Gretz: Haley On Coaches/Part 1 … Tuesday Cup O’Chiefs

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Haley On Coaches/Part 1 … Tuesday Cup O’Chiefs
June 30, 2009 - Bob Gretz |

DEDRIC WARD/Wide Receivers Coach


On the other end of the experience spectrum in coaching from Muir is Ward. This is his fourth season of coaching, and the first year he’s been a full-time position coach in the NFL. After his eight-year NFL playing career ended, Ward got a job coaching wide receivers at Missouri State. That’s when he got in touch with Haley, who had been his position coach with the Jets and Cowboys.

“I’ve known him for a long time and he was always a smart player that was very aware and knew all the positions and kind of saw the big picture,” Haley said. “When Dedric called me when he was coaching in college and talked about wanting to coach on the pro level. I worked to get him in there at Arizona and he did a very good job.”

Ward spent the last two seasons as the Cardinals offensive quality control coach, working closely with Haley in his role as the team’s offensive coordinator.

“He’s a young coach and he’s got a lot to learn,” said Haley. “But I think he’s surrounded by some very good coaches and has been around good coaching his whole career. I think he has a great chance to be a good coach.”

This part raised a red flag for me. I'm concerned that the Chiefs have little at WR and to top it off the coach is pretty inexperienced.

Otherwise I have no problem with the staff at this time.