Thomas McGaughey (born May 8, 1973) is an American football coach and former player who is the special teams coordinator for the

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of the National Football League (NFL). He has previously served the same role for the Carolina Panthers, San Francisco 49ers and

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. It is his second stint with the

having served as assistant special teams coordinator from 2007 to 2010.

Playing career

McGaughey played as a defensive back at the University of Houston from 1991 to 1995. He was the special teams captain as a senior. McGaughey spent time with the

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(1996) and Philadelphia Eagles (1997) of the National Football League (NFL). In 1997 he won

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’s World Bowl with the

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. In 1999, he played for the Houston Outlaws in the short-lived Regional Football League.

Coaching career

McGaughey started his coaching career with Houston in 1998 as a graduate assistant. In 2002, he became the assistant special teams coach for the Kansas City Chiefs after a year as a minority intern with them, before returning to Houston to be their special teams coordinator. McGaughey then spent the 2005 and 2006 seasons as assistant special teams coordinator for the Denver Broncos, and the same role for the

from 2007 to 2010. During his first season with the Giants, the team won

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by defeating the

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, 17–14. McGaughey became special teams coordinator for

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in 2011 and held the position until 2013. He spent the following seasons as special teams coordinator for the

in 2014, San Francisco 49ers in 2015, and Carolina Panthers from 2016 to 2017. On February 11, 2022, McGaughey returned to the

as special teams coordinator.

References

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