18 Facts About Josh McDaniels

Joshua Thomas McDaniels was born on April 22,1976 and is an American professional football coach who is the offensive coordinator for the New England Patriots of the National Football League.

Josh McDaniels has served as the offensive coordinator of the Patriots for 14 non-consecutive seasons.

Outside of his Patriots tenure, Josh McDaniels served as the head coach of the Denver Broncos from 2009 to 2010 and the Las Vegas Raiders from 2022 to 2023.

Josh McDaniels began his coaching career as a senior graduate assistant at Michigan State University in 1999 under Nick Saban, parlaying his dad's friendship with Saban.

Josh McDaniels joined the Patriots in 2001 as a personnel assistant.

However, Josh McDaniels withdrew his name from consideration during the Patriots' January 2008 playoff run.

The Broncos introduced Josh McDaniels, who agreed to sign a four-year, $8 million contract, as their head coach in a press conference the next day.

On January 18,2011, Josh McDaniels agreed to become the offensive coordinator for the St Louis Rams under head coach Steve Spagnuolo.

In Super Bowl XLII, Spagnuolo was the defensive coordinator of the New York Giants, while Josh McDaniels was the offensive coordinator of the Patriots.

From 2012 until his hire in Las Vegas, Josh McDaniels was both offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for every year in his second stint with the Patriots, except for 2020, when Jedd Fisch was hired as quarterbacks coach.

On January 31,2022, Josh McDaniels was hired as the head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders.

Josh McDaniels received criticism for Las Vegas's Week 10 loss to an Indianapolis Colts team led by the debuting interim head coach Jeff Saturday, who was hired earlier that week to replace the recently dismissed Frank Reich despite having no previous NFL coaching experience heading into the game.

Los Angeles Times sportswriter Bill Plaschke suggested in a report that Davis was allowing Josh McDaniels to remain the head coach not because of the team's performance, but because the owner did not have enough cash on hand to pay his coach a sizable severance package.

On September 24,2023, during a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Josh McDaniels came under intense criticism for kicking a field goal down by eight points with just over two minutes remaining in the game.

Josh McDaniels then came under even more scrunity for saying it was a two possession game.

On January 22,2025, Josh McDaniels was brought back to the Patriots to be their offensive coordinator under new head coach Mike Vrabel.

Josh McDaniels is the son of Thom Josh McDaniels, who was voted the 1997 USA Today High School Coach of the Year in the state of Ohio.

Josh is the brother of Ben McDaniels who is an assistant coach for the Houston Texans.