Chris Lim
multiple authors
LOS ANGELES – The Chargers have hired former New York Jets and Miami Dolphins head coach Adam Gase as an assistant coach to oversee the passing game, sources told ESPN.
Gase, 47, hasn’t coached in the NFL since he was fired by the Jets after the 2020 season, when the team finished 2-14.
Gase was considered one of the brightest offensive minds in the NFL when the Dolphins hired him as head coach in 2016. The 37-year-old became the league’s youngest head coach at the time after working with Jay Cutler as the Chicago Bears’ offensive coordinator and Peyton Manning and Tim Tebow as the Denver Broncos’ quarterbacks coach.
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However, Gase never reached his potential as a head coach. He was fired after three seasons in Miami, where the Dolphins ranked 24th or worse in total offense every year, including 31st in 2018. The Jets hired Gase in 2019 in hopes of developing quarterback Sam Darnold, but he finished 32nd in total offense both seasons in New York.
He had a 32-49 record as head coach, including a playoff loss in 2016.
Gase will likely replace Marcus Brady, who served as the Chargers’ passing game coordinator the past two seasons. The Baltimore Ravens are hiring Brady in the same role, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.
This is the third addition to offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel’s staff. Sources told ESPN that Butch Barry has also been hired as offensive line coach, and Max McCaffrey will replace Kiel McDonald as running backs coach.
The Chargers hired former Dolphins head coach McDaniel as their new offensive coordinator last month.
NFL Network first reported the news that the Chargers had hired Gase.
