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Dave Toub
Assistant Head Coach and Special Teams Coordinator
Biography
Dave Toub enters his 10th season in Kansas City in 2022. He added assistant head coach to his title in 2018 after serving five seasons (2013-17) as the club's special teams coordinator.
Dave Toub enters his 10th season in Kansas City in 2022. He added assistant head coach to his title in 2018 after serving five seasons (2013-17) as the club's special teams coordinator.
In 10 seasons under Toub, the Chiefs special teams units have led the league is several categories. Since 2013, the club ranks first in kickoff return average (25.3), second in punt return average (10.0), first in return touchdowns (14 - 8 PR, 6 KR) and tied for second in return touchdowns allowed (one). The Chiefs took over the top mark for single-season kick return average in NFL history in 2013 averaging 29.9 yards per return.
In 2021, K Harrison Butker made 25 of his 28 field goals, including a game winning field goal versus the New York Giants. He also hit 47 of 49 PAT's on the season, his second best percentage of his career (95.9). The special teams unit ranked third in punt return average (12.0 yards) and tied for third in punt returns over 20 yards with four. They ranked in the top 10 in kickoff return average (23.4 yards) and fifth in kickoff returns of 20 plus yards (73.3). Second year P Tommy Townsend won AFC Special Teams Player of the Week (Week 9) and won AFC Special Teams Player of the Month for November (Week 12). During the Week 11 game at Las Vegas, Townsend completed a pass for 16 yards to WR Marcus Kemp in the fourth quarter on a punt fake.
In 2020, Toub's special teams units ranked in the top 10 in field goal percentage (92.6) and average starting field position after kickoff (25.8) en route to a second-consecutive Super Bowl appearance. K Harrison Butker converted 25 of his 27 field goal attempts and earned Special Teams Player of the Week honors after converting two 58-yard field goals in the Chiefs win over the LA Chargers in Week 2. Since Butker's arrival in 2017, he ranks third in Chiefs history with 671 points scored. He also tied the record for most field goals in a playoff game (three) against Cleveland and Tampa Bay. WR Byron Pringle was also named Special Teams Player of the Week after a 102-yard kickoff return touchdown in a win over the Denver Broncos in Week 7. Rookie P Tommy Townsend earned Special Teams Player of the Week after punting six times, dropping a career-high three kicks inside the 20-yard line in the victory over the New Orleans Saints in Week 15. Townsend also set a Chiefs single-game record 60.8 yards punting average in Week 4 vs. New England.
The 2019 Super Bowl Champion Chiefs special teams ranked in the top 10 in kick returns, kick return coverage and punt return coverage. Rookie WR Mecole Hardman recorded the longest kick return, scoring a touchdown on a 104-yard kickoff in the final game of the regular season against the Los Angeles Chargers. Hardman's 104-yard kickoff return touchdown ranked as the third-longest kickoff return in Chiefs history. He was named Second-Team All-Pro as a kick returner and named to his first Pro Bowl as a return specialist. K Harrison Butker set a franchise record for most points by a kicker in a single season with 147 points. In his 15th season, P Dustin Colquitt recorded 48 punts for 2,126 yards putting his career total at 50,393 punting yards, the eighth-most in NFL history.
In 2018, the Chiefs special teams ranked in the top 10 in punt return, punt return coverage and kickoff return. Butker had a strong second season, making 24 of 27 kicks and Colquitt placed 21 kicks inside the 20 yard line, moving him to third all-time in NFL history (441).
In 2017, the Chiefs led the NFL with 41 field goals, 38 of those FGs were made by rookie K Harrison Butker who exceeded expectations since joining the team in Week 4. Butker recorded a franchise record 23 consecutives FGs, ranking first in franchise history for most FGs made in a single season (38) and tied for first for the most 50-plus yard FGs in a season with four. WR Tyreek Hill earned his second Pro Bowl selection, tallying 25 punt returns for 204 yards and a touchdown. P Dustin Colquitt became the second punter in franchise history to record 1,000 career punts.
Special teams highlighted the Chiefs 30-0 win over the Houston Texans in the 2015 AFC Wild Card Game as RB Knile Davis returned the opening kickoff 106 yards for a touchdown. K Cairo Santos converted two 49-yard field goals and a 33-yard field goal in Houston, setting a postseason franchise record as 49 yards is the longest converted field goal in a playoff game, a record previously held by PFHOF and Chiefs Hall of Fame kicker Jan Stenerud.
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 all-time 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 a 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 two-time 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 of Science and Master 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.