Chris Palmer (American football)

Chris Palmer
Current position
Sport(s)	Football
Title	Senior Offensive Assistant
Team	Buffalo Bills
Biographical details
Born	(1949-09-23) September 23, 1949 Brewster, New York
Alma mater	Southern Connecticut State
Playing career
1969–1971	Southern Connecticut State
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1972	Connecticut (DL)
1973–1974	Connecticut (WR)
1975	Lehigh (WR)
1976–1982	Colgate (OC)
1983	Montreal Concordes (OL)
1984	New Jersey Generals (WR)
1985	New Jersey Generals (OC/QB)
1986–1987	New Haven
1988–1989	Boston University
1990–1992	Houston Oilers (WR)
1993–1995	New England Patriots (WR)
1996	New England Patriots (QB)
1997–1998	Jacksonville Jaguars (OC)
1999–2000	Cleveland Browns
2002–2005	Houston Texans (OC)
2006	Dallas Cowboys (QB)
2007–2009	New York Giants (QB)
2010	Hartford Colonials
2011–2012	Tennessee Titans (OC)
2014	San Francisco 49ers (offensive assistant)
2015–present	Buffalo Bills (senior offensive assistant)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2010	Hartford Colonials (GM)
Head coaching record
Overall	24–18 (college) 8–32 (professional)

Chris Palmer (born September 23, 1949) is an American football coach. He is currently the Senior offensive assistant for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). Palmer served as the head coach of the NFL's Cleveland Browns from 1999 to 2000 and in the same capacity with the Hartford Colonials of the United Football League (UFL) in 2010. He was the head football coach at the University of New Haven from 1986 to 1987 and at Boston University from 1988 to 1989. He has also served as an assistant coach with the Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, New England Patriots, New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers, Houston Oilers and the Buffalo Bills of the NFL.

High school and college

Palmer played high school football at Immaculate High School a small Catholic high school located in Danbury, Connecticut. After high school he attended and played college football at Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU). Palmer played quarterback for Southern Connecticut State from 1968 to 1971. He earned both bachelor's and master's degrees at SCSU, where he was inducted into the school's athletic Hall of Fame. He is also a member of the Hall of Fame at New Haven and Immaculate High School.

After graduation from Southern Connecticut State University, Palmer coached under Larry Naviaux at the University of Connecticut. While at Connecticut, Palmer also devoted his time to help develop sports talent, as quoted by Jeff Naviaux "Chris helped me learn the importance of a team". Palmer coached the freshman defensive line in 1972 and the varsity wide receivers in 1973 and 1974. In 1975, he became the wide receivers coach at Lehigh University. The following year, Palmer was named the offensive coordinator at Colgate University, where he stayed for seven years. In 1977, the Red Raiders led the nation in total offense with an average of 486 yards a game.

Prior to entering the NFL, Palmer was a college football coach. He was the head coach at Boston University in 1988 and 1989 and at the University of New Haven in 1986 and 1987, when the Chargers posted consecutive 8–2 records.

Professional

Initial professional coaching experience

Palmer's first professional coaching experience came in 1983, when he was the offensive line coach for the Montreal Concordes in the Canadian Football League. The following year, he coached the wide receivers for the USFL's New Jersey Generals. In 1985, he was promoted to quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator. That year, Palmer's offense featured quarterback Doug Flutie and running back Herschel Walker, who rushed for 2,411 yards.

Houston Oilers

Palmer's first NFL coaching experience was as the Houston Oilers wide receivers coach from 1990 to 1992 when Kevin Gilbride was the Houston offensive coordinator. During those three seasons, the Run ‘N Shoot Oilers had the NFL's most productive passing attack. Four Houston wide receivers—Curtis Duncan, Ernest Givens (twice), Drew Hill and Haywood Jeffires (twice)—made the Pro Bowl while being coached by Palmer.

New England Patriots

Palmer first worked under Bill Parcells as the New England Patriots wide receivers coach from 1993 to 1995. In 1996, he became the quarterbacks coach, where he worked with Drew Bledsoe as they advanced to Super Bowl XXXI.

Jacksonville Jaguars

Following Super Bowl XXXI, he joined the Jacksonville Jaguars, spending the 1997–98 seasons as offensive coordinator under head coach Tom Coughlin.

Cleveland Browns

Palmer became the head coach of the reborn Cleveland Browns for the 1999–2000 seasons, the first two for the "new" Browns after the original team had moved to Baltimore. With a roster full of inexperienced players and cast-offs from other franchises, Palmer struggled to get the team competitive, especially on offense. Palmer was fired after posting a 5–27 record in two seasons, and was succeeded by former University of Miami coach Butch Davis. During his tenure in Cleveland, he starred as himself on an episode of The Drew Carey Show, which took place in Cleveland.

Houston Texans

In 2002, he became the offensive coordinator of the Houston Texans under head coach Dom Capers. He remained with Houston until he was fired in Week 2 of the 2005 NFL season as a result of Houston's lackluster offense.

Dallas Cowboys

In January 2006, several months after his firing from Houston, Palmer was hired by the Dallas Cowboys to be the quarterbacks coach. He was reunited with head coach Bill Parcells and quarterback Drew Bledsoe with whom he had worked during his days with the New England Patriots.

New York Giants

In January 2007, Palmer was hired by the New York Giants as their new quarterbacks coach, reuniting with the team's head coach, Tom Coughlin, with whom he had worked in Jacksonville.^[1]^[2]

On January 29, 2010 Palmer announced his retirement.^[3]

Hartford Colonials

Following his retirement from the NFL, Palmer was named as the head coach and general manager of the United Football League's Hartford Colonials.^[4]

Tennessee Titans

On February 15, 2011, the Tennessee Titans named Palmer as the new offensive coordinator, which was previously held by Mike Heimerdinger. Under Palmer during the 2011 season the Titans scored 325 points (20.3/g), 21st of 32 in the NFL. On November 26, 2012, Palmer was fired by the team midway through the season, and replaced by quarterbacks coach Dowell Loggains.

San Francisco 49ers

During the 2014 season, the San Francisco 49ers had Palmer as an offensive assistant. 2014 was the inaugural season playing their home games at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. At the end of the season, the 49ers released Greg Roman, offensive coordinator, and ultimately Palmer as well.

Buffalo Bills

Palmer followed Roman to Buffalo, and is serving as an offensive assistant on Rex Ryan's staff.

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
New Haven Chargers (NCAA Division II independent) (1986–1987)
1986	New Haven	8–2
1987	New Haven	8–2
New Haven:		16–4
Boston University Terriers (Yankee Conference) (1988–1989)
1988	Boston University	4–7	3–5	T–7th
1989	Boston University	4–7	4–4	6th
Boston University:		8–14	7–9
Total:		24–18

Professional

Team	Year	Regular Season					Post Season
Team	Year	Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
CLE	1999	2	14	0	.125	6th in AFC Central	-	-	-	-
CLE	2000	3	13	0	.188	6th in AFC Central	-	-	-	-
CLE Total		5	27	0	.156		-	-	-	-
HAR	2010	3	5	0	.375	4th in UFL	-	-	-	-
HAR Total		3	5	0	.375		-	-	-	-
Total		8	32	0	.200		-	-	-	-

Coaching tree

NFL head coaches under whom Palmer has served:

Jack Pardee, Houston Oilers (1990–1992)
Bill Parcells, New England Patriots (1993–1996), Dallas Cowboys (2006)
Tom Coughlin, Jacksonville Jaguars (1997–1998), New York Giants (2007–2009)
Dom Capers, Houston Texans (2002–2005)
Mike Munchak, Tennessee Titans (2011–2012)
Jim Harbaugh, San Francisco 49ers (2013–2014)
Rex Ryan, Buffalo Bills (2015–present)

Assistant coaches under Palmer who became NFL head coaches:

Romeo Crennel, Cleveland Browns (2005–2008)
Ken Whisenhunt, Arizona Cardinals (2007–2012), Tennessee Titans (2013–present)
Tony Sparano, Miami Dolphins (2008–2011)

References

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by Kevin Gilbride	Jacksonville Jaguars Offensive Coordinator 1997–1999	Succeeded by Tom Coughlin (simultaneously serving as head coach)
Preceded by none	Houston Texans Offensive Coordinator 2002–2005	Succeeded by Joe Pendry (interim)

New Haven Chargers head football coaches

Joe McHugh (1973–1975) Thomas H. Bell (1976–1982) Larry McElreavy (1983–1985) Chris Palmer (1986–1987) Mark Whipple (1988–1993) Tony Sparano (1994–1998) Darren Rizzi (1999–2001) Dave Patenaude (2002–2003) No team (2004–2008) Peter Rossomando (2009–2013) Chris Pincince (2014– )

Boston University Terriers head football coaches

No coach (1884)
No team (1885)
No coach (1886–1887)
No team (1888–1890)
No coach (1891–1897)
No team (1898–1903)
No coach (1904–1905)
No team (1906–1916)
No coach (1917)
John MacDonald (1918–1919)
Percy L. Wendell (1920)
Charles Whelan (1921–1925)
Reggie Brown (1926–1929)
Hilary Mahaney (1930–1931)
Myles Lane (1932)
John Harmon (1933)
Pat Hanley (1934–1941)
Walt Holmer (1942)
No team (1943–1944)
Robert McKelvey (1945)
Walt Holmer (1946)
Aldo Donelli (1947–1956)
Steve Sinko (1957–1963)
Warren Schmakel (1964–1968)
Larry Naviaux (1969–1972)
Paul Kemp (1973–1976)
Rick Taylor (1977–1984)
Steve Stetson (1985–1987)
Chris Palmer (1988–1989)
Dan Allen (1990–1995)
Tom Masella (1996–1997)

Cleveland Browns head coaches

Paul Brown (1946–1962)
Blanton Collier (1963–1970)
Nick Skorich (1971–1974)
Forrest Gregg (1975–1977)
Dick Modzelewski # (1977)
Sam Rutigliano (1978–1984)
Marty Schottenheimer (1984–1988)
Bud Carson (1989–1990)
Jim Shofner # (1990)
Bill Belichick (1991–1995)
Inactive (1996–1998)
Chris Palmer (1999–2000)
Butch Davis (2001–2004)
Terry Robiskie # (2004)
Romeo Crennel (2005–2008)
Eric Mangini (2009–2010)
Pat Shurmur (2011–2012)
Rob Chudzinski (2013)
Mike Pettine (2014–2015)
Hue Jackson (2016– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach

Hartford Colonials

Formerly the New York Sentinels Founded in 2009 Operations Inactive as of 2011 Based in Hartford, Connecticut

The Franchise	Franchise

Stadiums	Giants Stadium James M. Shuart Stadium Rentschler Field

Head Coaches	Cottrell Palmer Glanville

Key Personnel	Owner: Bill Mayer Head Coach/General Manager: Jerry Glanville

Seasons (2)	2009 2010

Current League Affiliation	United Football League

Houston Texans 2002 inaugural season roster

New York Giants Super Bowl XLII champions

2 Anthony Wright 9 Lawrence Tynes 10 Eli Manning (MVP) 12 Steve Smith 13 Jared Lorenzen 15 Michael Jennings 17 Plaxico Burress 18 Jeff Feagles 20 Jim Finn 22 Reuben Droughns 23 Corey Webster 24 Robert Douglas 25 R. W. McQuarters 26 DJ Ware 27 Brandon Jacobs 28 Gibril Wilson 29 Sam Madison 30 Craig Dahl 31 Aaron Ross 33 Geoff Pope 34 Derrick Ward 35 Kevin Dockery 37 James Butler 39 Madison Hedgecock 43 Michael Johnson 44 Ahmad Bradshaw 51 Zak DeOssie 52 Tank Daniels 53 Reggie Torbor 55 Kawika Mitchell 57 Chase Blackburn 58 Antonio Pierce 59 Gerris Wilkinson 60 Shaun O'Hara 61 Adam Koets 65 Grey Ruegamer 66 David Diehl 67 Kareem McKenzie 69 Rich Seubert 70 Na'Shan Goddard 71 Dave Tollefson 72 Osi Umenyiora 75 Manuel Wright 76 Chris Snee 77 Kevin Boothe 77 Dek Bake 79 Guy Whimper 80 Jeremy Shockey 81 Amani Toomer 82 Brandon London 83 Sinorice Moss 84 Darcy Johnson 85 David Tyree 86 Jerome Collins 87 Domenik Hixon 88 Michael Matthews 89 Kevin Boss 90 Ryan Kuehl 91 Justin Tuck 92 Michael Strahan 93 Jay Alford 94 William Joseph 95 Adrian Awasom 96 Barry Cofield 97 Mathias Kiwanuka 98 Fred Robbins 99 Russell Davis

Head coach: Tom Coughlin

Coaches: Andre Curtis Dave DeGuglielmo Pat Flaherty Kevin Gilbride Peter Giunta Jerald Ingram David Merritt Chris Palmer Mike Pope Tom Quinn Sean Ryan Bill Sheridan Steve Spagnuolo Mike Sullivan Mike Waufle

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 39208549

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