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Joshua Thomas McDaniels (born April 22, 1976) is an American football coach in the National Football League (NFL). He began his NFL career in 2001 with the New England Patriots, where he served as the offensive coordinator for 14 non consecutive seasons. During McDaniels' first stint as offensive coordinator from 2006 to 2008, New England set the season record for points scored and won 16 of their 16 regular season games in 2007. In his second stint from 2012 to 2021, the Patriots won three Super Bowl titles. McDaniels was also among the Patriots personnel to be present for all six of their titles during the Brady–Belichick era. Outside of his Patriots tenure, McDaniels served as the head coach of the Denver Broncos from 2009 to 2010 and the Las Vegas Raiders from 2022 to 2023. His head coaching career was less successful and both stints ended with him being fired during his second season.

Recruited out of Canton McKinley High School by Greg Debeljak, McDaniels attended John Carroll University, where he played football mostly as a wide receiver from 1995 to 1998. Although a quarterback in high school, he lost out at that position at John Carroll to Nick Caserio, who joined the Patriots staff in 2001 (the same year as McDaniels). His other teammates at John Carroll included London Fletcher, formerly a linebacker with the St. Louis Rams, Buffalo Bills and Washington Redskins as well as Brian Polian, the former head coach at the University of Nevada Reno, Jerry Schuplinski, the New York Giants quarterbacks coach, Tom Telesco, general manager of the Las Vegas Raiders and Dave Ziegler, former general manager of the Raiders.

McDaniels began his coaching career as a senior graduate assistant at Michigan State University in 1999 under Nick Saban, parlaying his dad's friendship with Saban. After assisting Michigan State, McDaniels moved to Cleveland and worked as a plastics sales representative. After offensive coordinator Charlie Weis left the team following the 2004 season, the Patriots did not name an offensive coordinator for the 2005 season. According to The New York Times, in 2008, it was McDaniels who called the offensive plays for the 2005 season, although suggestions to that effect were made in 2005. After the season, McDaniels was officially promoted to offensive coordinator, while retaining his responsibilities coaching the team's quarterbacks. In the 2007 season, with McDaniels at the helm of the offense, the Patriots set NFL records, scoring 75 touchdowns (67 on offense, 50 passing and 17 rushing) and 589 points, leading to rumors that McDaniels might leave the Patriots for a head coaching job. McDaniels withdrew his name from consideration, however, during the Patriots' January 2008 playoff run. Shortly after the Patriots' loss in Super Bowl XLII, Patriots head coach Bill Belichick gave McDaniels a five page typed report on what it takes to be an effective head coach and run a winning organization, which McDaniels termed "his bible." Throughout the 2008 season, the two would meet to discuss the report and allow McDaniels to ask non coaching questions that he brought to later head coaching interviews. Starting quarterback Tom Brady suffered a season ending injury in Week 1 of the 2008 season. McDaniels directed the Matt Cassel led Patriots' offense as the team finished the season with an 11–5 record.

On January 11, 2009, the Denver Broncos named McDaniels their head coach, replacing Mike Shanahan. The Broncos introduced McDaniels, who agreed to sign a four year, $8 million contract, as their head coach in a press conference the next day. McDaniels's tenure with the Broncos was marred early on by a controversy involving an alleged trade offer from the Patriots involving the team's quarterback, Jay Cutler, which would have sent Matt Cassel to Denver. On March 9, 2009, according to ESPN, a conference call involving McDaniels, team owner Pat Bowlen and Cutler failed to resolve the issues. Cutler said he did not trust McDaniels and the organization following the trade controversy. On April 2, 2009, the Broncos traded Cutler and a 2009 fifth round draft pick to the Chicago Bears for quarterback Kyle Orton, first and third round picks in 2009 and a first round pick in 2010.

The Broncos started their first season under McDaniels with six straight wins, including an overtime win over the Patriots in Week 5, before suffering four straight losses. In the last game of the season, McDaniels and the Broncos still had a potential playoff berth on the line, but lost to the Kansas City Chiefs, 44–24, Denver's third straight home loss to a division opponent. That left the Broncos with an 8–8 season record. Controversy surrounded McDaniels for his benching of Pro Bowl wide receiver Brandon Marshall for the game due to disciplinary reasons; Marshall would be traded to the Miami Dolphins after the season.

McDaniels' second season in Denver ended with a 3–9 record. The Broncos lost to the Kansas City Chiefs on December 5, and on the next day, McDaniels was fired by the Broncos.

On November 27, The Denver Post reported the Broncos were under investigation from the NFL, after it was reported that Steve Scarnecchia, the team's director of video operations hired by McDaniels in 2009, videotaped a San Francisco 49ers' walkthrough practice, during the teams' Week 8 game at Wembley Stadium in London, England. The same day, the NFL fined the Broncos and McDaniels $50,000 each, and Scarnecchia was fired as a result of the incident. Scarnecchia told NFL investigators he acted alone and "knew it was wrong" to tape the walkthrough practice, after the rest of the Broncos' staff had left the stadium. Scarnecchia later presented McDaniels with the six minute video, but McDaniels declined to view it, and it was not shown to any other Broncos staff member, and therefore the NFL determined the Broncos had not gained a competitive advantage from it. An anonymous source alerted the Broncos on November 8, who conducted an internal investigation before alerting the NFL. NFL Security then began its investigation, which included a forensic analysis of the computer from which the recording was later deleted by Scarnecchia. Both the NFL and the Broncos determined that McDaniels knew nothing about the incident. However, the NFL fined McDaniels due to the fact that he did not immediately report the incident to the league office, as required by policy. The NFL also fined the Broncos, as "clubs are ultimately accountable for the conduct of their employees." "I apologize for not promptly reporting the improper conduct of our video director before our game against the 49ers in London. The actions of this individual are in no way representative of the values and integrity held by myself, our players and coaches, and the entire Denver Broncos organization. I understand the punishment from the National Football League and support its commitment to the integrity of the game. We have addressed the situation internally to assure that nothing like this happens again." According to The Denver Post, the videotaping incident was a major factor in McDaniels' firing a week later; while the Broncos did not deem it something that merited being fired for cause, they considered his failure to report the incident "unforgivable." The Patriots then hired McDaniels to act as an offensive assistant coach during their 2011 playoffs, and to replace Bill O'Brien as offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach for the 2012 season. O'Brien left the Patriots after the 2011 season concluded to become head coach at Penn State, but maintained play calling duties through Super Bowl XLVI. During the 2014 season, McDaniels was a part of another championship for the Patriots, winning Super Bowl XLIX against the Seattle Seahawks despite a 10 point deficit in the fourth quarter. During the 2016 season, McDaniels coached the offense in another Patriots championship season, this time winning Super Bowl LI against the Atlanta Falcons. In the game, the Patriots defeated the Falcons by a score of 34–28 in overtime, this time coming from a 25 point deficit. The Patriots scored only 9 points in the first 3 quarters, but overcame a 3 possession deficit to tie the game in the last minute and win in overtime. Two days after Super Bowl LII, on February 6, 2018, McDaniels was announced as the new head coach of the Indianapolis Colts. However, McDaniels withdrew from the position on the same day and announced that he had decided to stay with the Patriots. In response, his long time agent, Bob LaMonte, terminated his representation of McDaniels. The Patriots went on to win Super Bowl LIII in 2018, earning McDaniels his third championship as offensive coordinator. From 2012 until his hire in Las Vegas, McDaniels was both offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for every year in his second stint with the Patriots, except for 2020, when Jedd Fisch was hired as quarterbacks coach.

On January 31, 2022, McDaniels was hired as the head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. McDaniels‘s first win with the Raiders was a 32 23 victory against his former team, the Denver Broncos. Throughout the 2022 season, McDaniels was criticized for his team's inability to hold leads and close out games. McDaniels received criticism for Las Vegas's Week 10 loss to an Indianapolis Colts team led by the debuting interim head coach Jeff Saturday, who was hired earlier that week to replace the recently dismissed Frank Reich despite having no previous NFL coaching experience heading into the game. Despite the team's performance in that game, Raiders owner Mark Davis expressed his support for McDaniels the next day. Los Angeles Times sportswriter Bill Plaschke suggested in a report that Davis was allowing McDaniels to remain the head coach not because of the team's performance, but because the owner did not have enough cash on hand to pay his coach a sizable severance package. His first year with the Raiders ended with a 6–11 record and the departure of quarterback Derek Carr. McDaniels was fired from the Raiders on October 31, 2023, after a 3–5 start to the year. McDaniels finished his tenure coaching the Raiders with a 9–16 record. Following his departure, the NFLPA ranked McDaniels as the lowest rated head coach in the league for 2023.

Team Year Regular season Postseason Won Lost Ties Win % Finish Won Lost Win % Result DEN 2009 8 8 0 2nd in AFC West — — — — DEN 2010 3 9 0 Fired — — — —DEN total 11 17 0 0 0 .000 LV 2022 6 11 0 3rd in AFC West — — — — LV2023 3 5 0 Fired — — — —LV total 9 16 0 0 0 .000 Total 20 33 0 0 0 .000

McDaniels is the son of Thom McDaniels, who was voted the 1997 USA Today High School Coach of the Year in the state of Ohio. Attending his father's practices during his youth has been credited with inspiring McDaniels to enter coaching. Josh is also the brother of Ben McDaniels who is a coach of the Houston Texans. McDaniels and his wife have four children.