David Culley - Kansas City Chiefs

DAVID CULLEY
ASSISTANT HEAD COACH/
WIDE RECEIVERS
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Conference Titles
• 21st Year NFL Coach
• 2nd with Chiefs
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Division Titles
David Culley enters his second season as the
Chiefs assistant head coach/wide receivers coach in
2014, beginning his 21st season as an NFL assistant
coach.
In his current position in Kansas City, Culley
plays a vital role in assisting Head Coach Andy
Reid, Offensive Coordinator Doug Pederson and the
entire offensive staff in formulating all aspects of the
offensive gameplan, in addition to tutoring the club’s
wide receiving corps.
Under Culley’s guidance in 2013, three Chiefs
receivers each recorded at least 500 yards receiving.
As the season developed, the entire receiving corps
got more involved in the offense as young players like
Junior Hemingway and A.J. Jenkins saw expanded
roles in the pass catching portion of the Chiefs attack.
With Culley at the helm of the receiving corps
under Reid’s watch, an emphasis has been placed
on all aspects of playing the position, such as route
running and run blocking, not just catching passes.
Prior to arriving in Kansas City in 2013, Culley
served 14 seasons as the wide receivers coach for
the Philadelphia Eagles (1999-2012) working for
Chiefs Head Coach Andy Reid who held the same
role for the Eagles during that timeframe.
With the Eagles, Culley tutored two up-andcoming NFL talents in DeSean Jackson and Jeremy
Maclin. Jackson earned back-to-back Pro Bowl
berths in 2009-10. In his first three years, Maclin
caught more passes (189) than any other player in
team history besides TE Keith Jackson (194).
Culley joined the Eagles after a three-year stint
as the Pittsburgh Steelers wide receivers coach.
During that three-year span, the Steelers reached
the playoffs twice, advancing to the AFC title game
in 1997 and to the divisional playoffs the previous
season. In all, Culley has made six appearances in
conference championship games.
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CULLEY’S FOOTBALL CAREER
1973-77
1978
1979-81
1982
1983
1984
1985-88
1989-90
1991-93
1994-95
1996-98
1999-12
2013-14
Vanderbilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quarterback
Austin Peay . . . . . . . . . . . . . Running Backs
Vanderbilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wide Receivers
Middle Tennessee State. . . . . . . . .QBs/RBs
Tennessee-Chattanooga. . . .Wide Receivers
Western Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . QBs/WRs
Southwestern Louisiana. . . . . Quarterbacks
Texas-El Paso . . . . . Offensive Coordinator/
Running Backs/Wide Receivers
Texas A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wide Receivers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers . . . Wide Receivers
Pittsburgh Steelers . . . . . . . Wide Receivers
Philadelphia Eagles . . . Wide Receivers (‘99-10)
Senior Offensive Assistant (‘11-12)
Kansas City Chiefs . . .Assistant Head Coach/
Wide Receivers
Culley was recruited by Bill Parcells as
a quarterback at Vanderbilt University. After his
collegiate playing career was over, he coached the
running backs at Austin Peay University (1978).
He then returned to his alma mater to coach the
Commodores receivers (1979-81).
He went on to make one-year stops at Middle
Tennessee
State,
Tennessee-Chattanooga
and Western Kentucky with a four-year stay as
quarterbacks coach at Southwestern Louisiana,
where he coached former Eagles player Brian
Mitchell. Under Culley’s direction, Mitchell became
the first player in NCAA history to pass for more than
5,000 yards and rush for more than 3,000 yards in
a career.
Culley served as the offensive coordinator/running
backs/wide receivers coach at the University of
Texas-El Paso (1989-90) before joining the coaching
staff at Texas A&M as the wide receivers coach
(1991-93).
His first NFL coaching job came at Tampa Bay as
he coached the Buccaneers wideouts (1994-95). He
then moved on to coach the wide receivers for the
Pittsburgh Steelers (1996-98). In 1997, with Culley’s
help, Steelers WR Yancey Thigpen caught 79 passes
for a Steelers single-season record 1,398 yards and
seven touchdowns en route to Pro Bowl honors.
Culley graduated from Vanderbilt University with a
degree in health and physical education.
Education: Vanderbilt University (B.S. 1978).
Born: Sparta, Tenn. Family: Wife - Carolyn; Children
- Monty and Jessie.

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