick Saban.[3][4]
Daboll began his NFL coaching career at the age of 24 with theNew England Patriots as a defensive coaching assistant in2000 under new head coachBill Belichick. After personnel assistantJosh McDaniels was promoted to defensive assistant, Daboll was promoted towide receivers coach for the Patriots in2002. After the2006 season, he left the Patriots to serve as the Jets' quarterbacks coach. The Patriots won three Super Bowls during Daboll's first stint with the Patriots.[5][6][7]
In 2007, Daboll joinedEric Mangini's staff with theNew York Jets as the quarterbacks' coach.[8] Mangini and Daboll both served as assistants on the Patriots from 2000 to 2005. Daboll coached quarterbacksChad Pennington,Kellen Clemens, andBrett Favre during his tenure in New York. The Jets fired coach Mangini on December 29, 2008, after the Jets finished 9–7 despite an 8–3 start to the season. Daboll was not retained under new head coachRex Ryan.
In 2009, Daboll joined theCleveland Browns as offensive coordinator, reuniting with new head coach Eric Mangini, whom he worked alongside in New England and on the New York Jets. Under Daboll the Browns had the NFL's 32nd ranked offense in 2009 and the 29th ranked offense in 2010.[9][10]
Daboll was named offensive coordinator of the Miami Dolphins under head coachTony Sparano in 2011, with his Dolphins improving from 30th in the league to 20th in overall offense.[11] The Dolphins fired coach Sparano after the team started 4–9 on December 11, 2011, and Daboll was not retained under new head coachJoe Philbin.[12]
On February 6, 2012, the Kansas City Chiefs announced the hiring of Daboll as offensive coordinator, replacing the retiredBill Muir.[13] Daboll was reunited with new head coachRomeo Crennel, with whom Daboll worked on the Patriots from 2001 to 2004. The 2012 Chiefs finished with a league-worst 2–14 record and fired Crennel after just one season as head coach. Daboll was not retained by new head coachAndy Reid.
On January 13, 2013, the New England Patriots announced that Daboll would be brought back in a coaching capacity for the remainder of the Patriots 2012–13 season. Six days later, the Patriots lost to the eventual Super Bowl championBaltimore Ravens 28–13 in the AFC Championship Game.[14] Daboll served as the Patriots tight ends' coach from 2013 to 2016, coachingPro Bowl tight endRob Gronkowski. The Patriots won Super Bowl XLIX and Super Bowl LI during Daboll's second stint in New England.[15][16]
On February 18, 2017, Daboll returned to college football as offensive coordinator for theAlabama Crimson Tide, marking Daboll's first college football coaching stint in 18 years.[17] Daboll was reunited with Alabama head coachNick Saban, for whom he had worked while Saban was the head coach ofMichigan State. He helped Alabama reach the2018 National Championship Game, where the Tide defeated theGeorgia Bulldogs in overtime.[18] He coached quarterbacksJalen Hurts andTua Tagovailoa during his lone season in Alabama.
On January 4, 2018, Daboll was named the newoffensive coordinator for his hometown team, theBuffalo Bills, under head coachSean McDermott.[19] Daboll is credited in part with the development of quarterbackJosh Allen, whom many scouts saw as a "project" coming out of college.[20] In 2020, Daboll's third season with the Bills, Allen set numerous passing records for the Bills,[20] and the Bills' offense improved significantly, finishing second that year with 31.3 points per game. The team finished with 13 wins for the first time since1991, won their first division title and playoff game since1995, and made their first AFC Championship Game since1993, which they lost to theKansas City Chiefs 38–24. For his work, Daboll won theAssociated Press NFL Assistant Coach of the Year award for the 2020 season.[21]
The "Daboll Era," as it is often deemed by Buffalo Bills fans, culminated during the 2021–22 NFL playoffs, with the Bills defeating Bill Belichick's New England Patriots 47–17 in the Wild Card round on January 15, 2022.[22] Buffalo scored a touchdown on each of their seven offensive possessions (not including their final possession, which included three kneel-downs by backup quarterback Mitchell Trubisky), a feat which had never been previously achieved. It was the most lopsided playoff defeat suffered by a Belichick-coached Patriots team. The following week, the Bills faced the Kansas City Chiefs for an AFC Divisional matchup that would come to be known as the "13 Seconds" game.[citation needed] Despite Josh Allen's 397 total yards (329 passing and 68 rushing) and four passing touchdowns, all to WR Gabriel Davis, who accumulated 201 receiving yards in the game, Kansas City andPatrick Mahomes engineered a game-tying drive in the final 13 seconds of regulation, before winning it in overtime with a touchdown reception byTravis Kelce.
On January 27, 2026, theTennessee Titans hired Daboll as their new offensive coordinator under head coachRobert Saleh.[23]
Daboll was hired as theNew York Giants' 20th head coach on January 28, 2022.[24] Daboll's debut as head coach came in a 21–20 victory over theTennessee Titans. Daboll's Giants got off to a 7–2 start to the season, their best start in a decade,[25] and on January 1, 2023, they defeated theIndianapolis Colts 38–10, and clinched their first playoff berth since2016.[26] The team finished the regular season at 9–7–1, earning the sixth seed in the NFC for the2022–23 NFL playoffs. They defeated theMinnesota Vikings 31–24 in the NFC Wild Card Round, their first postseason victory since winningSuper Bowl XLVI in 2012.[27] Their season, however, would come to an end in theDivisional Round with a loss to theirrivals, thePhiladelphia Eagles by a score of 38–7.[28] Daboll was named the Associated Press 2022 NFL Coach of the Year honor with his successful first season as head coach with the Giants.[29]
The Giants' 2023 season did not match the success they saw the previous year, as the team finished 6–11, in third place in the NFC East.[30] After quarterbackDaniel Jones went down with an injury after five games, andTyrod Taylor exited the Week 8 game with a rib injury,[31] rookieTommy DeVito led the Giants to three consecutive wins, passing for eight touchdowns and 1,101 yards against three interceptions.[citation needed] On October 29, 2023, Daboll was criticized for kicking a 35-yard field goal on 4th-and-1 at the Jets 17 yard line rather than going for it and trying to end the game there, as the Jets had no timeouts and only 28 seconds remained on the clock, especially considering kickerGraham Gano was facing an injury. The kick was missed, allowing the Jets to eventually win the game in overtime.[32]
In week 2 of the2024 NFL season, Daboll was widely criticized for not having a backup kicker whenGraham Gano sustained an injury on the opening kickoff. He was also criticized for using Gano on the opening kickoff when he had a groin issue prior to the game. The decision was thought to have significantly contributed to their 21–18 loss to theWashington Commanders.[33] He was also widely criticized of how he handledDaniel Jones, including benching him, demoting him to a fourth-string quarterback and eventually cutting him.[34] The Giants endured a 10-game losing streak during the 2024 season and finished 3–14, a franchise record for losses. The morning after the season finale, team co-ownerJohn Mara announced that Daboll and general managerJoe Schoen would return for a fourth season.[35]
On November 10, 2025, Daboll was fired by the Giants after a 2–8 start to the 2025 season. He finished his tenure in New York with a 20–40–1 (.336) regular-season record and a 1–1 (.500) playoff record for a combined record of 21–41–1 (.341).[36][37]
| Team | Year | Regular season | Postseason | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won | Lost | Ties | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | ||
| NYG | 2022 | 9 | 7 | 1 | .559 | 3rd in NFC East | 1 | 1 | .500 | Lost toPhiladelphia Eagles inNFC Divisional Game |
| NYG | 2023 | 6 | 11 | 0 | .353 | 3rd in NFC East | — | — | — | — |
| NYG | 2024 | 3 | 14 | 0 | .176 | 4th in NFC East | — | — | — | — |
| NYG | 2025 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .200 | (Fired) | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 20 | 40 | 1 | .336 | 1 | 1 | .500 | |||
