TIGHT ENDS COACHING EXPERIENCE: 26TH SEASON NFL EXPERIENCE: 24TH SEASON VIKINGS EXPERIENCE: 1ST SEASON Long time TEs coach Brian Pariani will begin his 1st season the Texans finished with the most wins (12) in club history and as the TEs coach for the Vikings in 2019, bringing over 25 years advanced to the AFC Divisional Playoffs. of coaching experience to the group, having coached 3 Daniels’ 1st Pro Bowl invite came after the 2008 season in TEs and 1 Hall of Famer. which he totaled career highs in receptions (70) and yards (862) Pariani has worked alongside assistant / as the 2nd-leading receiver for the Texans’ 4th-ranked passing offensive advisor every season since entering the offense (266.7 ypg). NFL in 1990, execept for the 2005 season, when Pariani served Pariani was hired at the Texans’ TEs coach in 2006 and was as the at . immediately tasked with developing Daniels during his rookie Denver’s win in 50 represented Pariani’s 4th campaign. The 4th-round selection was named to the NFL All- World Championship during his 23 seasons coaching in the Rookie Team after leading all 1st-year TEs with 34 catches for NFL. During that time, he has been a part of some of the most 352 yards (10.4 avg.) with 5 . prolific and balanced offenses in the league. His teams have Prior to spending the 2005 season as the offensive finished in the Top 5 in total offense on 15 occasions, ranking coordinator at Syracuse University, Pariani coached Denver’s 5th or higher in passing offense (9 times) and rushing offense TEs for 10 years (1995-2004). (11 times) in 20 of those seasons. During his intial stretch with Denver, where he was a Pariani’s TEs have contributed to teams that have posted 5 member of the club’s 1997 and ’98 Super Bowl Championship different 4,000-yard passing seasons and 10 total 2,000-yard teams, Pariani’s TEs combined for the most receptions (864) rushing campaigns during his 20 years coaching that unit. and yards (10,007) in the league among their position group in In his 1st season back with the Broncos in 2015, Pariani addition to ranking 2nd in the NFL with 75 catches. oversaw a TEs group that combined for 78 receptions for 891 The unit also was instrumental in assisting Denver’s elite yards (11.4 avg.) with 4 touchdowns. Despite losing promising rushing attack that produced an NFL-best 140.5 yards per rookie to injury prior to the season, veteran game from 1995-2004. During that stretch 5 different Broncos and midseason acquisition steadied running backs topped the 1,000- yard mark, including Terrell the position along with Broncos regular . Davis, who posted just the fourth 2,000-yard rushing season Denver’s passing and running outputs improved steadily (2,008) in league history in 1998 and was named the NFL’s Most throughout Denver’s championship season with the help of the Valuable Player. team’s TEs. Daniels was particularly effective in the postseason, Pro Football Hall of Fame TE was named catching a pair of touchdowns in Denver’s win against New to 4 consecutive Pro Bowls (1995-98) and 3 straight All-Pro England in the AFC Championship Game. Pariani coached teams (1996-98) by the Associated Press and posted 2 of his 3 Baltimore’s tight ends in Ravens offensive coordinator Gary career 1,000-yard receiving seasons (1996, ’97) under Pariani. Kubiak’s offense in 2014, instructing a group that combined for TE combined for 83 receptions for 794 yards 76 catches for 800 yards (10.5 avg.) with 5 touchdowns. The unit with 7 touchdowns from 2000-01 and was rewarded with his 1st overcame the loss of to an early-season injury and career Pro Bowl selection in 2001. was led by newcomer Owen Daniels, who ranked 3rd on the club Pariani entered the NFL as a scouting assistant with San with 48 receptions for 527 yards (11.0 avg.) with 4 touchdowns. Francisco in 1990 and spent 3 additional seasons (1991-94) with Before his arrival in Baltimore, Pariani coached TEs for the 49ers as an offensive assistant. He earned his 1st career the Texans during Gary Kubiak’s entire 8-year tenure as head as a member of the 1994 team that established coach. During that time, Houston’s offense produced the 4th- franchise records for points (505) and touchdowns (62). most receiving yards (8,003) in the NFL at the TE position while A political science major at UCLA, Pariani began his ranking 5th in the league in both catches (682) and receiving coaching career as a graduate assistant for his alma mater in touchdowns (58) by that position group. 1989 under Head Coach Terry Donahue. Houston’s TEs were an integral part of one of the league’s He was a 3-sport athlete (football, basketball and baseball) most balanced offensive attacks from 2008-12, as the Texans at Marin Catholic High School in Kentfield, Calif., and was born were one of just two teams to have their total offense, passing on July 2, 1965 in San Francisco. Pariani and his wife, Stephanie, offense and rushing offense each rank in the Top 5 at least once have 2 daughters, Jessica and Gianna. during that span. PARIANI’S BACKGROUND Under Pariani, Daniels developed into one of the league’s Coaching premier TEs in his first 7 seasons with Houston, earning 2 Pro 1989...... UCLA // Offensive Graduate Assistant Bowl selections (2008, ’12) and totaling 385 receptions for 1990...... // Scouting Assistant 4,617 yards (12.0 avg.) with 29 TDs—3rd only to wide receivers 1991-94...... San Francisco 49ers // Offensive Coaches Assistant and DeAndre Hopkins on the franchise’s all-time 1995-2004...... // Tight Ends receiving list in those categories. 2005...... Syracuse // Offensive Coordinator In 2012, Daniels (62 rec.) combined with TEs James Casey (34 2006-13...... // Tight Ends rec.) and (28 rec.) to give the unit a combined 2014...... // Tight Ends 124 catches to set a team single-season record for that position 2015-16...... Denver Broncos // Tight Ends group. Daniels earned his 2nd Pro Bowl selection that year as 2019...... // Tight Ends