LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. — It’s official. The Washington Redskins announced today that they have promoted former Tight Ends Coach Sean McVay to Offensive Coordinator.
Entering his sixth season in the NFL, OC will be McVay’s fifth role with the Redskins. Hired by the team as an offensive assistant in 2010, he has spent the last three seasons helping the tight ends’ unit account for 222 receptions and 2,704 yards from 2011 to 2013.
Last year, McVay was instrumental in the development of rookie tight end Jordan Reed, who compiled 45 receptions for 499 yards — a single-season rookie tight end record — despite the fact that Reed played in only nine games. Under McVay’s tutelage, the rookie joined Chris Cooley (2004) as the only Redskins’ tight ends named to the Pro Football Writers of America All-Rookie Team.
Reed’s 5.0 receptions per game in 2013 and teammate Fred Davis’ 4.9 receptions per game in 2011 under McVay rank second- and third-most, respectively, in team history for receptions per game by a tight end in a single season. In those seasons, Davis (66.3) and Reed (55.4) posted the second- and fourth-best receiving yards per game totals by tight ends in Redskins annals. In addition, McVay helped develop tight end Logan Paulsen from an undrafted free agent into a 30-game starter over the last four seasons, with Paulsen increasing his reception totals each season from 2010 to 2013.
McVay entered the National Football League as a coaching assistant with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2008, when he served on the same staff as current Redskins’ Head Coach Jay Gruden. In addition, McVay served as tight ends coach for the UFL’s Florida Tuskers in 2009 when Gruden was the team’s offensive coordinator.
McVay, 27, played wide receiver at Miami University from 2004 to 2007, earning Miami’s Scholar-Athlete Award as a senior.
McVAY FOOTBALL TIMELINE:
2004-07: Wide Receiver, Miami University
2008: Coaching Assistant, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2009: Tight Ends Coach, Florida Tuskers (UFL)
2010: Offensive Assistant, Washington Redskins
2011-13: Tight Ends Coach, Washington Redskins
2014: Offensive Coordinator, Washington Redskins
Hail.