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COACHING STAFF / MIKE McCARTHYCOMMUNITYCOACHESdynamic in his maiden season that helped the team battleback from a slow start.McCarthy stuck to his plan and his vision as his teamstood 1-4 at the bye week and 4-8 with one-quarter of theseason to play. By turning the team’s fortunes around tofinish 8-8, he had laid the foundation for the success tocome.McCarthy got his team to bounce back from toughcircumstances to remain in the NFC playoff hunt until thefinal week. The .500 record tied for third best among theseven rookie coaches in the NFL in 2006.Close losses early to eventual NFC runner-up NewOrleans and St. Louis put the Packers at 1-4. But theteam used the bye week for extra preparation as wellas rest, traveling to Miami to beat the Dolphins in oppressiveSouth Florida heat and, three weeks later, postanother impressive road win at Minnesota’s Metrodometo improve to 4-5.Three straight losses to eventual playoff qualifiersdropped the Packers to 4-8, but again McCarthy used along road trip to get the team back on track. This one wasto San Francisco, where McCarthy had served as offensivecoordinator the previous year, and a big win that coincidedwith a key personnel change provided the springboard toa strong final month.McCarthy moved defensive tackle Cullen Jenkins toend early in the 49ers game, and the defense quicklyimproved. The Packers’ run defense got a boost on earlyLAMBEAU RECORDS &DRAFT &MISC. FIELD HISTORY 2009 REVIEW FREE AGENTS VETERANSSUCCESS WITH QUARTERBACKSMike McCarthy has worked with quarterbacks who have collectively earned 36 Pro Bowl selections and six NFL Most ValuablePlayer awards. Those passers also have made nine Super Bowl starts and won five world championships.Year(s) Team Title Notable QBs Notes1990-91 Univ. of Pittsburgh Quarterbacks Coach Alex Van Pelt Four-year starter who threw for morethan 2,000 yards in each season and went on tobreak Dan Marino’s school records for careerand single-season passing yards1993 Kansas City Chiefs Offensive Assistant Joe Montana Montana named to his final Pro Bowl in 1993,Dave Krieg Chiefs advance to AFC Championship game1994 Kansas City Chiefs Offensive Assistant Joe MontanaSteve Bono1995 Kansas City Chiefs Quarterbacks Coach Steve Bono Bono named to Pro BowlRich Gannon1996 Kansas City Chiefs Quarterbacks Coach Steve BonoRich Gannon1997 Kansas City Chiefs Quarterbacks Coach Elvis Grbac Chiefs advance to AFC Divisional playoffsRich Gannon1998 Kansas City Chiefs Quarterbacks Coach Rich GannonElvis Grbac1999 Green Bay Packers Quarterbacks Coach Brett FavreMatt HasselbeckAaron Brooks2000 New Orleans Saints Offensive Coordinator Jeff Blake Saints advance to NFC Divisional playoffsAaron BrooksMarc Bulger2001 New Orleans Saints Offensive Coordinator Aaron Brooks2002 New Orleans Saints Offensive Coordinator Aaron BrooksJake Delhomme2003 New Orleans Saints Offensive Coordinator Aaron BrooksTodd Bouman2004 New Orleans Saints Offensive Coordinator Aaron Brooks2005 San Francisco 49ers Offensive Coordinator Alex Smith Helped tutor NFL’s No. 1 overall draft pickTim RattayKen DorseyCody Pickett2006 Green Bay Packers Head Coach Brett FavreAaron Rodgers2007 Green Bay Packers Head Coach Brett Favre Packers advance to NFC Championship Game;Aaron Rodgers Favre named to Pro Bowl2008 Green Bay Packers Head Coach Aaron Rodgers2009 Green Bay Packers Head Coach Aaron Rodgers Became the first player in NFL history to throw forat least 4,000 yards in each of his first two seasonsas a starter; named to first Pro Bowl; again ranked inleague’s top 10 in nearly every passing category30
downs and allowed for a better situational pass rush, andthe defense climbed to 12th overall by season’s end.The strong defensive play and Favre’s veteran leadershipfueled a season-ending, four-game winning streak,the final three wins coming over NFC North opponents. A26-7 win at Chicago in the season finale over the eventualNFC champion Bears put the Packers at 5-1 in the divisionand barely out of the playoffs, losing a tiebreaker with theGiants, who also finished 8-8.That impressive early showing within the division wasa sign of things to come for McCarthy, who is now 17-7in four seasons against NFC North foes, which is tied forthe best division record among NFC teams over that span(Arizona is also 17-7). McCarthy’s mark includes a 13-3record against Minnesota and Detroit, two teams that alsohired new coaches in 2006.THE RIGHT FITWith a personality to match his blue-collar hometown,McCarthy landed his first NFL head-coaching job in hiskind of place.A Pittsburgh native, Mc-Carthy was named the 14thHead Coach of the GreenBay Packers on Jan. 12,2006, the only step left totake after 13 years as anNFL assistant.But while he previouslyhad traveled through NFLcities such as Kansas City,New Orleans and San Francisco,it may be Green Baythat most resembles hisnative Pittsburgh. And ifthere was one word usedto describe McCarthy’s hiringin his first days with thePackers, it was that he wasthe right “fit”, both for atown and a team looking toturn around a disappointing4-12 season in 2005.The way McCarthy fitsGreen Bay, however, goes beyond the toughness in hispersonality, down-to-earth demeanor, and pride in hisupbringing.He not only spent one of those 13 previous years in theNFL with Green Bay, but he took over the Packers already wellversed in the West Coast offense with a reputation for developingoffensive talent, particularly at the quarterback position.McCarthy is known for taking a hands-on teaching approachwith young players and has been well respectedaround the league, in part because he had called plays forsix seasons as an offensive coordinator before becominga head coach. Plus, he has tutored an impressive roster ofNFL quarterbacks.While two of the biggest names he has worked with,Favre in Green Bay and Joe Montana in Kansas City, wereat or beyond their peak years at the time, McCarthy hasplayed at least a part in the development of signal callersAaron Brooks, Jake Delhomme, Matt Hasselbeck, MarcBulger, Rich Gannon and Elvis Grbac.The entire stable of quarterbacks that McCarthy hasworked with, which also includes Jeff Blake, Steve Bono, andDave Krieg, has combined for 36 career Pro Bowl selections,nine Super Bowl starts, and six Most Valuable Player awards.McCarthy’s newest protégé to rise to a starting role isRodgers, who was drafted in the first round in 2005. GeneralManager Ted Thompson heavily weighed McCarthy’s trackrecord with quarterbacks when he hired him the followingyear, knowing that since the post-Favre era was inevitable,the right tutelage at the game’s most important positionwould be key to a smooth and successful transition.COACHING STAFF / MIKE McCARTHYPAYING HIS DUESMuch like those players he worked with who rose toprominence, McCarthy paid plenty of dues along the wayto his first head-coaching job.He learned a disciplined and no-nonsense approach tolife at an early age. His father, Joe, was a longtime firefighterand police officer who also owned a bar near aPittsburgh steel mill. McCarthy worked odd jobs at the baras a teen. It was interacting with the hard-working tavernclientele while also watching a father in uniform dedicatedto public service that helped make McCarthy proud ofwhere he came from.After his playing career as a tight end at Baker University(Kan.) ended, his 23-year coaching career began as alinebackers coach at Fort Hays State (Kan.) in 1987. Hecracked the Division I ranks two years later as a volunteerassistant at the University of Pittsburgh.It was there he displayed the will and determination tomake it in the coaching profession, working for free on thefootball field by day and collecting tolls along the Pennsylvaniaturnpike during the graveyard shift to make endsmeet.He soon moved intoa paid position at Pitt assistingwith the quarterbacks,and then coachingthe wide receivers, beforePanthers head coach PaulHackett recommendedhim to the Kansas CityChiefs when they hiredHackett as offensive coordinatorin 1993. McCarthyjoined Hackett on theChiefs’ staff as a qualitycontrolassistant.McCarthy considersHackett the biggest influencein his coachingcareer, having learned theWest Coast offense fromhim and then installing ithimself as offensive coordinatorin New Orleans.It was under Hackett’s wing that McCarthy developedthe attention to detail, scouting and game-planning skillsthat would help him move up the NFL ranks.OPPORTUNITY KNOCKSThe third-youngest head coach in the NFL when he washired at age 42 (the Saints’ Sean Payton was seven weeksyounger and the Jets’ Eric Mangini was 35), McCarthy tookover a team coming off its first losing season since 1991,before Favre arrived as quarterback.Thompson made it clear when he hired McCarthy hewasn’t looking for just an X’s and O’s guy. He was lookingfor someone who would impress him with a variety ofqualities, including leadership ability, toughness, footballknowledge, and an awareness of the Green Bay organizationand the team’s unique place within the NFL and thelocal community.McCarthy, who had interviewed for the ClevelandBrowns head coaching job five years earlier but admits hewasn’t necessarily ready then, fit the bill. In his introductorynews conference, he spoke of how taking over thePackers was like buying his “dream house,” with the foundation,tradition and resources to help him make the teama championship contender once again.McCarthy emphasized he didn’t feel the Packers werein a rebuilding mode at all, but there was work to be doneright away.He wasted no time constructing the environment hewanted for his team, implementing free weights as thefoundation for the players’ strength and conditioning.DRAFT &COMMUNITY COACHES VETERANS FREE AGENTS2009 REVIEW HISTORYRECORDS &LAMBEAUFIELDMISC.31
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