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Te XAN S<br />
kirksey’s C O A C H I N G L E D G E R<br />
coaches<br />
2007-08 Wide Receivers <strong>Houston</strong> <strong>Texans</strong><br />
2006 Asst. Head Coach/Running Backs Middle Tennessee State<br />
2004 Asst. Special Teams/ Volunteer Denver Broncos<br />
2003 Wide Receivers Jacksonville Jaguars<br />
2001-02 Wide Receivers Detroit Lions<br />
2000 Asst. Head Coach/Wide Receivers Texas A&M<br />
1994-99 Wide Receivers San Francisco 49ers<br />
1990-93 Running Backs Alabama<br />
1989 Running Backs Pittsburgh<br />
1984-88 Running Backs Florida<br />
1983 Head Coach Kentucky State<br />
1982 Wide Receivers/Tight Ends Kansas<br />
1977-81 Wide Receivers/Tight Ends Kentucky<br />
1974-76 Wide Receivers/Tight Ends Miami (OH)<br />
Brian Pariani<br />
Tight Ends Coach<br />
18th NFL Season • 3rd with <strong>Texans</strong><br />
Brian Pariani enters his third season with the<br />
<strong>Houston</strong> <strong>Texans</strong> as the tight ends coach. Pariani<br />
is responsible for one of the more utilized units<br />
in the <strong>Texans</strong>’ new offensive scheme. Under<br />
Pariani’s guidance, Owen Daniels has established<br />
himself as one of the best young tight<br />
ends in the NFL.<br />
Last season, Pariani’s tight ends had the most<br />
productive year in team history, combining to<br />
catch 73 pass for 859 yards and six touchdowns.<br />
They were led by Daniels, who was sixth among<br />
NFL tight ends with 63 receptions for 768 yards<br />
and three touchdowns. Second-year man Joel<br />
Dreessen caught four passes for 55 yards and<br />
the first two touchdowns of his career.<br />
In his first season with <strong>Houston</strong>, Pariani developed<br />
Daniels, fourth-round draft choice, into<br />
the most productive rookie tight end in the NFL<br />
and a first-team PFWA/Pro Football Weekly allrookie<br />
selection. Daniels set the <strong>Texans</strong> rookie<br />
record with five receiving touchdowns, which<br />
matched wide receiver Andre Johnson for the<br />
team lead. Daniels finished his first year with 34<br />
catches for 352 yards and five touchdowns, all<br />
of which were first among rookie tight ends.<br />
In addition to Daniels’ outstanding season,<br />
Putzier, a former pupil of Pariani’s in Denver,<br />
caught 13 passes for 125 yards. Veteran tight<br />
end Mark Bruener hauled in nine passes for<br />
62 yards and two touchdowns—his first two<br />
scores as a Texan.<br />
The move to <strong>Houston</strong> returned Pariani to the pro<br />
coaching ranks after spending the 2005 season<br />
as the offensive coordinator at Syracuse<br />
University. He spent 1995-04 coaching the tight<br />
ends with the Denver Broncos alongside <strong>Texans</strong><br />
head coach Gary Kubiak. Before his time with<br />
the Broncos he coached with the San Francisco<br />
49ers from 1991-94. Pariani teamed with Kubiak<br />
to bring the 49ers a Super Bowl championship<br />
in 1994.<br />
In coaching with the Broncos during Super Bowl<br />
XXXII and XXXIII and with the San Francisco<br />
49ers in Super Bowl XXIX, Pariani became one<br />
of only 17 coaches in the NFL to have won World<br />
Championships with two different organizations<br />
and one of nine coaches to have done it with<br />
teams from different conferences.<br />
While with the Broncos, Pariani coached<br />
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