Chan Gailey named Chiefs new OC

What struck me immediately upon reading Chan Gailey's biography was that he started out his coaching
career as a secondary coach for Troy State and later served as the defensive coordinator for Air Force. He first served as a defensive assistant and special teams coach with the Denver Broncos but later transitioned to tight ends coach, then quarterbacks coach and eventually the offensive coordinator position in 1989 where he remained for two seasons. He coached the Birmingham Fire of the World League and served as head coach of Samford University before returning to the NFL as wide receivers' coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers, eventually taking over the offensive coordinator's job in 1996 and then again in 1997.

"In his four seasons with the Steelers, the team won the AFC Central Division crown each time, appeared in the AFC Championship Game on three occasions and reached the Super Bowl. Pittsburgh finished second in the NFL in rushing offense in 1996, averaging 143.7 yards per game. In Gailey's final season with the Steelers, he presided over the league's top-ranked rushing team, averaging 154.9 yards per contest." --from the Geogria Tech website. During his two seasons as offensive coordinator with Miami in 2000 and 2001, Gailey improved the scoring offense from 16th in his first year to eighth the following year, after which he took the head coaching job with Georgia Tech. He is known popularly as a offensive coordinator who builds very successful ground games -- The Bus & Company in Pittsburgh would be the prime example. .

Jason Whitlock wrote a column about how this hire is typical King Carl-- go with a "retread" rather than an exciting, up-and-coming kid with something to prove like Dallas' Jason Garrett or New England's Josh McDaniels. He mentions that there are a lot of so-called NFL experts who think Cincinnati's quarterbacks coach Ken Zampese might be the next rising son in line for NFL hot-shot greatness.

A safe pick? Sure. It would seem that he will revivie our rushing attack, which finished dead last in the NFL at a piddly 78 yards per game, by drafting and signing big boys on the O-Line. His offensive philosophy is in perfect harmony with Herm's own, so this should be a pretty unified team going forward into the rebuilding process.