DAVE TOUB
SPECIAL TEAMS
COORDINATOR
• 15th Year in NFL
• 3rd with Chiefs
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Dave Toub enters his third season as Kansas City’s
special teams coordinator in 2015.
In 2014, the Chiefs special teams unit was
considered among the top units in the NFL. With Toub’s
guidance, the Chiefs led the NFL in punt returns of 20+
yards (12) and average starting field position after kickoff
(25.9) and ranked second in NFL kickoff return average
(28.0). K Cairo Santos logged 112 points on the season,
which marks the most points by a rookie kicker in
franchise history, passing Jan Stenerud’s franchise record
of 108 points set in 1967. P Dustin Colquitt tied for fourth
in the NFL with 31 punts inside the 20, adding to his
franchise record of 316 total. Toub also coached rookie
RB/ST De’Anthony Thomas who finished fourth in the NFL
in punt return average (11.9), including an 81-yard punt
return score vs. Oakland (12/15/14). Additionally, RB
Knile Davis was third in the league in kickoff return
average (28.6) and registered a 99-yard return for a
touchdown vs. St. Louis (10/26/14).
The 2013 Chiefs recorded five touchdowns on
special teams — two kickoff return TDs, two punt return
TDs and a fumble recovery for a TD on an opponents’
muffed punt. RB Knile Davis recorded the longest play in
team history and tied for the second-longest kickoff
return for a touchdown in NFL history with a 108-yard
return vs. Denver (12/1/13) while WR Dexter McCluster
returned two punts for touchdowns and tied or set new
franchise records for total punt returns, punt return yards
and punt return touchdowns in a season, earning him Pro
Bowl honors.
Since Toub’s arrival in 2013, the Chiefs have six
special teams kick returns for touchdowns (three punt,
three kickoff), which is the most in the NFL over that
span.
Prior to arriving in Kansas City, Toub’s special teams
units in Chicago finished in the top third of the league for
eight straight seasons (2004-11) according to the Dallas
Morning News ranking system, including a No. 1 overall
finish in 2006 and 2007. Toub was named Special Teams
Coach of the Year in 2006 as voted on by his NFL
coaching peers.
Toub guided five different Bears players to eight Pro
Bowl berths, including Devin Hester’s three selections
(2006-07 and 2010) Johnny Knox (2009), Brendon
Ayanbadejo (2006-07), Robbie Gould (2006) and Corey
Graham (2011).
During Toub’s tenure, Chicago had an NFL-high 22
kick return TDs compiled by six different players. The
Bears also added a touchdown return on two missed field
goals and a 92-yard kickoff return touchdown in Super
Bowl XLI. Toub helped Hester develop into the NFL’s alltime leader in kick return touchdowns (17) while
compiling the fifth-best punt return average (12.1 avg.).
Hester set an NFL single-season record with five kick
return TDs in his rookie campaign in 2006 and surpassed
that mark one year later with six kick return touchdowns.
During his stint with Philadelphia (2001-03), Toub
helped Eagles special teams coordinator John Harbaugh
earn 2001 NFL Special Teams Coach of the Year honors.
Toub spent 15 seasons coaching at the collegiate
level, most recently at Missouri where he coached the
defensive line (1998-00) after nine years (1989-97) as the
school’s head strength coach. Toub began his coaching
career in 1986 at his alma mater, Texas-El Paso, as a
graduate assistant, and one year later was named the
school’s head strength and conditioning coach.
Toub was selected in the ninth round of the 1985
NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles as an offensive
lineman (center). He also spent time with the Los Angeles
Rams in 1986. At the University of Texas-El Paso, Toub
was a two-time All-WAC selection and earned two
Academic All-WAC nominations (1983-84). He was a twotime team captain and was named the program’s most
outstanding offensive lineman during his junior and
senior seasons. He began his collegiate playing career as
an offensive lineman at Springfield College in Springfield,
Mass. (1980-81). He earned his Bachelor’s of Science and
Master’s of Education degrees from UTEP.
Education: University of Texas - El Paso (B.S. 1986,
M.E.1988). Born: Ossining, N.Y. Family: Wife - Cheryl;
Children - Shane and Nicolette.
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