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STAFF SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF HOMETOWN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS YEAR AS NFL COACH 16TH YEAR WITH THE BROWNS FIRST

OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR

ALEX VAN PELT’S COACHING BACKGROUND 2005...... Frankfurt Galaxy, coach 2005...... , volunteer offensive quality control coach PLAYERS 2006...... , quarterbacks/passing game coordinator 2006-07...... Buffalo Bills, offensive quality control coach 2008-09...... Buffalo Bills, quarterbacks coach 2009...... Buffalo Bills, 2010-11...... , quarterbacks coach 2012-13...... , running backs coach 2014...... Green Bay Packers, quarterbacks coach 2015...... Green Bay Packers, quarterbacks/wide receivers coach 2016-17...... Green Bay Packers, quarterbacks coach 2018-19...... , quarterbacks coach 2020-...... , offensive coordinator 2019 SEASON 2019 ALEX VAN PELT’S PROFESSIONAL PLAYING BACKGROUND 1995-2003...... Buffalo Bills,

KEY NOTES • In his 25th season in the and 16th as an assistant coach following nine seasons as a quarterback (1995-03). • While coaching the quarterbacks in Cincinnati from 2018-19, helped QB Andy Dalton combine for 6,060 passing yards and 37 touchdowns in 24 starts, while guiding QBs Ryan Finley (three in 2019) and Jeff Driskel (five in 2018) in the first starts of their NFL careers.

HISTORY • Spent four seasons (2014-17) coaching the quarterbacks in Green Bay. During that span, QB Aaron Rodgers tied for second in the NFL with 125 touchdowns. In 2016, Rodgers led the NFL with 40 touchdown passes and became just the second QB in NFL history (Tom Brady, 2015) to post 600-plus attempts and seven or fewer INTs in a season. Rodgers was named NFL MVP in 2014 after totaling 4,381 passing yards, 38 touchdowns, five and a 112.2 rating. • As running backs coach (2012-13), tutored RB Eddie Lacy as he set franchise rookie records for rushing yards (1,178) and rushing TDs (11) on his way to a Pro Bowl selection and AP’s NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year honors in 2013. • Prior to Green Bay, coached the quarterbacks in Tampa Bay, where he helped develop QBJosh Freeman, who threw for a combined 7,043 yards from 2010-11, the most passing yards over a RECORDS two-year period to that point in franchise annals. • Four-year starter (1989-92) at the University of Pittsburgh, where he set Pitt career records for most passing yards (11,267), completions (867) and attempts (1,503). He became only the fifth collegiate player to throw for 2,000 yards in four consecutive seasons. • Originally was drafted by the Steelers in the eighth round of the 1993 NFL Draft, and later signed with Buffalo as a free agent in 1995. Spent entire nine-year career (1995-2003) with the Bills and played in 31 games with 11 starts while amassing 2,985 passing yards and 16 touchdowns. • Upon his retirement as a player, spent two seasons as the color analyst for the Buffalo Bills Radio Network before pursuing a career in coaching. • Began coaching career in NFL Europe as the Frankfurt Galaxy’s quarterbacks coach, where he GAME DAY was responsible for the offensive play-calling during the 2005 season.

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• Climbed the coaching ladder during five seasons (2005-09) with the Bills, serving first as a STAFF volunteer coach in 2005 all the way to offensive coordinator in 2009. • Married, Brooke, and has two daughters, Payton Dale and Katherine Paige, and a son, Jack MacGregor.

WATERBOYS

DE Myles Garrett took over as player captain for Chris Long Foundation’s “Waterboys.” Garrett then

went on his first humanitarian trip to Tanzania as NFL captain of Waterboys, the cornerstone of PLAYERS the Chris Long Foundation that provides clean drinking water to impoverished communities in East Africa.

“I always feel like I had a passion for helping give water to underprivileged countries, towns, everywhere -- not just overseas but here, too. It happens everywhere in the world,” Garrett said. “When I entered the league, I had some maturing to do and some growing to do on the field. Once I was set in both walks of life, I could step up and take this kind of leadership role. Chris came to me before, but I wasn’t ready. Now that we’re both on the same page, it’s now my turn to right the ship and take the leap.” 2019 SEASON Since its launch, Waterboys has funded over 65 wells serving more than 245,000 people. Roughly 844 million people around the world are without basic water access -- more than twice the population of the United States. HISTORY RECORDS GAME DAY

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