Biography

Brick Haley is the defensive line coach for the Chicago Bears. The

18-year coaching veteran comes to Chicago after three seasons

as the defensive line coach at Mississippi State. Haley has been a

collegiate coach at eight institutions, including time as a

defensive coordinator at Baylor and Troy State.

Haley spent the last three seasons as the defensive line coach for

Mississippi State University. Haley helped improve a Bulldogs defense

that finished 41st in the nation in 2006 after finishing 113th a year before

his arrival. MSU ranked 36th in rush defense last year and 33rd in tackles

for loss. Under Haley’s watch, Bulldogs defensive end Titus Brown

developed into a second-team All-SEC selection after leading the team

and ranking fifth in the conference in sacks in 2006. Another Haley

protégé, Michael Heard, ranked 10th in the SEC in sacks in 2006.

The previous year Haley coached the SEC leader in sacks (third in NCAA)

and tackles for loss (fourth in NCAA) in Willie Evans.

Before arriving at Mississippi State, Haley spent 2002-2003 as Georgia Tech’s linebackers coach where he helped the Yellow Jackets to a pair of postseason 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 the position at Houston. Haley coached the defensive line at Austin Peay from 1991-1993 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, AL native played high school football for Emma Sansom High School and went on to play 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 MVP for the 1988 season. He and his wife, Tina, have three sons: Adrian, A.J. and Jeremy.