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  • 12020 WASHINGTON REDSKINS MEDIA GUIDE

    2020 MEDIA GUIDE

    Directory Staff Directory ......................................................................2Executives Daniel M. Snyder ................................................................. 5 Jason Wright ........................................................................ 6Football Staff Head Coach Ron Rivera ..................................................... 9 Coordinators and Assistant Coaches ........................... 12 Front Office ........................................................................29 Athletic Training ................................................................34 Equipment ...........................................................................36 Video .................................................................................... 37 Player Development .........................................................38Players Veterans ...............................................................................41 2020 Draft Picks ............................................................. 136 College Free Agents ....................................................... 144 Opt Out Players................................................................ 1482019 Review 2019 Game Recaps ......................................................... 150History All-Time Assistant Coaches .......................................... 151 All-Time Numbers ........................................................... 153 All-Time Roster ................................................................ 163 All-Time Win/Loss Records .......................................... 171 Coaching Records ............................................................172 Draft History ......................................................................173 Hall of Famers.................................................................. 183 Important Dates .............................................................. 185 Milestone Games ............................................................ 195 Overtime Games .............................................................. 201 Players of the Week/Month ........................................ 204 Preseason Results (since 1961) ................................. 205 Prime-Time Games (since 1970) .................................207 Pro Bowlers ..................................................................... 208 Record Book: Team Records ........................................ 210 Record Book: Individual Records ................................222 Record Book: Opponent Records ............................... 235 Record Book: Postseason Records ............................237 Series Histories ...............................................................245 Starting QBs by Decade (since 1960) ....................... 255 Titles, Games, Attendance ............................................257 Top Tens ........................................................................... 258 Year-by-Year Stat Comparison ................................... 264 Yearly Leaders ................................................................ 266 Yearly Results ..................................................................278 Yearly Statistical Rankings.......................................... 286 Yearly Stats (since 1970) ............................................. 288PR Redskins Public Relations Staff ................................. 354

    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    MEDIA GUIDE CREDITS

    The 2020 Washington Football Team Media Guide is written and published by the Washington Public Relations department and is pro-vided to assist the media in their coverage of the team. Information contained herein was compiled by current and previous Washington PR staffs.

    Parts of this guide and updated weekly guides will be available online at https://washington.1rmg.com/ throughout the year.

    Editors: Sean DeBarbieri, Jessie Johnson and Charlie Mule.

    Project Manager: Sean DeBarbieri

    Graphic Designer: Cody James and Victoria Stark

    Team Photographer: Garrett Camp-bell/Elijah Griffin

    The 2020 Washington Football Team Media Guide may be used for personal or editorial use only. Any commercial use of this information is prohibited without prior consent of the Washington Redskins.

    Copyright © 2020 Pro Football, Inc. All rights reserved.

    WFT

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    STAFF DIRECTORYADMINISTRATION

    Snyder, Daniel M. ............................................................................ Owner

    Wright, Jason ............................................................................President

    INOVA SPORTS PERFORMANCE CENTER AT REDSKINS PARK PERSONNEL

    (In alphabetical order)

    ALUMNI Olsen, Jerry ................................................................................Liaison

    ATHLETIC TRAINERS Jermyn, Elliott .........................................Assistant Athletic Trainer McCracken, Mark ....................................Assistant Athletic Trainer Quon, Doug ...............................................Assistant Athletic Trainer Takahagi, Masahiro ................................Assistant Athletic Trainer Sankal, Jake ................................................Director, Sports Nutrition Vermillion, Ryan ..............................................Head Athletic Trainer

    COACHING Allen, Barbara ...........................................Administrative Assistant Matsko, John................................................................ Offensive Line Del Rio, Jack.................................................. Defensive Coordinator Del Rio, Luke ............................................ Offensive Quality Control Englehart, Chad.............................. Head Strength & Conditioning Harris, Chris ............................................................. Defensive Backs Hoener, Pete ........................................................................ Tight Ends Hostler, Jim ................................................................ Wide Receivers Jacobs, Ben ............................................... Special Teams Assistant Jordan, Randy ............................................................ Running Backs Kaczor, Nate ..........................................Special Teams Coordinator Kelly, Paul ...................................... Director of Football Operations King, Jennifer ..........................................Full-Year Coaching Intern Latham, Kavan ........................ Assistant Strength & Conditioning Mills III, Sam .................................................................Defensive Line Nenaber, Brett ............................. Director of Player Performance Rivera, Ron ........................................................................Head Coach Rivera, Vincent ........................................Defensive Quality Control Rodgers, Richard ................................. Assistant Defensive Backs Russ, Steve ....................................................................... Linebackers Storm, Todd .............................................. Offensive Quality Control Terrell, Drew ............................................ Assistant Wide Receivers Turner, Scott ..................................................Offensive Coordinator Vieselmeyer, Brent ........................... Assistant Linebacker/Nickel Wharton, Travelle ..................................... Assistant Offensive Line Zampese, Ken ................................................................Quarterbacks Zgonina, Jeff .............................................Assistant Defensive Line

    CULINARY NUTRITION McGuire, Connor ........................................................ Executive Chef Howard, Joshua .................................................................. Sous Chef Durrette, Jarroun ...................................................Junior Sous Chef

    DIGITAL Davis, Ryan ....................................................Digital Media Manager Loder, Meghan ...............................................Social Media Manager Rivera, Courtney ......................................... Producer, Social Media Schwabacher, Anna-Elyse................. Digital Marketing Manager Stephenson, Marcus ...............Senior Director, Digital Marketing Williams, Astasia............................. Senior Social Media Manager

    EQUIPMENT Beutel, Anders ....................................... Head Equipment Manager Brooks, Justin .................................................. Equipment Assistant Curls, Drew ..................................... Equipment Assistant Manager Vincent, Connor ............................................... Equipment Assistant

    EXECUTIVE OFFICE Hutton, Michelle ..........................Senior Administrative Assistant Majdi, Jayme ................................Senior Administrative Assistant Michaud, Patricia .............................................. Executive Assistant Wilson, Kevin ....................................................................... Chauffeur

    FINANCE Bradley, Angela ........................................................Payroll Manager Choi, Stephen ................................................ Chief Financial Officer Dang, Alana ........................................Accounts Payable Specialist Ennis, Tim ................................................ Vice President, Controller Petro, Joanne .......................................................Treasury Manager Schwenke, Carolyn ...........................Accounts Payable Associate Szczenski, Paul ................................................... Director of Finance

    Tunell, Joseph ...................................................... Senior Accountant

    HUMAN RESOURCES Blanchard, BJ ..................................................................Receptionist Fox, Hillary ..................................... Human Resources Coordinator

    IT Breads, Timothy .............................Senior Systems Administrator Smith, Christian .......................................... Network Administrator

    LEGAL Rawson, Will ..............................................................General Counsel Silverstein, Doug ............................................ Counsel/Salary Cap Analyst

    MARKETING Bateman, Terry ..................................EVP/Chief Marketing Officer Calvo, Ryan .................... Vice President, Corporate Partnerships Dowling, Michalea.......................... Marketing Manager, Ticketing Gorman, Jaclyn ..........................................................Senior Director Hamilton, Austin........................ Strategic Marketing Coordinator Hartnett, Chase .................... Partnership Marketing Coordinator Hubacher, Nancy.......... Vice President, Corporate Partnerships James, Cody ............................................. Senior Graphic Designer Jojokian, Stephanie....................... Director, Marketing Platforms Klein, Meghan .............................Partnership Marketing Manager LaCorazza, Alec ..........................Partnership Marketing Manager Louthan, Kelli Anne ...................Partnership Marketing Manager Marzi, David ........................... Partnership Marketing Coordinator Matthews, Christian .... Vice President, Corporate Partnerships McHugh, Laura ................................................... Events Coordinator Nenner, Rod ................... Vice President, Corporate Partnerships Perkins, Stephen ....................................Vice President, Marketing Schreck, Lewis ........................Vice President, Sales & Marketing Shepherd, Scott ..... Sr. Vice President, Corporate Partnerships Silberstein, Michael ..... Vice President, Corporate Partnerships Stark, Victoria .........................................................Graphic Designer Tocker, Zac ............................ Partnership Marketing Coordinator Truitt, Alexander ......... Senior Director, Corporate Partnerships Younghans, Justin ....... Vice President, Corporate Partnerships Walsh, Christine .....................Director, CRM, Insights & Rewards

    MEDIA SERVICES Basile, Blaise ..................................................................Videographer Broyhill, Charlie .........................Production Services Coordinator Bailey, Taylor ..........................................................................Producer Donaldson, Julie ....... Senior Vice President of Media & Content Katz, Stevie................................................................Digital Producer Selby, Zach ........................................................................ Staff Writer Stackpole, Kyle ............................................................................ Editor Winborne, Asa .............................................Manager of Production

    OPERATIONS Horak, Matt ............................................................Grounds Assistant Martinez, Vladi ....................................................... Building Manager

    PLAYER PERSONNEL Caprio, Brent .........................................................................Pro Scout Barringer, Connor ...............................................Scouting Assistant Claytor, Tyler ........................................................Scouting Assistant Cook, Chuck .................................................................. College Scout Drewry, Douglas .................................... Football Research Analyst Evans, Matt .................................................................... College Scout Gribble, Tim ........................................ Director of College Scouting Picerelli, Peter .............................................................. College Scout Ritcher, Harrison .......................................................... College Scout Rogers, Rob ..............Sr. Vice President, Football Administration Rose, Ronald ................................................................ BLESTO Scout Scott, Jeff ........Assistant Director of Pro Scouting/Advance Coordinator Skansi, Paul ................................................................... College Scout Smith, Kyle .................................Vice President, Player Personnell Spencer, Cole ...............................................................National Scout Stokes, Eric ....................................................Director, Pro Scouting Terry, Roger ................................................................... College Scout Warren, Don .............................................................Senior Pro Scout Whittington, David ......................................................National Scout Williams, Doug ..........Senior Vice President of Player Personnel Zeches, Brian ........................... Personnel Coordinator/Pro Scout

    PLAYER DEVELOPMENT Blacken, Malcolm ...........Senior Director of Player Development Harrington, Evan ....... Assistant Director of Player Engagement Williams, Doug ..........................Senior VP of Player Development

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    STAFF DIRECTORY PUBLIC RELATIONS DeBarbieri, Sean ............................... Director of Communications Johnson, Jessie ............. Corporate & Football Communications Mule, Charlie .......................................Media Services Coordinator

    REDSKINS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Brown, Jess....Community Programs & Development Assistant Hannell, Morgan ............Special Events & Development Director Palmer, Caroline .......Manager, Community & Charitable Programs Parson Jr., Calvin .Director, Community & Charitable Programs Smith, Alexandra. Coordinator, Community & Charitable Programs

    VIDEO Adams, Mike ...............................................Assistant Video Director Bracken, Mike .............................................................. Video Director Hines, Julian...............................................................Video Assistant Krom, Will....................................................................Video Assistant

    FEDEXFIELD PERSONNEL (In alphabetical order)

    CHEERLEADERS Keene, Jamilla ..........................................Director & Choreography

    MEMBER SERVICES Brown, Franesa ....................... Member Services Representative Dinger, Veronica ...................... Member Services Representative Faulkner, Morgan ....... Senior Member Services Representative Lautieri, Sophia ....................... Member Services Representative

    INSIDE SALES Antoine, Javonne ................................................ Account Executive Austin, Rouday .................................................... Account Executive Brown, Janee .......................................... Senior Account Executive Carter, Christopher ............................................. Account Executive DeLoatch, Symone ............................................. Account Executive Dones, Jay .................................................. Senior Director of Sales Durant, Donnell...................... Member Services Respresentative Friedman, Jason ............. Vice President, Ticket Sales & Service Grove, Mason ....................................................... Account Executive Marks, James ...................................................... Account Executive Masri, Laith........................................................... Account Executive McCarthy, Colin ................................................... Account Executive O'Brien, Casey ..................................................... Account Executive Parzianello, Marc .................. Member Services Respresentative Perugino III, Nicholas ......................................... Account Executive Pilgrim, Jed ............................................. Senior Account Executive Reynolds, Chanelle .........................................Director, Group Sales Rosengarten, Sheldon .....................................Director, Receivable Rozek, Robert ...................................................... Account Executive Trazinski, Joseph ................................................ Account Executive Van Iderstine, Kristen ........................................ Account Executive Wallace, Leigh ....................................... Premium Member Service Younan, Zachariah .............................................. Account Executive

    IT Delens, Stefano ................................ Information Security Analyst Kinra, Asheesh ............. Vice President, Information Technology Rice, Eddy ........................................... Desktop Support Technician

    OPERATIONS Benevento, Pete ........................................Director, Turf & Grounds Bloyer, Chris ................... Sr. Vice President, Stadium Operations Buschman, Carter................................................... Project Manager Byrne, Paul ............................................ Vice President, Operations Doore, Robert.......................................Manager, Guest Experience Fanticola, Anthony......................... Director, Game Entertainment Flores, William ..................................... Assitant Manager, Grounds Franklin, Robert.................................................................... Mechanic Howard, Tevin .......................................................Grounds Assistant Mackie, Sara .......... Operations and Administration Coordinator Maxwell, Mike .......................................................Facilities Manager Radke, Jon .........................................................Operations Manager Restifo, Blaise ...........................................Manager, Turf & Grounds Richter, Conner .......................................................... Video Producer Stratchko, Steve .......................................................... Lead Engineer Sword, Elizabeth ................................. Special Events Coordinator Valentine, Jonte ......................................... Operations Coordinator Vidsens, Tim .......................................................................... Mechanic Wentz, Charles ...........................................................Lead Mechanic White, Derrick ........................................... Electrician/AV Mechanic

    SECURITY Burke, Ken ................................................................... Security Agent

    Cunningham, Michael ............................................... Security Agent Gilliard, Anthony ......................................................... Security Agent Gilliard, Franklin ......................................................... Security Agent Jacob, Mike .............................................................Director, Security Killen, Stewart ............................................................ Security Agent Shephard, Ricardo ..................................................... Security Agent Webb, JR ...................................................................... Security Agent

    SPECIAL EVENTS Nicholson, Hugh ......................... Vice President, Sales & Booking Obici, Ian ..................................... Business Development Manager

    SUITES Babalola, Hairat ....................Sr. Manager, Suite Sales & Services Britt, Natalya ...............Coordinator, Hospitality & Entertainment Burns, Jennifer ......Vice President, Hospitality & Entertainment Carlson, Stephen ...................... Business Development Manager Clabaugh, Alyssa .. Client Services Manager, Hospitality & Entertainment Duncan, Leon ........................................Sr. VP, Hospitality & Entertainment Murphey, David ..................Vice President, Hospitality & Entertainment Short, Justin.....New Business Manager, Hospitality & Entertainment Townsend, Justin ..........................New Business Manager, Hospitality & Entertainment Weldon, Keith .....................Vice President, Hospitality & Entertainment Williams, Century .........Client Services Rep., Hospitality & Entertainment

    TICKET OPERATIONS Lomax, Mika ................................... Coordinator, Ticket Operations Nyquist, Dylan ............................... Coordinator, Ticket Operations Randolph, Tamara ...................Senior Director, Ticket Operations Richard, Doug ................................ Coordinator, Ticket Operations Swann, Jonathan .......................... Coordinator, Ticket Operations Vermeire, Lizzie ...................................Manager, Ticket Operations

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  • EXECUTIVE BIOS

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    DANIEL M. SNYDER

    A self-made man and an entrepreneur at heart, Dan Sny-der’s life is marked by an enduring passion for the people, the team and the community he loves.

    Growing up in the D.C. area and attending Washington Football (then named the Redskins) games with his fa-ther, Gerald, his youth and young adulthood were shaped and inspired by his devotion to the team. Snyder has put his passion into action since purchasing the team in 1999, consistently leading the franchise to new prominence in the community, the business world and the National Football League. Under his leadership, the team has raised millions of dollars for charitable efforts and maintained its place in the top tier of the world’s most valuable sports franchises.

    Snyder, 55, continues to be one of the Washington area’s most prominent community leaders and philanthropists. Shortly after purchasing the franchise, one of Snyder’s first actions was to create the Washington Charitable Founda-tion in 2000 to bring together the Washington team and its corporate and community partners to make a positive and measurable impact on youth development in the greater Washington, D.C. region. The Charitable Foundation focuses on the areas of education, community outreach and health and wellness and, since its inception, Foundation programs have given back more than $29 million to individuals, groups and organizations in the community and have made an im-pact on millions of lives.

    During the 2019 season, the Charitable Foundation host-ed 115+ in-school workshops and special events for children and their families, encompassing a broad spectrum of ef-forts that included supporting children’s literacy efforts for more than 38,000 fourth and fifth graders through the Read Program, and expanding an innovative in-school health and wellness program for seventh graders by serving more than 12,000 children in four local school districts.

    This past year, the Charitable Foundation continued the expansion of its Loads of Love program, which installs laun-dry facilities in schools and non-profit organizations to di-rectly impact children experiencing homelessness or an unstable living situation, at no cost to them or their families. The goal is to remove a barrier for child attendance and par-ticipation in programs and sports by providing them a dis-creet solution to the challenge of having clean clothes. To date, 80+ schools and non-profit organizations in the DMV area have received funding to open their own Loads of Love laundry center.

    Snyder's philanthropy has grown beyond the U.S. In the wake of the devastation in the Caribbean caused by Hurri-cane Matthew in the fall of 2016, Snyder quickly mobilized to deliver emergency supplies to the region. The efforts began with an air delivery to the Bahamas, and, shortly following a win against Baltimore a day later, Snyder enlisted two Wash-ington Football players of Haitian descent to hand-deliver medical supplies straight from the team's training staff to Hospital Bernard Mevs in Port Au Prince, Haiti. Asked on FOX NFL Sunday about his efforts to team up with his players to deliver aid, Snyder said, "What happened in Haiti was obvi-ous. They were in need."

    The trips were just the latest instance of Snyder's larger commitment to disaster relief which included substantial aid following the devastating tsunami in Indonesia and Thailand in 2004, and Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Following Snyder's 2016 efforts in the Caribbean, Bahamas Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe said, "This organization led by example

    mobilizing immediately to bring relief to our people who are in need. It is our hope that other organizations will follow the example set by the [Washington Football team]."

    Beyond his work with the Charitable Foundation and his contributions to disaster relief, Snyder has provided signif-icant support to Children’s National Hospital and the Na-tional Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). As a member of the Children’s National Hospital Foundation Board of Directors, his support enabled construction of the Snyder Family Emergency Medicine and Trauma Center. He also funded construction of the Daniel M. Snyder and Family Communication Center at the NCMEC. Each day, the Center handles hundreds of calls from around the nation from law enforcement organizations, parents of missing children, runaways seeking help and people responding to the Cen-ter’s well-known awareness campaigns on behalf of missing children. In May 2014, Snyder and his wife, Tanya, were hon-ored with the Charles B. Wang International Children’s Award at the NCMEC’s annual Hope Awards Dinner.

    In response to the murder of George Floyd in May of 2020 and the subsequent call to action to support the Black community, Snyder donated $250,000 to fund a grassroots effort from the organization to help raise awareness about issues of social injustice in communities in the DMV.

    Locally, Snyder made a major impact during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. He worked with the Mary-land National Guard to set up a testing site at FedExField for Prince George's County residents, and he donated $100,000 to the Capital Area Food Bank to help underprivileged fami-lies during the national health crisis.

    Snyder was also the driving force behind Washington Football’s donation of $35,000 to benefit the restoration of the historic Ashburn Colored School in Loudoun County fol-lowing acts of vandalism in the fall of 2016. The single-room schoolhouse, in operation from its opening in 1892 until 1957, served Black students from elementary school through high school. The donation allowed fundraising efforts to exceed their initial target of $100,000.

    OWNER

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    DANIEL M. SNYDERSnyder's support has also extended to the military com-

    munity. Under his leadership, the organization created Sa-lute, the team’s official military appreciation club, to coordi-nate the team’s decade-long military appreciation initiatives into one comprehensive, year-round platform. This first-of-its-kind program in the NFL serves, supports and thanks the military community by hosting a variety of events, including pre-game parties for military members, re-enlistment cer-emonies at both team headquarters and FedExField, mili-tary appreciation events and more. Additionally, in February 2016, Snyder partnered with the Gary Sinise Foundation to break ground on a new, specially adapted smart home for Capt. Luis Avila, a veteran and Washington Football fan who was paralyzed during his time in the U.S. Army.

    In 2010, Snyder was honored by Beacon House, a non-sec-tarian, neighborhood-based organization that supports at-risk youth and families of the Edgewood Terrace community in Washington, D.C., during a community celebration to dedi-cate the football field at Edgewood Department of Parks and Recreation Center. That same year, Snyder was presented with the Youth For Tomorrow’s Distinguished Leader Award in recognition of his years of support for the organization’s private, residential school and counseling center in Bristow, Va., which has provided year-round care for more than 900 homeless and at-risk children ages 11-17 from Northern Vir-ginia and the District of Columbia. In announcing the award at YFT’s annual Burgundy and Gold Banquet, Hall of Fame Washington Football Coach Joe Gibbs, who is also Founder and Chairman of Youth For Tomorrow, said, “Dan Snyder be-gan his support of the kids at Youth For Tomorrow long be-fore I ever considered returning to coach the team in 2004.”

    Beyond his charitable efforts, Snyder is prominent in the affairs of the NFL, where his expertise in the fields of mar-keting and media has been recognized with appointments to the Media Committee, the Business Ventures Committee, the Digital Media Committee (for which he serves as Co-Chair), the International Committee, the Stadium Committee, the Hall of Fame Committee (which oversees the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio) and, separately, as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

    The Washington Football team, which continues to be ranked among the world’s most valuable sports franchises on Forbes magazine’s annual list, remains at the forefront of NFL marketing and business organizations. Since buying the team, Snyder has launched a highly successful retail arm, with several Official Team Stores in Virginia and Maryland, as well as mobile units for home games and other events.

    Snyder and Washington Football moved their annu-al Training Camp to Richmond, VA in the summer of 2013, hosting the team’s training sessions at the brand-new Bon Secours Training Center. During the team’s inaugural three-week stay, more than 165,000 fans attended walkthroughs and practices. In addition, Washington Football’s communi-ty outreach included more than 5,000 kids impacted by the Charitable Foundation’s Play 60 and cheerleading programs, as well as 200 high school coaches invited to a concussion clinic held by the team.

    In June 2012, Snyder and the Washington Football team reaffirmed their commitment to the Commonwealth of Vir-ginia, announcing that the team will retain its corporate headquarters by improving its Loudoun County training fa-cility. In the years since, Snyder and the team have made an-nual improvements to the Inova Sports Performance Center at The Park, including upgrades to the weight room, athletic training facility, locker room, hydrotherapy stations, media availability areas and in-house cafeteria.

    During Snyder’s 20 seasons as owner of the team, 27 dif-ferent Washington Football players have earned a total of 53 Pro Bowl appearances, nine have been named All-Pro and

    13 draft picks have been selected to the All-Rookie Team. In addition, five players, Darrell Green, Bruce Smith, Deion Sanders, Champ Bailey and Jason Taylor, have gone on to induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

    The team’s wholly owned stadium in Landover, Md., Fe-dExField, boasts seating capacity for 82,000 people, and Snyder continues to spearhead efforts to improve the fan experience. Since purchasing the team, Snyder has invest-ed more than $100 million in improvements to the facility, including high-speed escalators to the upper deck, updated signage, more than 1,000 flat-screen TVs in concourses and other areas, as well as the League standard-setting Own-er’s Club East and Owner’s Club West private luxury suites. In 2010, the team installed two new video boards – 30 feet high and 100 feet wide – in each of the end zones at FedEx-Field. The screens feature state-of-the-art high definition LED displays and are triple the size of the previous end zone video displays. The team also enhanced the fan’s gameday experience with all-new game clocks, play clocks and other in-stadium video displays.

    Over the last several years, Snyder and the entire Wash-ington Football organization have launched efforts to en-hance FedExField's guest experience. Among recent suc-cessful improvements have been an increase in the number of stadium gates and new parking plans to reduce conges-tion and welcome fans in and out more efficiently. The team also upgraded Wi-Fi throughout the stadium, created better access to enhanced game day features on the Washington Football team mobile app and provided complimentary ac-cess to the Red Zone Channel via NFL Mobile for season ticket members.

    Snyder was Founder, Chairman and CEO of Snyder Com-munications, Inc. and was the youngest CEO of a New York Stock Exchange company at the time. From its launch in 1985, the company grew to a global organization of 12,000 employees with 77 offices in 17 countries and more than $1 billion in annual revenues. The company’s client base includ-ed 200 of the Fortune 500, to which it provided targeted marketing solutions, including advertising and marketing services. In March 2000, the company was acquired by the French marketing firm Havas for more than $2.3 billion, at the time the largest such merger in the history of the adver-tising/marketing industry.

    Snyder is Founder and Chairman Emeritus of inVentiv Health. Additionally, Snyder is Founder and Managing Mem-ber of the Board of Red Zebra Broadcasting, LLC, which op-erates radio stations in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia airing Washington Football broadcasts, popular national radio shows and local programming. Snyder is ac-tive in a variety of other private business ventures, both as an investor and as an advisor to management. He is a fre-quent invitee to share his experiences and views with busi-ness organizations nationwide, and he is enshrined in the Greater Washington Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

    Snyder and his wife, Tanya, have three children and live in Potomac, MD.

    WASHINGTON OWNERSHIP HISTORYDaniel M. Snyder is the third majority owner in the history

    of the Washington franchise.

    George Preston Marshall 1932-69Jack Kent Cooke 1969-97(The estate of Jack Kent Cooke) 1997-99Daniel M. Snyder 1999-Present

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    JASON WRIGHT

    Jason Wright was appointed as the president of the Washington Football Team on August 17th.

    Wright's responsibilities include leading the organiza-tion’s business divisions, including operations, finance, sales, and marketing. He is the first Black team president in the history of the NFL and currently is the youngest team president in the League. He is the fourth former NFL player to become president of a team.

    Prior to joining the Washington Football Team, Jason was a partner in McKinsey & Company’s Washington DC office. His work focused on expanding the value of large, complex organizations through operations and culture transforma-tions. Wright has specialized in steering companies through their toughest moments in crisis and turnaround scenarios. Projects have covered topics from systemic personnel mis-conduct to financial distress to COVID-19 response. He also led McKinsey’s global inclusion strategy and recently spear-headed the rollout of McKinsey’s anti-racism and inclusion strategy. He co-founded the Black Economic Institute, a re-search entity that analyzes the racial wealth gap, and is a prominent voice in public discussions regarding racial equity in corporate America.

    Wright is also on the Board of Trustees at Union Theologi-cal Seminary where he is helping the institution better equip a changing student body focused on community organizing and social entrepreneurship.

    Wright spent seven years as a running back in the NFL and was a team captain and the NFLPA player representa-tive for the Arizona Cardinals during the 2011 NFL Lockout.

    Wright was originally signed by the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent in 2005. He played in 80 career games over the course of seven seasons in which he was a member of the Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns and Arizona Car-dinals.

    He has a B.A. in psychology from Northwestern University, where he was an Academic All-American student athlete, a two-time All-Big Ten football selection, and the president of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He received his M.B.A. in Operations and Finance, with honors, from the University of Chicago- Booth School of Business.

    PRESIDENT

  • STAFF BIOS

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    RON RIVERA

    Ron Rivera enters his 24th season coaching in the NFL and his first as Washington's head coach in 2020. He was named the 30th head coach in franchise history on Jan. 1, 2020.

    A friend of legendary head coach Joe Gibbs, Rivera is a passionate and skilled leader who has earned the respect of his players, coaching staff and the community. He most re-cently served as the head coach of the Carolina Panthers for nine seasons, where he led the team to three straight divi-sional titles and an appearance in Super Bowl 50. Rivera was also recognized twice as the NFL Coach of the Year by the Associated Press in 2013 and in 2015.

    Rivera inherited a 2-14 Carolina Panthers team as a rook-ie head coach in 2011 and guided it back to an NFC force with four playoffs appearances since 2013, tied for the sec-ond-most playoff berths in the NFC over that six-year period. In that span, the Panthers recorded 58 wins, tied for the most in any six-year period in their franchise history and fifth-most in the NFL.

    In 2015, Carolina won its second NFC Championship in franchise history, third consecutive NFC South division title and appeared in Super Bowl 50. Carolina finished the season with a franchise-best 17-2 record, including home playoff vic-tories over Seattle in the divisional round and Arizona in the NFC Championship game.

    Hired by the Panthers for his defensive expertise, Rivera did not disappoint as the Panthers put together five top-10 finishes in total defense in seven seasons from 2012-18. Like Rivera, the Panthers' rebound has been steady and solid, starting with six wins in his first season in 2011 and seven victories in 2012 before registering three consecutive di-vision championships starting in 2013 when he earned his first Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year award. Laying a foundation that included back-to-back Rookie of the Year award winners in quarterback Cam Newton and linebacker Luke Kuechly, Rivera blended veteran and young talent into productive units on both sides of the ball.

    Rivera helped lead a Panthers team that finished among the league's top 10 rushing offenses, including top-five fin-ishes in 2011, 2015, 2017 and 2018. The Panthers recorded 30 consecutive regular season games with at least 100 rushing yards from Week 6 of 2014 to Week 3 of 2016, the longest streak in the NFL since Pittsburgh tallied 43 from 1974-77.

    Carolina's run defense ranked in the top 10 of the NFL in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017. Starting in Week 14 of 2016 through Week 1 of 2018, the Panthers went 21 consecutive games without allowing a 100-yard individual rusher, setting a franchise record.

    In 2018, Rivera coached two players to All-Pro selections. Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey earned AP All-Pro second-team honors as he helped the Panthers lead the NFL in rushing yards per carry (5.1). McCaffrey also recorded 107 receptions, the most by any running back in a season in NFL history and broke Steve Smith's franchise record for sin-gle-season receptions by any player. He ran for 1,098 rush-ing yards, becoming the third player in NFL history with over 100 receptions and 1,000 rushing yards in the same season. McCaffrey accumulated a franchise-record 1,965 scrimmage yards, ranking third in the NFL.

    Linebacker Luke Kuechly earned his sixth-straight Pro Bowl selection and fifth AP All-Pro first-team honor, tied for the most among active players. Kuechly tied for third in the NFL with 20 tackles for loss. In 2017, the rushing attack helped propel the team to an 11-5 record and a Wild Card berth by averaging 131.4 yards on the ground, good for fourth in the league.

    In 2015, Rivera was named NFL Coach of the Year for the second time in three seasons as his team earned its third con-secutive NFC South title and claimed the top seed in the NFC for the first time in Panthers franchise history. The Panthers became just the seventh team in the Super Bowl era to post a 15-1 or better record in the regular season. Carolina started 2015 with 14 consecutive victories, which, combined with four wins to close the 2014 regular season, gave the Panthers an NFC-record 18-game winning streak.

    Rivera's Panthers went 12-4 and won the NFC South in 2013, Carolina's first division title since 2008. The Panthers then recovered from a 3-8-1 start in 2014 to win four in a row and capture a second consecutive NFC South crown. Prior to Rivera's arrival, Carolina had never reached the postseason in consecutive years, and no team had captured the NFC South twice in a row.

    Rivera arrived in Carolina with a reputation for hard work, attention to detail and preparation. Those were also the qual-ities he exhibited in his first campaign as the Panthers tripled their win total from the previous season. Rivera did not even meet his team until they reported to training camp and, de-spite a slow start, held it together to finish with four wins in the final six games.

    Rivera has shined as a coach and player during his 30-plus years in the NFL, serving as defensive coordinator for the San Diego Chargers' top-ranked defense in 2010 and playing linebacker for the Chicago Bears' top-ranked defense and Super Bowl XX championship team in 1985. In 23 seasons as a coach and nine as a player, he has been with teams that have reached the playoffs 19 times, including nine conference championships and three Super Bowls. The mentality of the Chargers defense that Rivera coached and the Bears defense on which he played has stuck with the head coach, and he has transferred it to his teams.

    Rivera's character has been influenced by two innovative defensive coordinators. As a player, Rivera was coached by the late Buddy Ryan, the architect of the "46 Defense," which involved blitzing on nearly every down. As a coach, Rivera toiled under the late Jim Johnson, a highly regarded defensive coordinator renowned for his aggressive approach.

    Rivera's identity also has been shaped by his family. The son of a U.S. Army officer and the second youngest of four boys, Rivera learned from a young age about chain of com-mand and many of the principles he teaches and expects from his players. "I come from a military family where discipline isn't taught, it's lived. It's expected from day one. I have a phi-losophy that every player, every coach, everyone who works for this organization, they'll know it day one," Rivera said in his introductory press conference with Washington on Jan. 2.

    Rivera worked with the Chargers from 2007-10. He coached inside linebackers before taking over as the team's defensive coordinator midway through the 2008 season. Under Rive-ra's guidance, the pass defense steadied itself – intercepting nine passes and yielding 229.6 passing yards per game and 11 touchdown passes over the final eight games. Those num-bers contrasted to the first half of the season when San Diego notched just seven picks and was victimized for 265.1 yards per game and 14 touchdowns through the air. In Rivera's first full season leading the defense in 2009, the Chargers ranked 16th in total defense and 11th against the pass. Those rankings improved in 2010 as San Diego led the NFL with an average of 271.6 total yards allowed per game and gave up a league-low 177.8 passing yards per game. From 2004-06, Rivera over-saw the Chicago Bears defense, engineering the unit to two top-five finishes in the league. Under Rivera's direction, five

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    RON RIVERAdifferent defensive players went to the Pro Bowl: linebacker Lance Briggs, safety Mike Brown, defensive tackle Tommie Harris, linebacker Brian Urlacher and cornerback Nathan Vasher.

    In his first season as a defensive coordinator in 2004, Ri-vera presided over a defense that produced nine more take-aways and 17 more sacks than the previous year and scored a franchise-record and NFC-high six defensive touchdowns. The Bears also thrived on third down and buckled down inside their own 20-yard line, ranking first in the NFL in third-down efficiency (30.5 percent) and topping the NFC in red zone de-fense (42.6 percent). The following year, Chicago continued to build on the foundation Rivera laid in 2004. The Bears won their first of two consecutive NFC North titles and stood sec-ond in the NFL in total defense. In surrendering the fewest points in the league, Rivera's defense went 43 consecutive quarters without allowing more than seven points – the lon-gest streak in the NFL since 1969. During Rivera's last season with the Bears in 2006, the defense paced the NFL with 44 takeaways and finished fifth in the league in total defense and third in scoring defense, helping propel Chicago to the NFC Championship and an appearance in Super Bowl XLI.

    Prior to becoming a defensive coordinator, Rivera spent five seasons from 1999-2003 as the linebackers coach for the Philadelphia Eagles, who advanced to the NFC Champion-ship game in each of his final three seasons. Twice during Ri-vera's tenure with the Eagles, the team finished second in the NFL in scoring defense and in 2001 held all 16 of its opponents to fewer than 21 points – making them just the fourth team in NFL history to do so.

    Rivera gained his first coaching experience with the Bears as a defensive quality control coach from 1997-98. He is just the third Latino head coach in NFL history, joining Tom Flores with the Oakland Raiders from 1979-87 and Seattle Seahawks from 1992-94 and Tom Fears with the New Orleans Saints from 1967-70.

    Following retirement from his playing career, Rivera went into broadcasting. He covered the Bears and college football as a television analyst for WGN and SportsChannel Chicago for four years from 1993-96.

    Selected in the second round of the 1984 NFL Draft by Chicago, Rivera played all nine of his pro seasons with the Bears. Primarily an outside linebacker, he appeared in 149 games with 62 starts (including 12 postseason contests with six starts) and posted 392 tackles, 7.5 sacks, five forced fum-bles, four fumble recoveries, nine interceptions and 15 passes defensed. Rivera was a member of six NFC Central division title teams and a Super Bowl XX championship team in 1985.

    As a player, Rivera was known for both his skill and deter-mination on the field and his dedication of time and energy to the community. As a result, he was named the Bears' Man of the Year in 1988 and earned the club's Ed Block Courage Award in 1989. He has carried that same community commit-ment to coaching, sponsoring a bowling tournament to ben-efit the Ronald McDonald House, USO and Humane Society. He was a finalist for the 2017 Salute to Service Award, an annual award presented to NFL players, coaches, personnel and alumni who demonstrate an exemplary commitment to honoring and supporting the military community.

    Rivera, who lost his brother Mickey to pancreatic cancer in 2015, also serves as a spokesman for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. He has twice been the honorary starter for the organization's PurpleStride 5K in Charlotte. An All-Amer-ican at the University of California, Rivera finished his career as the school's all-time leader in sacks with 22 and tackles with 336. As a senior in 1983, he set the Bears' single-season record for sacks with 13 and tackles for loss with 26.5.

    Born Jan. 7, 1962, in Fort Ord, Calif., Rivera lived in Germany, Panama, Washington and Maryland before his family settled in Marina, Calif. He attended Seaside High School in Seaside,

    Calif., and was a three-sport star in football, basketball and baseball. Rivera and his wife, Stephanie, have two children, Christopher and Courtney. Stephanie is a former assistant coach for the WNBA's Washington Mystics.

    WASHINGTON COACHING HISTORY

    Washington has had 31 different head coaches preside over 31 head coaching tenures in team history.

    1. Lud Wray ..................................................................................19322. Lone Star Dietz .............................................................. 1933-343. Eddie Casey ............................................................................19354. Ray Flaherty ................................................................1936-425. Arthur “Dutch” Bergman ................................................... 19436. Dudley DeGroot.............................................................. 1944-457. A.G. “Turk” Edwards ................................................. 1946-488. John Whelchel ...................................................................... 19499. Herman Ball ..................................................................... 1949-5110. Dick Todd ............................................................... 1951 (Interim)11. Earl “Curly” Lambeau ...............................................1952-5312. Joe Kuharich .................................................................. 1954-5813. Mike Nixon .......................................................................1959-6014. Bill McPeak....................................................................... 1961-6515. Otto Graham ................................................................1966-6816. Vince Lombardi ................................................................ 196917. Bill Austin .................................................................................197018. George Allen ................................................................. 1971-7719. Jack Pardee .................................................................... 1978-8020. Joe Gibbs** ...................................................................1981-9221. Richie Petitbon...................................................................... 199322. Norv Turner ............................................................... 1994-200023. Terry Robiskie ....................................................2000 (Interim)24. Marty Schottenheimer ....................................................... 200125. Steve Spurrier ...............................................................2002-0326. Joe Gibbs** .................................................................2004-0727. Jim Zorn ..........................................................................2008-0928. Mike Shanahan ............................................................... 2010-1329. Jay Gruden ....................................................................... 2014-1930. Bill Callahan .........................................................2019 (Interim)31. Ron Rivera....................................................... 2020-Present

    Pro Football Hall of Famers bolded and italicized.

    ** Considered both the 20th and 26th head coach in franchise history

    AP COACH OF THE YEAR

    Ron Rivera is 1-of-12 Head Coaches in NFL history to win the AP Coach of the Year Award multiple times. Rivera is 1-of-3 active NFL

    Head Coaches to earn the honor multiple times.

    Coach Season(s) Team(s)Allie Sherman 1961-62 NYGBill Belichick* 2003, '07 & '10 NEBill Parcells 1986 & '94 NYG & NEBruce Arians* 2012 & '14 IND & ARIChuck Nox 1973, '80 & '84 LAR, BUF & SEA Dan Reeves 1993 & '98 NYG & ATLDon Shula 1964, '67, '68 & '72 BAL & MIA George Allen 1967 & '71 LAR & WAS George Halas 1963 & '65 CHI Joe Gibbs 1982-83 WAS Mike Ditka 1985 & '88 CHI Ron Rivera* 2013 & '15 CAR

    Pro Football Hall of Famers bolded and italicized.

    * Active NFL Head Coach

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    RON RIVERATHE RIVERA FILE

    RIVERA FOOTBALL HISTORY

    2020-Pres.: Head Coach Washington Football Team2011-19: Head Coach Carolina Panthers2008-10: Defensive Coordinator San Diego Chargers2007-08: Inside Linebackers San Diego Chargers2004-06: Defensive Coordinator Chicago Bears1999-03: Linebackers Philadelphia Eagles1997-98: Defensive Quality Control Chicago Bears1984-92: Linebacker Chicago Bears1980-1983: Linebacker University of California, Berkeley

    RIVERA BY THE NUMBERS

    10 - Seasons as an NFL Head Coach2 - Associated Press Coach of the Year awards (2013, 2015)76 - Regular Season wins5 - Top 10 NFL defensive finishes4 - Postseason Appearances3 - NFC South Titles1 - NFC Championship .546 - Winning Percentage7 - Top 10 rushing offenses

    RIVERA COACHING RECORDS 2011-19

    Overall Career Record...................................................................79-67Regular Season Record...............................................................76-63-1At Home............................................................................................ 42-28-1On Road............................................................................................ 34-35On Grass........................................................................................... 60-46-1On Turf............................................................................................... 16-17Indoor................................................................................................ 13-15Outdoors.......................................................................................... 63-48-1VS. AFC............................................................................................. 23-11-1VS. NFC............................................................................................. 53-54In Division........................................................................................ 26-27

    Games 1-8........................................................................................ 39-32-1Games 9-16..................................................................................... 37-31Thursday.......................................................................................... 3-6Saturday............................................................................................1-1Sunday.............................................................................................. 67-53-1Monday..............................................................................................5-3Temp 81+.......................................................................................... 8-8September........................................................................................15-15October...............................................................................................17-18-1November..........................................................................................19-15December.........................................................................................24-17

    JUST PLAYING BALL

    Rivera finished his collegiate career as Cal’s then all-time leader in tackles (336) and sacks (13). His 26.5 tackles for loss as a senior still stand as a single-season record at the school. He is one of seven players in school history to earn conference Player of the Year honors. The 1983 consensus All-American linebacker was inducted into the Cal Athletic Hall of Fame in 1994.

    RIVERA’S ALL-TIME RANKS AT CALStat Totals RankCareer tackles 336 5thSingle season tackles 138 (1983) 6thCareer sacks 22.0 7thSingle season sacks 13.0 (1983) t-3rdCareer tackles for loss 47.5 8thSingle-season TFLs 26.5 (1983) 1st

    RIVERA’S COLLEGIATE PLAYER ACCOMPLISHMENTS1983: Consensus All-American, Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year1994: Cal Athletic Hall of Fame inductee

    Selected in the second round of the 1984 NFL Draft by Chicago, Rivera played all nine of his pro seasons with the Bears. Primarily an outside linebacker, he appeared in 149 games with 62 starts (including 12 postseason contests with six starts) and posted 392 tackles, 7.5 sacks, five forced fumbles, four fumble recoveries, nine interceptions and 15 passes defensed. Rivera was a member of six NFC Central division title teams and a Super Bowl XX championship team in 1985.

    RIVERA’S NFL PLAYER STATSYear Age G/GS INT YDS TD SK FR1984 22 15/0 0 0 0 0 0 1985 23 16/0 1 4 0 0.5 11986 24 16/2 0 0 0 1 01987 25 12/5 2 19 0 1 01988 26 16/16 2 0 0 2 01989 27 16/14 2 1 0 2 11990 28 14/14 2 13 0 0 21991 29 16/5 0 0 0 0 01992 30 16/0 0 0 0 1 2Career 137/56 9 37 0 7.5 6

    RIVERA’S NFL PLAYER ACCOMPLISHMENTS1985: Super Bowl Champion1988: Chicago Bears’ Man of the Year Award1989: Chicago Bears’ Ed Block Courage Award

    Ron Rivera Collegiate Career Ron Rivera NFL Career

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    23RD NFL SEASON1ST WITH WASHINGTON

    JACK DEL RIODEFENSIVE COORDINATOR

    1981-84 Linebacker USC1985-86 Linebacker New Orleans Saints1987-88 Linebacker Kansas City Chiefs 1989-91 Linebacker Dallas Cowboys 1992-95 Linebacker Minnesota Vikings 1997 Assistant Strength Coach New Orleans Saints1998 Linebackers Coach New Orleans Saints1999-01 Linebackers Coach Baltimore Ravens 2002 Defensive Coordinator Carolina Panthers2003-11 Head Coach Jacksonville Jaguars 2012-14 Defensive Coordinator Denver Broncos 2013 Interim HC (wks. 10-13) Denver Broncos 2015-17 Head Coach Oakland Raiders2020-Pres. Defensive Coordinator Washington

    Jack Del Rio enters his 23rd season coaching in the NFL and his first as Washington's Defensive Coordinator in 2020 after being named to the position on January 2, 2020.

    Del Rio brings 32 combined seasons of NFL experience to the role, including 21 as a coach and 11 as a player. He has held head coach and defensive coordinator roles with the Oakland Raiders, Denver Broncos, Jacksonville Jaguars and Carolina Panthers. He has also coached 28 players to a total of 56 Pro Bowl selections.

    From 2015-17, Del Rio was the Head Coach with the Oak-land Raiders. In 2016, he guided the Raiders to a 12-4 record, marking the franchise’s first 12-win season since 2000. The Raiders earned a postseason berth for the first time since 2002 and landed an NFL-high seven players on the AFC Pro Bowl squad. Two Raiders earned spots on the Associated Press All-Pro First Team and DE Khalil Mack was named De-fensive Player of the Year. Del Rio was selected as the recip-ient of the Maxwell Club’s Greasy Neale Professional Coach of the Year Award, becoming the sixth Raiders coach to earn NFL Coach of the Year honors. In addition, he was named the AFC Coach of the Year by Kansas City’s Committee of 101.

    In 2016, Oakland tied for the NFL lead with a +16 turnover differential and the offensive unit ranked near the top of the league, finishing sixth in the NFL in yards per game (373.3), sixth in rushing yards per game (120.1) and seventh in points per game (26.0). The team committed just 14 turnovers on the year, a mark that ranked fourth fewest in the NFL. The defense strengthened as the season progressed, ranking 11th in the NFL in total yards allowed per game from Week 7 to the end of the year. The team also ranked second in the NFL in takeaways, forcing 30 turnovers on the year.

    In his first season with the Raiders in 2015, Del Rio over-saw significant improvements as the Raiders more than doubled the previous year’s win total. Oakland moved up 15 spots in the NFL rankings in turnover ratio, finishing 17th in the league (+1) after ranking 32nd in 2014 (-15). The team improved in five major statistical categories on offense alone, making gains in total offense, rushing, passing, points per game and third-down efficiency. On defense, the Raiders improved in rushing defense, points per game allowed and third-down defense. Six Raiders were selected for the Pro Bowl, marking the most since 1991.

    As defensive coordinator with the Denver Broncos from 2012-14, Del Rio was part of three-straight AFC West titles and helped lead Denver to an AFC Championship and ap-pearance in Super Bowl XLVIII following the 2013 campaign.

    It marked his second stint under Head Coach John Fox, as the two also spent the 2002 season together in Carolina. In all, he has coached 28 players to a total of 40 Pro Bowl se-lections.

    In 2014, Del Rio’s defensive unit boasted five Pro Bowl selections, ranked third in the NFL in overall defense (305.2 yards per game) and second in the league against the run, allowing 79.8 yards per game. With 25 takeaways and a plus-five turnover ratio, Del Rio’s defense was instrumental in leading the Broncos to a third straight 12-win season.

    In his second season with the Broncos in 2013, Del Rio’s defense helped Denver to a 12-4 record and an appearance in Super Bowl XLVIII. Del Rio also accepted the additional role of interim head coach (Weeks 10-13) while Fox underwent a heart procedure and led the Broncos to a 3-1 record against teams with a combined record of 29-9 (.763). With Del Rio at the helm, Denver beat previously-undefeated Kansas City twice in addition to San Diego, with the team’s only loss com-ing at New England.

    In 2012, Denver’s defense finished as the NFL’s sec-ond-ranked unit (290.8 yards per game), after finishing the previous season ranked 20th in the league. The group also tied for the league lead with 52 sacks and allowed the lowest opponent third-down percentage (30.6 percent), while tying for the largest scoring improvement (6.3 points per game) from the previous season.

    Prior to joining the Broncos in 2012, Del Rio spent nine seasons at the helm in Jacksonville. During his head coach-ing tenure (2003-11) with the Jaguars, the club ranked sixth in the NFL in yards per game allowed (317.3) and eighth in points per game allowed (20.3).

    Under Del Rio, the Jaguars made two playoff appearanc-es in 2005 and 2007, highlighted by the club’s first postsea-son win in eight seasons with a 31-29 road victory against the Pittsburgh Steelers in a 2007 AFC Wild Card Game.

    In 2009, Del Rio led one of the league’s youngest teams, with four rookies in full-time roles as starters, 32 new play-ers on the roster and a total of 16 rookies by season’s end. The team was in playoff contention until the final weekend of the regular season, finishing 7-9. Rookies combined to make 71 starts, the most in team history, and the team was penal-ized a league-low of 70 times, the fewest in franchise histo-ry. The Jaguars battled through injuries in 2008 to a 5-11 re-cord despite having just four players start all 16 games and a total of 15 players on injured reserve at the end of the year.

    The Jaguars posted an 11-5 record in 2007 to earn a sec-ond playoff berth in three years, in addition to claiming the franchise’s first playoff win since the 1999 season, while becoming the first team in NFL history to win in Pittsburgh twice in one season. The offense ranked seventh in the league and scored a team-record 411 points. The offense had a team-record seven games with 400-or-more yards, while the defense held opponents to 17 points or less 10 times.

    Del Rio led the 2006 Jaguars to a record of 8-8 as the team finished 5-3 against playoff teams and suffered seven losses by seven points or less. Among the highlights was a team-record 2,541 rushing yards and just 30 sacks allowed on offense. The defense registered the highest ranking in team history at second overall.

    In 2005, the Jaguars won eight of the last nine regular season games, including four straight on the road, en route to a 12-4 finish and a Wild Card playoff berth. The league’s sixth-ranked defense was sixth in points allowed and had 19 interceptions. On offense, the team increased scoring by 100 points over the previous year and had a team-record and NFL-low six interceptions thrown.

    In 2004, Del Rio posted the team’s first winning record since 1999, leading the Jaguars to a 9-7 mark. In taking over the Jaguars in 2003, Del Rio was the architect of a defense that improved to sixth overall in the NFL and second against the run. The Jaguars’ 5-11 record included six losses by sev-

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    STAFF BIOSen points or less.

    During his lone season as a defensive coordinator with Carolina in 2002, he inherited the NFL’s worst defense sta-tistically (371.4 yards per game allowed) and turned it into the league’s second-ranked unit (290.4 yards per game al-lowed). Additionally, the 2002 Panthers squad led the NFL in rushing average against (3.7 avg.) and ranked second in third down efficiency (32.9 percent) and sacks (52).

    As linebackers coach for the Baltimore Ravens from 1999-2001, Del Rio tutored a talented group that included Peter Boulware, Ray Lewis and Jamie Sharper. Baltimore’s 2000 team set the NFL 16-game record by allowing only 165 points while recording four shutouts and forcing a league-best 49 turnovers. Lewis was named the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year and the MVP of Super Bowl XXXV that season after a playoff run in which the defense surrendered just one touchdown in four games.

    Del Rio began his coaching career with the New Orleans Saints under Head Coach Mike Ditka, serving as an assistant strength coach in 1997 before moving on to coach the line-backers in 1998.

    A veteran of 11 seasons as an NFL linebacker, he was se-lected in the third round (68th overall) of the 1985 NFL Draft by New Orleans and went on to make the NFL’s All-Rookie Team and earn the Saints’ Rookie of the Year award.

    Following two seasons in New Orleans (1985-86), he played for Kansas City (1987-88), Dallas (1989-91) and Min-nesota (1992-95). He led the Vikings in tackles for three consecutive years and was selected to participate in the Pro Bowl in 1994. For his career, he played 160 games in the regular season and totaled 1,078 tackles, 12 sacks and 13 interceptions.

    Del Rio was a four-year starter at the University of South-ern California, where he earned consensus All-American honors as a senior and was runner-up for the Lombar-di Award, given to the nation’s best lineman or linebacker. Named co-MVP of the 1985 Rose Bowl, Del Rio recorded 340 career defensive stops, including 58 tackles for a loss. A standout catcher on the USC baseball team, Del Rio was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in 1981. He was inducted into the USC Athletic Hall of Fame in May 2015.

    Del Rio was a three-sport star in football, baseball and basketball at Hayward (Calif.) High School. He earned a de-gree in political science from the University of Kansas while playing for the Chiefs.

    Born on April 4, 1963, in Castro Valley, Calif., Del Rio and his wife, Linda, have three daughters, Lauren, Hope and Au-brey, and a son, Luke, who also works for Washington as an offensive quality control coach.

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    NATE KACZORSPECIAL TEAMS COORDINATOR

    1987-89 Center Utah State1991-99 Offensive Assistant Utah State2000-03 Offensive Coordinator Nebaska-Kearney2004-05 Co-Offensive Coordinator Idaho2006 Tight Ends Coach Louisiana-Monroe2007 Co-Offensive Coordinator Louisiana-Monroe2008-11 Assistant Special Teams Coach Jacksonville Jaguars2012 Assistant Offensive Line Coach Tennessee Titans2013-15 Special Teams Coordinator Tennessee Titans2016-18 Special Teams Coordinator Tampa Bay Buccaneers2019-Pres. Special Teams Coordinator Washington

    Nate Kaczor (pronounced Kat-sir) enters his second sea-son as special teams coordinator with Washington in 2020. He will be entering his 13th NFL season and has held posi-tions with the Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans and Tampa Bay Buccaneers during his NFL career.

    In 2019, Kaczor helped guide punter Tress Way to his first Pro Bowl selection. Way was also named to the Associated Press All-Pro Second Team. Way finished the season No. 2 in net average (44.1) and No. 2 in punt yardage (3,919) and No. 7 in punts inside the 20 yard line (30). Under Kaczor’s guidance, Washington ranked No. 4 in the league in kickoff return average (25.2) and No. 5 in kickoff return yardage (833) despite fielding one of the league’s youngest rosters.

    Under Kaczor’s guidance, Tress Way became the first Washington punter since Matt Turk in 1997 to be named to the Pro Bowl. Steven Sims Jr. (NFC Special Teams Player of the Week in Week 12) and Tress Way (NFC Special Teams Player of the Week in Week 13) were also the first Redskins in the history of the franchise to receive the honor of NFC Special Teams Player of the Week in consecutive weeks.

    During Kaczor’s three seasons with Tampa Bay, the Buc-caneers were one of the top punt coverage units in the NFL, allowing only 6.6 yards per return, the fourth-lowest mark in the league during that span.

    In 2018, Tampa Bay allowed only 21.0 yards per kickoff re-turn, which was the sixth-lowest in the NFL despite allowing 30-plus total kickoff returns.

    In 2017, the Buccaneers had three blocked kicks (one blocked field goals and two blocked extra points), tied for the third-most in the NFL. Tampa Bay led the league in special teams takeaways, with four (three fumble recoveries on punt coverage, one on kickoff coverage). All four of Tampa Bay’s special teams takeaways helped lead to touchdowns – two were returned for touchdowns, while the other two set up the offense with a short field. The Buccaneers’ punt return unit also averaged 9.6 yards per return, the sixth-highest mark in the NFL.

    Punter Bryan Anger was a standout during Kaczor's ten-ure with the Buccaneers. In his first year with the team, An-ger set Buccaneers records for both punts inside the 20 (37) and net punting average (42.7), with both of those ranking in the top five in the NFL in 2016. In the three seasons that Anger spent under Kaczor's tutelage, Anger ranked top 15 in the league in punts inside the 20 and net average while only recording 14 touchbacks.

    Kaczor came to Tampa Bay having spent the previous four seasons with the Tennessee Titans, the final three as the teams’ special teams coordinator (2013-15) after being hired as the assistant offensive line coach in his first season (2012). In 2015, the Titans tied for the NFL lead in special teams takeaways, while in 2013 Kaczor’s unit ranked third in the league in opponent punt return average and eighth in kickoff return average.

    In three seasons under Kaczor, Titans punter Brett Kern tied for the third-most punts inside the 20 (94) in the NFL. In 2015, despite punting 88 times, Kern saw only one touch-back on the year. In 2014, Kern posted a net average of 40.8, a career best and a Titans franchise record. Kaczor also worked with kicker Ryan Succop, who set a career high in field goal percentage in 2015 (87.5), surpassing the career best he had established the season before.

    Kaczor entered the NFL as an assistant special teams coach with the Jacksonville Jaguars, working there from 2008-11. During those four years, Jacksonville had one of the league’s top special teams coverage units, allowing the lowest punt return average in the NFL (6.5 avg.) and the eighth-lowest kickoff return average (21.8 avg.). In each of

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    STAFF BIOSKaczor’s final two seasons, Montell Owens earned Pro Bowl recognition as a special teams player.

    Prior to joining the NFL, Kaczor spent 17 years coaching in college, the final two working as co-offensive coordinator (2007) and tight ends coach (2006) at Louisiana-Monroe. In his only season as co-offensive coordinator, the team ranked second in the Sun Belt Conference in rushing offense and averaged its most points scored since 1993. Before his time at Louisiana-Monroe, Kaczor spent two seasons (2004-05) as the co-offensive coordinator/tight ends coach at Idaho and four seasons as offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach at Nebraska-Kearney (2000-03). Kaczor began his coaching career as an offensive assistant at his alma ma-ter, Utah State, working as an offensive assistant for nine seasons (1991-99), helping the team win three conference championships.

    A center at Utah State, Kaczor was a team captain, who earned all-conference honors in 1989. A native of Scott City, Kansas, he and his wife, Angie, have two children, Kaylee and Micah.

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    SCOTT TURNEROFFENSIVE COORDINATOR

    2002-04 Quarterback UNLV 2005 Graduate Assistant Oregon State University2008-10 Offensive Assistant University of Pittsburgh2011-12 Offensive Quality Control Carolina Panthers2013 Wide Receivers Coach Cleveland Browns 2014-16 Quarterbacks Coach Minnesota Vikings 2017 Offensive Analyst University of Michigan2018-19 Quarterbacks Coach Carolina Panthers2019 Interim OC (wks. 14-17) Carolina Panthers 2020-Pres. Offensive Coordinator Washington

    Scott Turner is entering his first season as the offensive coordinator with Washington after being hired on January 8, 2020. He will be entering his 9th NFL season and has held positions with the Carolina Panthers, Cleveland Browns and Minnesota Vikings during his NFL career.

    Turner served as the Carolina Panthers quarterbacks coach from 2018-19, where he was also elevated to inter-im offensive coordinator for Weeks 14-17 of the 2019 sea-son. In 2019, Turner spent time working with three different quarterbacks throughout the course of the season after Cam Newton went down in Week 2. Carolina was only one of six teams in the NFL to start three different quarterbacks during the 2019 season. Turner helped guide young quarter-backs Kyle Allen and rookie Will Grier and played a key role in installing plays to fit each of their playing styles when he took the reigns as interim offensive coordinator in Week 14. Allen completed 303-of-489 passes for 3,027 yards and 17 touchdowns for a passer rating of 80.0. Grier got an oppor-tunity to start late in the season in Weeks 15 and 16. In his first career start on the road against the Colts, Grier com-pleted 27-of-44 passes for 224 yards, completing 61.4 per-cent of his attempts.

    In his first season as quarterbacks coach in 2018, Turner helped quarterback Cam Newton post a 67.9 completion per-centage, the highest of any player in franchise history, de-spite playing through injury and missing the final two games. Newton set a franchise record by throwing for at least two touchdown passes in 11 consecutive games, while his 94.2 passer rating was third-best in franchise history. Newton also set a Panthers record for most consecutive passes completed with 16 straight over a two game stretch.

    In 2018, the Panthers finished 10th in the NFL in net yards (373.3), the second-highest season average in franchise history. Carolina finished the season with a franchise record for most completions in a single season with 378 and set a franchise record for most passing first downs in a single season with 212. In the final two games of 2018, Turner was tasked with preparing backup quarterbacks Taylor Heinicke and Kyle Allen to play in Newton’s absence. In Week 16 at At-lanta, Allen and Heinicke combined to set a franchise record for most completions in a single game with 37 (33 - Heinicke; 4 - Allen). In Week 17, Allen joined Matt Moore and Chris Weinke as the only Panthers rookies to win their first starts.

    Prior to re-joining Carolina, Turner served as the Univer-sity of Michigan’s senior offensive analyst in 2017. The Wol-verines went 8-5 and advanced to the Outback Bowl, while the offense featured three running backs who averaged 5.0 yards per carry or better and the team rushed for more than 2,000 yards for the third consecutive season.

    Before his time with Michigan, Turner worked as the Min-nesota Vikings quarterbacks coach from 2014-16. In 2016, Turner helped quarterback Sam Bradford set a then-NFL record in completion percentage (71.6) and guided him to Vikings records in single-season completions (395), in-terception percentage (0.9; five in 552 attempts) and sin-gle-season completion percentage (71.6). Bradford notched the fourth-highest passer rating in Vikings history with a career-best 99.3.

    In 2014 and 2015, Turner worked with first-round draft choice Teddy Bridgewater. In 2015, Bridgewater was select-ed to his first Pro Bowl in his second season in the NFL and his first as a full-time starter. Bridgewater, who led the team to its first NFC North championship since 2009, bumped his passer rating up from 85.2 to 88.7 and threw three fewer interceptions while playing in three more contests than his initial season. He finished with 3,231 yards passing and 14 passing touchdowns, while rushing for three touchdowns. With 17 combined wins from 2014 and 2015, Bridgewater tied Brett Favre and Warren Moon for the most wins in team history among quarterbacks in their first two seasons with the franchise.

    In 2014, Turner helped Bridgewater to the best season for a rookie quarterback in Vikings history, setting virtually ev-ery franchise rookie passing record and producing the third-best completion percentage (64.6) and the seventh-highest passer rating (85.2) in NFL history for a rookie. In Bridge-water’s first career start vs. Atlanta in Week 4, the rookie threw for a season-best 317 yards and helped the offense pile up 558 net yards, the fourth-most in team history, in a 41-28 win.

    In 2013, Turner coached wide receivers for the Cleveland Browns, helping Josh Gordon to the best receiving season in Browns history. Despite appearing in just 14 games, he be-came the first player in Browns history to lead the NFL in receiving yards (1,646) and became the first player in NFL history with back-to-back 200-yard receiving games.

    Turner entered NFL coaching with two seasons as of-fensive quality control coach for the Panthers in 2011 and 2012. The Panthers recorded two of the top four seasons in franchise history in terms of net yards, setting the all-time mark with 389.8 yards per game in 2011 and 360.7 in 2012. Newton was named NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2011. His 14 rushing touchdowns broke the NFL record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback and were just one shy of the NFL record of rushing touchdowns by a rookie.

    Prior to Turner’s first stint in Carolina, he spent three sea-sons at the University of Pittsburgh, two as an offensive as-sistant and the last as wide receivers coach. Turner made his coaching debut in 2005 as a graduate assistant at Oregon State before serving as the offensive coordinator at South County (Va.) Secondary School from 2006-07.

    A three-year letterman at Nevada-Las Vegas from 2002-04, Turner graduated with a degree in psychology. He served as a reserve quarterback for the Rebels as a junior and se-nior and played on special teams as a sophomore after being redshirted as a freshman. He earned his college degree in psychology from UNLV in 2006.

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    STAFF BIOSTurner is the son of former NFL Coach Norv Turner. The

    two previously coached together in Carolina, Minnesota and Cleveland. Turner graduated from Oakton High School in Vienna, Va. when his father was the Head Coach of the Redskins. He and his wife, Robyn, have two children – a son, Harry (6) and a daughter, Rose (4).

    1ST NFL SEASON1ST WITH WASHINGTON

    LUKE DEL RIOOFFENSIVE QUALITY CONTROL

    2013: Quarterback Alabama2014: Quarterback Oregon State2015-17: Quarterback Florida2018-19: Quarterback/Tight Ends Santa Margarita Catholic2020-Pres.: Offensive Quality Control Washington

    Luke Del Rio is entering his first season coaching in the NFL and his first as Washington's offensive quality control coach in 2020. He previously coached tight ends and quar-terbacks at Santa Margarita Catholic High School.

    A former collegiate quarterback, Del Rio began his college career at the University of Alabama where he was the back-up QB as a true freshman to three-time national champion quarterback AJ McCarron. He then moved to Oregon State where he served as the backup to current Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sean Mannion. Del Rio played his final three years at the University of Florida where he would go on to be 7-1 as a starter in the SEC.

    Del Rio's collegiate career highlights include a win over Georgia, a 320-yard 4-touchdown performance against Kentucky, and then in his senior year, came off the bench to lead a 14-point comeback against Kentucky to extend Flori-da's winning streak over the rival Wildcats to 31 games. Del Rio also served as a team captain for the Gators in 2016 and served on the leadership committee.

    Del Rio was a state champion quarterback at Valor Chris-tian High School. In addition to his state championship at Valor Christian High School, Del Rio was an Elite 11 quarter-back, first team all-state and team captain for the Eagles.

    Del Rio has played under the tutelage of Nick Saban (Al-abama), Mike Riley (Oregon State) and Jim McElwain (Flori-da). Del Rio, a native of Jacksonville, Fla., graduated from the University of Florida in 2016 with a Bachelor's degree and then earned his Master's degree in 2018, also from the Uni-versity of Florida, in Business. He is the son of Washington defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio.

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    CHAD ENGLEHARTHEAD STRENGTH &CONDITIONING

    Chad Englehart is entering his 11th season with Wash-ington and his fourth as the team's head strength and con-ditioning coach in 2020 after being promoted to the role during the 2017 offseason. He initially joined the team as an assistant strength and conditioning coach on February 26, 2010.

    Prior to joining Washington, Englehart served as the head strength and conditioning coach with the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League in 2009. During that time, he worked with Redskins Head Coach Jay Gruden, who served as the Tuskers’ offensive coordinator that season. The Tusk-ers finished with a perfect 6-0 regular season record before losing in the UFL’s inaugural championship game.

    In 2008, Englehart served as director of strength and conditioning at Xcel Sports Performance in Louisiana. Be-fore that, he was head strength and conditioning coach in 2007 at HS2 Athletic Performance in Mandeville, La., and at the University of New Orleans in 2006.

    Englehart holds a Master's degree in human movement with a concentration in corrective exercise from A.T. Still University. He also holds a bachelor's degree in kinesiology with a concentration in exercise science from Southeastern Louisiana University. He is a certified strength and condi-tioning specialist with the National Strength and Condition Association and is a Performance Enhancement Specialist and Corrective Exercise Specialist with the National Acad-emy of Sports Medicine (NASM). Englehart also holds cer-tifications with USA Weightlifting and USA Track and Field, Functional Movement Screen and TRX Suspension Training certifications as well as a Fitness Nutrition Specialist cer-tification from the NASM and a 3DMAPS (3D Movement Analysis and Performance System) certification from Gray Institute.

    Englehart and his wife, Lyndsey, have two daughters, Blair and Elise.

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    CHRIS HARRISDEFENSIVE BACKS

    Chris enters his seventh season coaching in the NFL and his first as Washington's defensive backs coach in 2020. Harris brings a combined 14 seasons of NFL experience to the role, including six as a coach and eight as a player.

    Harris joins Washington after serving as the Los Angeles Chargers assistant secondary coach from 2016-19. In 2019, the Chargers defense ranked sixth in the league by yards, only surrendering 313.1 yards per game. The group also ranked fifth in the NFL in passing yards per game, only al-lowing 200.3 yards per game.

    In 2018, Harris helped develop first round pick Derwin James into an All-Pro selection and a Pro Bowl starter at safety in his first season. James became the first rookie In Chargers history to record 100 or more tackles. On top of the rise of the rookie, second year defensive back Desmond King

    2006 Head Strength & Conditioning Univ. of New Orleans2007 Head Strength & Conditioning HS2 Ath. Performance (La.)2008 Strength & Conditioning Dir. Xcel Sports Performance (La.)2009 Head Strength & Conditioning Florida Tuskers (UFL)2010-16 Asst. Strength & Conditioning Washington2017-Pres. Head Strength & Conditioning Washington

    2001-04 Defensive Back Louisiana-Monroe2005-06 Defensive Back Chicago Bears 2007-09 Defensive Back Carolina Panthers2010-11 Defensive Back Chicago Bears 2011 Defensive Back Detroit Lions 2012 Defensive Back Jacksonville Jaguars 2013-14 Defensive Quality Control Chicago Bears2016-19 Asst. Defensive Backs Coach Los Angeles Chargers2020-Pres. Defensive Backs Coach Washington

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    STAFF BIOSearned second-team All-Pro accolades on the strength of three interceptions, including a pick-six. Six of the top seven tacklers for the Chargers in 2018 came from the defensive backfield.

    In 2017, the Chargers ranked fourth in the league with 18 total interceptions with 14 coming from defensive backs. The team did not allow a 100-yard receiver until Week 17. Individ-ually, cornerback Casey Hayward was named to his second straight Pro Bowl after ranking tied for second in the NFL with 22 passes defensed. He also added four interceptions.

    Harris’ first season in 2016 was a huge success as the Chargers led the NFL with 18 interceptions as a team, while Hayward earned Pro Bowl honors for the first time in his ca-reer after leading the NFL with a career-high seven picks. The Chargers had 11 different players record at least one interception in 2016, most in the NFL and the most in team annals since 2004.

    Harris began his coaching career as a defensive qual-ity control coach for the Bears, working primarily with the team’s safeties. He coached in Chicago from 2013-14.

    An eight-year NFL pro, Harris was a sixth-round pick of the Chicago Bears (181st overall) in 2005. He played four seasons with the Bears over two separate stints (2005-06 and 2010-11). Harris was named second team All-Pro by The Associated Press in 2010 and was named one of the Bears’ Brian Piccolo Award winners as a rookie in 2005. Besides Chicago, Harris also played for the Carolina Panthers (2007 09), Detroit Lions (2011) and Jacksonville Jaguars (2012), to-taling 422 tackles, 16 interceptions, 13 forced fumbles, nine fumble recoveries and