Silver Minings: Chargers HC Brandon Staley takes shot at Jon Gruden Both coaches played QB at Dayton By BlakeHarris @BlakeHarrisTBLA Jan 23, 2021, 7:12am PST Read up on Brandon Staley's biography, career, awards and more on ESPN. University of Dayton graduate, Brandon Staley, is taking a new position as head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers. (Ty Nowell / Los Angeles Chargers) ... who pointed out that Staley was a college quarterback at Dayton. When Staley … Before becoming an NFL head coach, Staley … How Staley may have gotten on general manager Nick Caserio’s radar is his work with John Carroll University, Caserio’s alma mater. Re: concerns w/ Brandon Staley being a “defensive coach” and Justin Herbert being a young QB... Staley was a highly decorated HS QB in Ohio, played QB at Dayton… Quarterback for the University of Dayton football team in 2003-04, Brandon Staley became the latest former Flyer to join the NFL head coaching ranks Jan. 17, when he was named head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers. — Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) January 18, 2021 Which is really because he was one, at the Univ. Raiders head coach Jon Gruden also played quarterback at … Bruce and Linda Staley of Perry, Ohio, had three kids (all boys) — Brandon and Jason in 1982 and Michael 5 1/2 years later. The Perry, Ohio, native compiled a 16-5 record as starting quarterback at UD. One thing that was mentioned to me over the weekend: Brandon Staley is the rare defensive coach who sees the game through a quarterback's eyes. journal-news.com Newest NFL head coach built on Ohio roots, cancer fight to land Chargers job at 38 of Dayton. Brandon Staley smiles as he signs on to become the Chargers’ 17th head coach. In 2019, Staley held the same position with the Denver Broncos. The Dayton and Mercyhurst product got his entry into the NFL as an outside linebackers coach for the Chicago Bears from 2017-18. A lot of what Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator Brandon Staley believes about football goes back to his roots as a quarterback at Dayton and Mercyhurst. Despite being known as a top defensive coach, Staley used to start at quarterback for Dayton University from 2003 to 2004. Similar background in that way to Marvin Lewis. Brandon Staley joins two Super Bowl winners, Jon Gruden and Chuck Noll, on the list of former Dayton Flyers players who became head coaches in the NFL.