Tim Kelly (American football)

Tim Kelly (born August 17, 1986), is an American football coach who is the offensive coordinator for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as an assistant coach at Penn State University, Ball State University, Minnesota State University Moorhead and Illinois Wesleyan University. Kelly has served with the Texans in various assistant coaching roles since 2014.

Tim Kelly
Houston Texans
Position:Offensive coordinator
Personal information
Born: (1986-08-17) August 17, 1986
Chicago Heights, Illinois
Career information
College:Eastern Illinois
Career history
As coach:
Coaching stats at PFR

Kelly played college football for the Eastern Illinois Panthers.[1]

Early life

A native of Chicago Heights, Illinois, Kelly starred at Marian Catholic High School,[2] where he is a member of the East Suburban Catholic Conference Hall of Fame.[3]

Playing career

College

Kelly played defensive tackle at Eastern Illinois Panthers, starting all 48 games in his collegiate career and serving as the team's captain in 2007. He was named to the Capital One Academic All-District V Team in 2006 and 2007.[4]

Coaching career

Early career

Kelly spent the 2008-09 seasons at Illinois-Wesleyan, where he was the defensive graduate assistant. He served as the defensive coordinator, defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator at Minnesota State Moorhead for the 2010 season. In 2011 Kelly served as a graduate assistant at Ball State. He also served as a graduate assistant at Penn State, under Head Coach Bill O’Brien in 2012 and 2013.[5]

Houston Texans

Starting in 2014, Kelly spent three years as offensive quality control coach for head coach Bill O'Brien and the Houston Texans. He also assisted Mike Devlin with the offensive line in 2016. He served as the tight ends coach in 2017 and 2018.[6] On February 5, 2019, Kelly was promoted to offensive coordinator[5] In 2020, Kelly was given an additional role as quarterbacks coach.

On January 30, 2021, Kelly was retained as offensive coordinator under head coach David Culley.

Personal life

Kelly's brother, Dennis, played college football at Purdue and is currently an offensive tackle for the Tennessee Titans.

References
  1. "The Pro Football Archives", profootballarchives.com, retrieved February 7, 2019.
  2. "Tim Kelly player profile", eiupanthers.com, retrieved February 7, 2019.
  3. "ESCC Hall of Fame", eastsuburbancc.com, April 16, 2015, retrieved February 7, 2019.
  4. "2018 Houston Texans Media Guide", houstontexans.com, retrieved February 7, 2019.
  5. Wilson, Aaron."Texans name Tim Kelly OC, hire Carl Smith as QBs coach", Houston Chronicle, February 5, 2019, retrieved February 8, 2019.
  6. Bergman, Jeremy."Texans promote Tim Kelly to offensive coordinator", NFL.com, February 5, 2019, retrieved February 8, 2019.
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