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Brick Haley Defensive Line YEAR AT LSU: BIRTHDATE: WIFE: CHILDREN: HIGH SCHOOL: COLLEGE:
Fifth (appointed Jan. 5, 2009) May 16, 1966 in Gadsden, Ala. Tina DeLaine Haley Adrian, A.J., Jeremy Emma Sansom, ‘84 Alabama A&M, ‘89
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PLAYING EXPERIENCE 1984-88 Alabama A&M COACHING EXPERIENCE 1989 Enterprise (Ala.) High School 1990 Arkansas (graduate assistant) 1991-93 Austin Peay (defensive line) 1994-96 Troy State (defensive line) 1997 Houston (outside linebackers) 1998 Clemson (outside linebackers) 1999-2001 Baylor (defensive coordinator/linebackers) 2002-03 Georgia Tech (linebackers) 2004-06 Mississippi State (defensive line) 2007-08 Chicago Bears (defensive line) 2009LSU (defensive line) BOWL EXPERIENCE Year Bowl 2002 Silicon Valley 2003 Humanitarian 2010 Capital One 2011 Cotton 2012 BCS 2012 Chick-fil-A
Team Georgia Tech Georgia Tech LSU LSU LSU LSU
Opponent Fresno State Tulsa Penn State Texas A&M Alabama Clemson
Brick and Tina Haley with sons A.J. and Jeremy.
Results L,30-21 W,52-20 L,19-17 W, 41-24 L, 21-0 L, 25-24
Brick Haley’s impact on the LSU football program can be seen each year in late April when the NFL Draft takes place in New York City. Since taking over at LSU in 2009, Haley has coached eight defensive linemen who have been selected in the NFL Draft, including a pair of first-round picks in defensive tackle Michael Brockers (No. 12 overall in 2012) and defensive end Barkevious Mingo (No. 6 overall in 2013). Haley, now in his fifth season at LSU, has coached in the NFL while also serving for 12 years in a BCS conference. Under Haley, the Tigers have used depth and talent on the defensive line to wear down opposing offensive linemen. Thus, LSU continued to win the battle in the trenches, a key to success in the rugged SEC. Since 2009, LSU’s defensive line has accounted for 83.5 sacks and forced 34 turnovers, while allowing only 42 rushing touchdowns and holding opponents to 115 yards rushing per game. Haley’s ability to develop players will be tested more than ever in 2013 as the Tigers return just one player – Anthony Johnson – who has started on the defensive line. Gone from the 2012 squad are four NFL Draft picks in Mingo along with Bennie Logan (third round), Sam Montgomery (third round) and Lavar Edwards (fifth round). In 2012, LSU’s defense again ranked among the best in the nation, allowing just 17.5 points per game (12th nationally) along with 101.6 rushing yards (No. 9 nationally) and 307.6 total yards (No. 8 nationally). A year prior during LSU’s march to a perfect 13-0 mark during the regular season, it was the defensive line that often set the tone for the Tigers defense as they used their quickness and pass rushing ability to combine for 28.5 sacks and 64 tackles for loss. LSU’s defense ranked in the top five in the nation in four categories in 2011 as they allowed just seven rushing TD’s all season and held opponents to 10 or fewer points nine times. In 2010, the Tigers had two defensive linemen picked in the NFL Draft – Drake Nevis and Lazarius Levingston - while Al Woods was taken in the draft a year earlier. LSU’s had a defensive lineman picked in the NFL Draft for 10 straight years dating back to 2004. Under Haley’s direction, LSU’s defensive front combined for 39 tackles for losses and 15.5 sacks in 2010 after posting 44 tackles for losses and 14 sacks in 2009. Haley joined the Tigers in the spring of 2009 after a two-year stint as the defensive line coach with the Chicago Bears. In two years with the Bears, Haley coached a defensive line that helped Chicago rank No. 5 in the league in rushing yards allowed per game in 2008. The Bears finished sixth in the NFL in sacks in 2007 with defensive end Tommie Harris earning a spot in the Pro Bowl. Prior to his stop in the NFL, Haley spent three years as the defensive line coach
at Mississippi State from 2004-06. Haley helped improve a Bulldogs defense that finished 41st in the nation in 2006 after finishing 113th a year before his arrival. Under Haley’s watch, Bulldogs defensive end Titus Brown developed into a secondteam all-SEC selection after leading the team and ranking fifth in the conference in sacks in 2006. In 2005, Haley coached the SEC leader in sacks (third in NCAA) and tackles for loss (fourth in NCAA) in Willie Evans, who spent four years in the NFL. Before arriving at Mississippi State, Haley coached linebackers for two years (2002-2003) at Georgia Tech, where he helped the Yellow Jackets to a pair of bowl games. In 2003, he coached a first-team all-ACC performer after Tech’s trio of starting linebackers finished the 2002 season as the team’s top-three tacklers. Previously, Haley was the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Baylor (1999-2001) after coaching outside linebackers for one season each at Clemson (1998) and Houston (1997). The defensive line coach at Troy State from 1994-96, he was promoted to defensive coordinator following the 1996 campaign before leaving for Houston. Haley coached the defensive line at Austin Peay from 1991-93 after starting his college coaching career as a graduate assistant at Arkansas in 1990. His first coaching job was at Enterprise (Ala.) High School in 1989. The Gadsden, Ala., native played linebacker at Alabama A&M from 1984-88 and was inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005. He received Alabama A&M’s Inspiration Award in 1987 and was named football MVP for the 1988 season. He and his wife, Tina, have three sons: Adrian, A.J. and Jeremy.
2013 FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE
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