The Houston Texans continue to add to their coaching staff.
According to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, the Texans are hiring former Michigan quarterbacks coach Ben McDaniels as their new assistant receivers coach and overall offensive assistant.
If the name sounds familiar, it should: Ben is New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels’ brother. However, Ben has never coached for the Patriots. The only connection he even has to the Patriots is when he worked under his brother from 2009-10 with the Denver Broncos. Ben was an offensive assistant in 2009 and then the quarterbacks coach in 2010.
McDaniels’ NFL experience includes working as an offensive assistant on Greg Schiano’s staff with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2012-13. McDaniels was also the offensive assistant for the Chicago Bears from 2016-17 under coach John Fox.
The former quarterback at Kent State joined Jim Harbaugh’s staff at Michigan in 2018 as an offensive assistant. For the past two seasons, McDaniels was the quarterbacks coach for the Wolverines.
The Texans’ current receivers coach is Robert Prince, who was the interim coach for the Detroit Lions last season after they fired Matt Patricia.
