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Dan Riley
Strength and Conditioning Coach
27th NFL Season • 8th with Texans
coaches
Dan Riley joined the Texans as the club’s first
strength and conditioning coach on February
1, 2001. Riley enters his 27th year as a strength
coach in the National Football League.
Prior to joining the Texans, Riley spent the previous
19 seasons in the same capacity with the
Washington Redskins. He served as an integral
part of three Super Bowl champions, four NFC
champions, and five NFC East champions during
his tenure.
Riley has authored four books on weight training.
In addition, he wrote a weekly column for
the Washington Post and also authored the
“Power Line,” a monthly fitness column for
Coach and Athletic Director magazine. Riley
co-hosts a weekly fitness and nutrition show on
Houston’s SportsRadio 610 with Texans team
dietitian Roberta Anding.
Prior to his stint with the Redskins, Riley spent
five years as the strength coach at Penn State
after serving four years as the strength coach
at the United States Military Academy at West
Point.
A native of Manchester, N.H., Riley graduated
from Keene State College with an undergraduate
degree in physical education. He has a
master’s degree in physical education from
Indiana University.
Riley and his wife Brenda have two sons –
Marty, who works for Microsoft and lives in
Redmond, Wash., and T, who lives in Houston
and is the assistant athletic director and head
baseball coach at the St. John’s School.
RILEY’s C O A C H I N G L E D G E R
2001-08 Strength & Conditioning Houston Texans
1982-00 Strength & Conditioning Washington Redskins
1977-81 Strength & Conditioning Penn State
1973-77 Strength & Conditioning United States Military Academy
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Tidbit
Many Happy Returns
The special teams were arguably the most consistent unit on the
team throughout the 2007, with players excelling in every phase of
special teams play. No unit had a better season than the kickoff
return group, however.
The Texans tied the NFL record for most kickoff returns for
touchdown in a season, taking four kicks back for scores. Houston
became the fourth team in NFL history to accomplish that feat and
the first to do so in 13 years.
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