Dave Toub enters his third season as Kansas City's assistant head coach/special teams coordinator in 2020 after serving five seasons (2013-17) as the club's special teams coordinator.
Under Toub, the 2019 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. In his third season, 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. K Harrison Butker had a strong second season, making 24 of 27 kicks and P Dustin 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/PR 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.
Since Toub's arrival in 2013, the Chiefs have 12 special teams kick returns for touchdowns (seven punt, five kickoff), which is the most in the NFL over that span. The Chiefs took over the top mark for kick return average in NFL history in 2013 averaging 29.9 yards per return.
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. Santos also tied the record for most field goals in a playoff game (three) against Houston.
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'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.
