Brian Daboll was hired by the Tennessee Titans as offensive coordinator on Jan. 27, 2026.

Daboll is entering his 30th year in coaching and his 26th year in the NFL. His prior experience includes eight total seasons as an NFL offensive coordinator with the Cleveland Browns (2009-10), Miami Dolphins (2011), Kansas City Chiefs (2012) and Buffalo Bills (2018-21), as well as four years as the head coach of the New York Giants (2022-25).

Daboll holds the distinction of being the first coach to receive both the Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year Award (2022, New York Giants) and the AP NFL Assistant Coach of the Year Award (2020, Buffalo). He contributed to five Super Bowl championships during his time with the New England Patriots under head coach Bill Belichick (2000-06, 2013-16) and won a national championship on Nick Saban's staff at the University of Alabama (2017).

In 2025, Daboll helped guide the development of first-round rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart. In the 10 games Daboll served as head coach, Dart registered seven starts, completing 128-of-204 passes for 1,417 yards and 10 touchdowns with three interceptions (93.5 passer rating). Dart, who also rushed for seven touchdowns during that span, was named a finalist for the AP Offensive Rookie of the Year Award.

The 2024 Giants offense set a number of franchise records. Rookie wide receiver Malik Nabers recorded 109 receptions for 1,204 yards and seven touchdowns. His 109 receptions established a rookie record for wide receivers, as well as surpassed the Giants single-season franchise record set by Steve Smith in 2009 (107 receptions). Nabers (1,206 yards) and rookie running back Tyrone Tracy Jr. (1,123 yards) became just the third rookie duo in NFL history to both surpass 1,000 yards from scrimmage. Nabers and third-year wide receiver Wan'Dale Robinson (93 receptions) became the first duo in Giants history to record 90-plus receptions each in a single season, and they were the only pair of teammates to achieve that accomplishment in the NFL in 2024.

In 2023, numerous Giants players suffered injuries that sidelined them for multiple games, including quarterback Daniel Jones and running back Saquon Barkley. Rookie free agent quarterback Tommy DeVito started six games in Jones' absence and won half of them, leading the Giants to victories at Washington and in home games against New England and Green Bay. DeVito was the first Giants rookie quarterback to win three consecutive starts since Phil Simms won four in a row in 1979, and he was only the third undrafted rookie quarterback since the 1970 merger to win three starts in a season, joining Ed Rubbert, who won three strike-replacement games for Washington in 1987, and Pittsburgh's Devlin Hodges in 2019.

Daboll directed one of the most successful debut seasons in Giants history in 2022, capped by his Coach of the Year honors. After the Giants won four games in 2021, Daboll's 2022 team registered nine regular-season victories (9-7-1), the team's first playoff berth in six years, and its first postseason victory in 11 seasons. The Giants defeated the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Wild Card Round. Daboll was the first Giants coach to be selected Coach of the Year since Jim Fassel in 1997, and he was the fifth Giants coach to be selected Coach of the Year since it was first awarded in 1957.

The Giants offense improved significantly in its first year under Daboll. Their 365 points were 107 more than they scored in 2021, while they averaged 333.9 yards a game, an increase of 46.6 yards per game. One year after averaging 99.3 rushing yards a game and 4.0 yards per carry, they finished fourth in the NFL with 148.2 rushing yards a game and fifth with 4.8 yards a carry. Jones and Barkley had their finest statistical seasons as Giants. Jones' 3,205 passing yards set a career high, as did his 92.5 passer rating, and his 67.16 completion percentage was a Giants' single-season record. With only five total interceptions, a career low, his 1.1 percent interception rate led the NFL and set a franchise record. Barkley was selected to his second Pro Bowl and was one of three players nominated for the NFL Comeback Player of the Year award. He had then-career-high totals of 295 carries for 1,312 yards – the NFL's fourth-highest total – and rushed for 10 touchdowns. Barkley was also the team's co-leader with 57 receptions and was seventh in the NFL with 1,650 scrimmage yards.

Daboll joined the Giants after spending the previous four seasons as the offensive coordinator of the Bills. He devised the game plans and called the plays for one of the most productive offenses in the NFL, helping Buffalo earn three consecutive playoff berths, win two AFC East titles and an AFC Championship Game appearance in 2020.

Daboll also oversaw the development of Bills quarterback Josh Allen, the seventh overall selection in the 2018 NFL Draft. Allen became the first player in history with 100 passing touchdowns and 30 rushing scores in his first four years. In his last two seasons working with Daboll (2020-21), Allen threw 73 touchdown passes against just 24 interceptions.

During Daboll's final season in Buffalo, the Bills won their second consecutive AFC East crown with an 11-6 record. The offense finished third in the NFL with 28.4 points per game and fifth with 381.9 yards per game. Allen finished sixth in the league with a franchise-record 409 completions, seventh with 36 touchdown passes and eighth with 4,407 yards. His primary target, wide receiver Stefon Diggs, caught 103 passes for 1,225 yards and 10 touchdowns.

Daboll was voted the 2020 AP NFL Assistant Coach of the Year after the Bills finished 13-3 and Allen finished second in NFL MVP voting after setting Buffalo single-season franchise records with 4,544 yards, 37 touchdown passes, a 69.2 completion percentage and a 107.2 passer rating.

After Daboll joined the Bills and Allen was drafted in 2018, their second season together resulted in the offense scoring 45 more points and the team winning four more games in 2019 to earn a wild card berth.

In 2017, Daboll returned to collegiate coaching for the first time in 18 years when he became the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Alabama, which finished 13-1 and earned its 17th national championship. The Crimson Tide averaged 38.8 points and 455.3 yards of total offense in Daboll's one season in Tuscaloosa, where Daboll coached future NFL quarterbacks Jalen Hurts, Tua Tagovailoa and Mac Jones.

Daboll joined the Crimson Tide after a second stint with the Patriots that lasted four years (2013-16). He spent a total of 11 seasons in New England and helped the team win Super Bowls XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XLIX and LI.

Daboll was an offensive assistant in 2013 before coaching the Patriots' tight ends for the next three seasons. Under his tutelage, Rob Gronkowski was selected first-team All-Pro in 2014 and 2015. The following season, Gronkowski and Martellus Bennett combined for 80 receptions, 1,241 yards and 10 touchdowns.

In 2012, Daboll served on the Kansas City Chiefs staff as offensive coordinator. The Chiefs finished fifth in the NFL with an average of 149.7 rushing yards a game, highlighted by Pro Bowl running back Jamaal Charles ranking fourth in the NFL with 1,509 yards with five touchdowns and an average of 5.3 yards a carry.

In 2011, Daboll was the offensive coordinator in Miami, which improved from 30th in total offense the year before his arrival to 20th during his one season with the team. The Dolphins team had both a 1,000-yard rusher and 1,000-yard receiver for the first time in franchise history as Reggie Bush ran for 1,086 yards and Brandon Marshall totaled 1,214 receiving yards while catching a team-high 81 passes.

Prior to joining the Dolphins, Daboll served as Cleveland's offensive coordinator during the 2009 and 2010 campaigns. The Browns offense saw dramatic improvement in the second half of the 2009 season. Cleveland scored 11.1 more points per game, was 20.8 percent better in the red zone, converted on 14.7 percent more third downs and averaged 1.9 fewer turnovers per game during the final eight games of the season. The 2010 season saw the Browns improve 12 spots to rank eighth in the NFL in rushing offense, averaging 130.4 yards per game.

Daboll coached quarterbacks during his two seasons with the New York Jets (2007-08). He helped Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre pick up the Jets offense after the signal-caller came out of retirement. In his one season under Daboll, Favre was named to the AFC Pro Bowl team and had the second-highest completion percentage of his career (65.7). Daboll also helped the Jets improve from the NFL's 25th-ranked scoring offense in his first season to No. 9 in the following year, averaging 25.3 points per game.

Daboll's first stint in New England began in 2000, which was his first of two seasons as a defensive assistant for head coach Bill Belichick. From 2002-06, he coached the Patriots' wide receivers. Daboll helped Deion Branch earn Super Bowl XXXIX MVP honors in the Patriots' victory against Philadelphia following the 2004 season, as Branch became the first wide receiver to win the honor since San Francisco's Jerry Rice in Super Bowl XXIII after the 1988 season.

Prior to entering the NFL, Daboll began his coaching career with three years in the college ranks. He spent the 1997 season as a volunteer assistant at the College of William & Mary before serving two seasons (1998-99) as a graduate assistant for Saban at Michigan State.

A 1997 graduate of the University of Rochester with a degree in economics, he was a two-year starter at safety for the Yellowjackets and intercepted three passes against Case Western during his junior season.

Daboll was born in Welland, Ontario, Canada, a suburb of Niagara Falls. He was raised by his grandparents and mother in West Seneca, N.Y., and lettered in football at Saint Francis High School in Athol Springs, N.Y.

Daboll and his wife, Beth, have six children: Mark, Christian, Aiden, Haven, Avery and Luke.

BRIAN DABOLL'S COACHING TIMELINE

2026: Offensive Coordinator – Tennessee Titans

2022-25: Head Coach – New York Giants

2018-21: Offensive Coordinator – Buffalo Bills

2017: Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – University of Alabama

2014-16: Tight Ends – New England Patriots

2013: Offensive Coaching Assistant – New England Patriots

2012: Offensive Coordinator – Kansas City Chiefs

2011: Offensive Coordinator – Miami Dolphins

2009-10: Offensive Coordinator – Cleveland Browns

2007-08: Quarterbacks – New York Jets

2002-06: Wide Receivers – New England Patriots

2000-01: Defensive Assistant – New England Patriots

1998-99: Graduate Assistant – Michigan State University

1997: Volunteer Assistant – The College of William & Mary