Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator: Romeo Crennel
Romeo Crennel was named the 12th head coach in franchise history on January 9, 2012. He spent the last two seasons as the Chiefs defensive coordinator and will continue to serve in that role as well. He came to Kansas City after a four-year stint as the head coach of the Cleveland Browns (2005-08).
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Assistant Head Coach: Maurice Carthon
Maurice Carthon enters his 18th season as an NFL assistant coach and his third year as Kansas City’s assistant head coach. Owning a longstanding relationship with Head Coach Todd Haley, Carthon and Haley have coached together with four different NFL clubs, including the Chiefs. In addition to his duties assisting Haley, Carthon will work closely with the club’s running backs.
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Strength & Conditioning: Mike Clark
Mike Clark enters his second season as Kansas City’s strength and conditioning coach after serving in the same capacity for six seasons with Seattle (2004-09). During his tenure in Seattle, Clark was a member of the Seahawks team that advanced to Super Bowl XL under Head Coach Mike Holmgren. Clark played high school football at Oak Park High School in Kansas City, Missouri and played center at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas.
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Linebackers: Gary Gibbs
Gary Gibbs enters his third season as the Chiefs linebackers coach in 2011. He joined Kansas City after spending three years as the defensive coordinator in New Orleans (2006-08). Respected in both the NFL and college football ranks, Gibbs enters his 10th season in the pro game after a 22-year career on the collegiate level that featured six seasons as the head coach at the University of Oklahoma (’89-94).
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Tight Ends: Bernie Parmalee
Bernie Parmalee enters his second season as Kansas City’s tight ends coach in 2011. He returns to the NFL coaching ranks after spending five seasons working at Notre Dame (2005-09).
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Defensive Line: Anthony Pleasant
Anthony Pleasant enters his second season as Kansas City’s defensive line coach in 2011. He served an NFL Minority Coaching Fellowship with the Chiefs in 2009, working closely with the club’s defensive ends. Pleasant owns 14 seasons of NFL playing experience as a defensive lineman, seeing duty in 202 regular seasons games (157 starts) with Cleveland (’90-95), Baltimore (’96), Atlanta (’97), the N.Y. Jets (’98-99), San Francisco (2000) and New England (2001-03). He is one of just five active NFL assistant coaches to own 200 or more games of playing experience.
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Assistant Strength & Conditioning: Brent Salazar
Brent Salazar begins his fifth season in Kansas City as the assistant strength and conditioning coach after joining the club in that capacity in 2007. Salazar assists strength and conditioning coach Mike Clark in the implementation of Kansas City’s year-round conditioning and training program.
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Offensive Quality Control: Nick Sirianni
Nick Sirianni begins his third season as Kansas City’s offensive quality control coach in 2011. Sirianni assists Head Coach Todd Haley and the Chiefs offensive staff with self-scouting, computer analysis and opponent breakdowns. He also assists with the production of playbooks and gameplans.
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Defensive Quality Control: Otis Smith
Otis Smith enters his second season as Kansas City’s defensive quality control coach after spending a portion of the 2009 season working with the Chiefs defensive backs. Smith came to the Chiefs after serving as the assistant secondary coach with Philadelphia in 2008. He also served NFL Minority Coaching Fellowships with Philadelphia (2007) and New England (2006).
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Defensive Backs: Emmitt Thomas
Emmitt Thomas returned to his football roots in Kansas City in 2010, joining the Chiefs as the defensive backs coach. He enters his second season as the Chiefs defensive backs coach in 2011. Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2008 and the Chiefs Hall of Fame in ’86, Thomas played cornerback for 13 seasons with Kansas City (’66-78) and finished his career with a franchise-record 58 interceptions.
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Defensive Assistant/Assistant Linebackers: Adam Zimmer
Adam Zimmer begins his second season as Kansas City’s defensive assistant/assistant linebackers coach. Zimmer will study opponent tendencies, generate computer reports and assist in creating scouting reports. He will also assist Gary Gibbs in coaching the Chiefs linebackers.
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Quarterbacks: Jim Zorn
Jim Zorn enters his first season in Kansas City as the club’s quarterbacks coach in 2011. Beginning his 15th season as a coach in the NFL, Zorn owns 11 years of experience tutoring the quarterback position. In addition, he played QB in the NFL for 11 seasons.
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