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2015 MEDIA GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS TEXANS MEDIA POLICY AND MEDIA SERVICES ........... 2-4 FOOTBALL OPERATIONS STAFF ................................ 43-56 TEXANS COMMUNICATIONS STAFF ...................................4 Brian Gaine, Director of Player Personnel .............................44 TEXANS STAFF DIRECTORY ............................................ 5-6 Bobby Grier, Senior Personnel Advisor .................................44 Texans Scouting and Personnel Staff ....................................45 EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT ........................................... 7-19 Support Staff ..........................................................................50 Robert C. McNair, Founder, Chairman and CEO ....................8 D. Cal McNair, Vice Chairman and COO ...............................10 TEXANS STAFF .............................................................. 56-60 Texans Limited Partners ........................................................11 Rick Smith, Executive VP of Football Ops and General Manager ..12 2014 TEXANS SEASON IN REVIEW ............................. 61-85 Jamey Rootes, President ......................................................14 2014 Regular Season Statistics ............................................62 Scott Schwinger, President/CEO of the McNair Group, CFO ...15 2014 Texans Participation .....................................................64 Suzie Thomas, Sr. Vice President, General Counsel and CAO 2014 Texans Starters .............................................................65 ...............................................................................................15 2014 Texans Highs and Lows ................................................66 John Schriever, Sr. Vice President, Ticketing and Event Management 2014 Texans Transactions .....................................................67 ...............................................................................................16 2014 Final NFL Standings .....................................................69 Jennifer Dabkowski, Vice President, Marketing and Community 2014 Texans Game Recaps ..................................................70 Development .........................................................................16 Greg Grissom, Vice President, Corporate Development .......17 TEXANS HISTORY ....................................................... 87-143 Marilan Logan, Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer ..17 Year-by-Year Results .............................................................88 Chris Olsen, Vice President, Football Administration ............18 Texans Attendance Records ..................................................95 Jeff Schmitz, Vice President, Information Technology ...........18 All-Time Series Totals ............................................................95 Greg Watson, Vice President, Finance ..................................19 All-Time Series Results .........................................................96 Doug West, Vice President, Football Operations ..................19 All-Time Preseason Results and Records .............................98 All-Time Alphabetic Roster ....................................................99 COACHING STAFF ......................................................... 21-42 All-Time Numeric Roster .....................................................102 Bill O’Brien, Head Coach .......................................................22 All-Time Practice Squad Roster ..........................................105 Romeo Crennel, Defensive Coordinator ................................24 All-Time Injured Reserve .....................................................106 George Godsey, Offensive Coordinator.................................26 All-Time Coaches ................................................................107 Bob Ligashesky, Special Teams Coordinator ........................27 Texans Trade History ...........................................................108 Jim Bernhardt, Director of Football Research .......................28 Texans Free Agency History ................................................109 John Butler, Secondary Coach ..............................................29 Texans Prime Time Results .................................................111 Doug Colman, Assistant Special Teams Coach ....................30 Texans Overtime Results .....................................................112 Mike Devlin, Offensive Line Coach ........................................31 Texans Honors .....................................................................112 Stan Hixon, Wide Receivers Coach ......................................32 Draft History .........................................................................115 Tim Kelly, Offensive Quality Control Coach ...........................33 Texans Yearly Final Statistics ..............................................116 Will Lawing, Defensive Quality Control Coach ......................33 Charles London, Running Backs Coach ................................34 TEXANS KICKOFF ..................................................... 145-163 Anthony Midget, Assistant Secondary Coach ........................35 Texans Rosters ....................................................................146 Pat O’Hara, Offensive Assistant Coach .................................36 How The Texans Were Built ................................................152 Paul Pasqualoni, Defensive Line Coach .................................37 NRG Stadium ......................................................................154 John Perry, Tight Ends Coach ...............................................38 2015 NFL Schedule .............................................................156 Anthony Pleasant, Defensive Assistant ......................................... 39 Texans On Air ......................................................................158 Mike Vrabel, Linebackers Coach ................................................... 40 Notes ...................................................................................162 Craig Fitzgerald, Head Strength and Conditioning Coach ............ 41 2015 Houston Texans Schedule ..........................................163 Brian Bell, Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach ..........41 Sean Hayes, Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach .....42 2015 HOUSTON TEXANS MEDIA GUIDE The print version of the 2015 Houston Texans Media Guide is a supplement to the digital version of the 2015 Houston Texans Media Guide, which can be found online at http://media.houstontexans.com. Elements that remain relatively unchanged and are not included in the Houston Texans Weekly Game Release during the season, such as executive bios, coaching staff bios, football operations staff bios, the 2014 Texans Season-In-Review and the Texans Team History, are included in this publication. Player bios, rosters, transactions and the Houston Texans record books are updated weekly during the season and are electroni- cally distributed to media, as well as made available online at the Houston Texans media website. MEDIA GUIDE CREDITS EDITORS: Charles Hampton, Brett Maikowski and Omar Majzoub PHOTOGRAPHY: Bill Baptist, Mike Welsch, Paul Ladd Photography DESIGN: Chris McCrary and Charles Hampton PRINTER: Chas P. Young Printer Co. HOUSTONTEXANS.COM 1 HOUSTON TEXANS MEDIA POLICY MEDIA CREDENTIALS Members of the media needing to conduct post game inter- Media credentials will be granted based on the following guide- views will be given access to the Texans’ and visiting interview lines: rooms after the game, as well as the home and visiting locker 1. Houston-area media agencies which cover the Houston rooms. NO STILL PHOTOGRAPHERS OR AUTOGRAPHS Texans on a daily basis will receive top priority. ARE ALLOWED IN THE TEXANS LOCKER ROOM. With six 2. Media agencies which cover the opposing team as re- minutes remaining in the game, take the media elevator to the quested by the opposing team’s public relations staff. field level. Videographers without field access will be in the team 3. National media agencies which cover the National Foot- auditorium for the duration of the game. Bill O’Brien’s post- ball League regularly (includes online properties such as game interview session with the media will begin approximately ESPN.com, Yahoo! Sports, CBSSports.com, etc.). 10 minutes following the conclusion of the game and will be held 4. Daily or weekly newspapers with a circulation of at least in the Texans Team Auditorium (white arrow). Electronic media 100,000. covering the press conference are asked to use the mult-box to 5. Television stations with a nightly news show and a nightly ease congestion at the podium. Both team locker rooms will be sports segment. open to press bearing the proper credentials following the NFL- 6. Radio stations with a 24-hour sports format and are af- mandated 10-minute cooling-off period. The visiting head coach filiated with a national radio network (i.e. ESPN, Sporting- will be available in the visitor’s interview room across from the News, Westwood One, etc.). visiting locker room. 7. Daily or weekly newspapers with a circulation of at least To reach either locker room from the press box, simply take the 50,000. elevator to the service level and follow proper direction arrows 8. Other requests not falling under one of the above catego- on the ground: ries will be considered on the basis of space availability in the NRG Stadium press box. Blue - Texans