The Los Angeles Chargers today announced new hires to Head Coach Jim Harbaugh's 2026 coaching staff.

Butch Barry joins the Bolts as offensive line coach, bringing over 20 years of experience coaching the position across professional and college football. He held the same title with the Miami Dolphins under current Chargers Offensive Coordinator Mike McDaniel over the last three seasons (2023-25). In that span, the Dolphins produced a pair of 1,000-yard rushers and Barry's offensive line paved the way for the NFL's top-ranked offense in 2023, leading the league in total offense (401.3 net yards per game) and passing offense (265.5 net passing yards per game) while allowing the fewest quarterback hits. Prior to Miami, Barry coached the offensive line for the Denver Broncos in 2022. He had previously worked as the assistant offensive line coach for the San Francisco 49ers in 2021 and as a senior analyst for the Green Bay Packers in 2020. Barry spent the 2019 season as the offensive line coach at the University of Miami, joining the Hurricanes after a four-year tenure as the assistant offensive line coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2015-18).

A three-year letterman as an offensive lineman at Central Michigan University, Barry broke into coaching at his alma mater, working as a graduate assistant for the Chippewas from 2002-03. He then spent time as the offensive line coach at Southwest Minnesota State (2004-05) and Michigan Technological University (2006) before adding offensive coordinator responsibilities at Michigan Tech from 2007-08. Barry worked at North Greenville University for the 2009 season as offensive coordinator/offensive line coach/recruiting coordinator before returning to Central Michigan, coaching tight ends from 2010-13 and the offensive line in 2014.

Julian Campenni enters the NFL coaching ranks with the Chargers in 2026 as assistant defensive line coach. He spent the last two seasons at Rutgers University, coaching outside linebackers in 2025 and defensive ends in 2024. Prior to Rutgers, Campenni spent five seasons at Bowling Green State University (2019-23), working up from defensive line coach to add assistant head coach and defensive run game coordinator responsibilities. In 2023, Campenni helped the Falcons lead the country with 28 turnovers and pace the Mid-American Conference with 11 fumble recoveries. He spent the summer prior to the 2022 season with the Green Bay Packers as part of the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship.

Campenni broke into coaching as a defensive line coach at Wyoming Area High School in Exeter, Pa., in 2016 before working two years as a graduate assistant at Boston College (2017-18). Over four seasons as a defensive lineman at the University of Connecticut (2012-15), Campenni appeared in 47 career games for the Huskies, making 38 starts and totaling 15 tackles for loss. As a senior, he was voted a team captain and earned second-team All-American Athletic Conference honors.

After spending the last two seasons with the Miami Dolphins, Rob Everett joins the Bolts as an offensive assistant in 2026. He contributed on an offensive staff that helped running back De'Von Achane register 1,838 yards from scrimmage (1,350 rushing, 488 receiving) and 12 touchdowns (eight rushing, four receiving). Prior to Miami, Everett worked as a senior offensive analyst at the University of Wisconsin (2023) and as an offensive analyst at the University of North Carolina (2022). He spent the spring of 2019 with the Alliance of American Football's Memphis Express, coaching tight ends and as assistant to the defensive coordinator. Everett spent the next three years (2019-21) as a football consultant for several NCAA and high school teams.

A graduate of the University of Michigan, Everett got his start in coaching at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Va., as offensive line coach from 2002-03. He then spent seven years (2004-10) as the head coach at John R. Lewis High School in Springfield, Va., leading the team to a state quarterfinal appearance. Everett coached the next five seasons as the defensive coordinator of Westfield High School in Chantilly, Va., before breaking into the college ranks at Bridgewater College from 2016-18 as the defensive coordinator.

A former head coach of the Miami Dolphins (2016-18) and New York Jets (2019-20), Adam Gase returns to the NFL as passing game specialist for the Chargers in 2026. He brings 18 years of NFL experience, including a season as offensive coordinator for Chicago (2015) and two years as the offensive coordinator for Denver (2013-14). Gase called plays as offensive coordinator for a 2013 Denver Broncos team that represented the AFC in Super Bowl XLVIII and set numerous NFL offensive records, including points scored (606) and passing yards (5,444) while five different players registered 10-plus touchdowns. That season, Peyton Manning set NFL single-season records for passing yards (5,477), touchdown passes (55) and passing yards per game (342.3), earning consensus Most Valuable Player honors. Gase worked his way up the ranks in Denver, spending time as wide receivers coach (2009-10) and quarterbacks coach (2011-12) before his time as offensive coordinator.

Gase attended Michigan State University from 1996-99, working as a student assistant under Head Coach Nick Saban. He then worked as a graduate assistant under Saban at Louisiana State University in 2000 before transitioning to work as a recruiting assistant for the Tigers from 2001-02. Gase broke into the NFL as a scouting/coaching assistant from 2003-05 with the Detroit Lions under Steve Mariucci before spending the 2006 season an offensive quality control coach. Gase then worked at Detroit's quarterbacks coach in 2007, helping Jon Kitna record 4,068 passing yards for his second-straight 4,000-yard passing season. After his time in Detroit, Gase spent the 2008 season as an offensive assistant for the San Francisco 49ers, helping running back Frank Gore eclipse 1,000 rushing yards before joining the Broncos a year later.

Chandler Henley, who spent four seasons coaching under current Chargers Offensive Coordinator Mike McDaniel in Miami, will coach tight ends for the Bolts. With the Dolphins, Henley worked as assistant quarterbacks coach (2022-23), a senior offensive assistant (2024) and run game specialist (2025). Last season as run game specialist, Henley helped orchestrate a Miami rushing attack that featured De'Von Achane totaling 1,350 yards and eight touchdowns. In his first three seasons with the Dolphins, Henley worked with the quarterbacks, helping Tua Tagovailoa earn a Pro Bowl selection and lead the NFL in passing yards in 2023, while pacing the league in passer rating in 2022. Prior to Miami, Henley was the assistant offensive line coach in Atlanta during the 2021 season, where he worked on a staff that helped running back Cordarrelle Patterson total 1,166 yards from scrimmage. Henley broke into the NFL as a quality control coach with the Tennessee Titans in 2018, helping the offense average 144.5 rushing yards per game over his three-year tenure (2018-20).

A native of Littleton, Colo., Henley played wide receiver at Yale from 2002-06, helping the Bulldogs to an Ivy League title as a senior. He broke into coaching in 2012 at Vanderbilt University, working as a graduate assistant for two seasons (2012-13) before working as assistant quarterbacks coach in 2014. Henley returned to his alma mater to coach tight ends from 2015-17, helping Jaeden Graham earn first-team All-Ivy League honors.

A 10-year NFL coaching veteran with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Denzel Martin comes to Los Angeles as assistant outside linebackers coach. He worked his way up the ranks in Pittsburgh from a scouting assistant (2016-17), defensive coaching assistant (2018-19), assistant outside linebackers coach (2020-22) to outside linebackers coach from 2023-25. Over his six seasons working with the pass rushers, Martin helped linebacker T.J. Watt earn NFL Defensive Player of the Year honors (2021) and three first-team All-Pro selections (2020-21, '23) from The Associated Press. Watt topped 10.0 sacks in four of those seasons, including leading the NFL three times — 15.0 in 2020, a career-best and then-NFL-record 22.5 in 2021 and 19.0 in 2023.

Martin played linebacker at the University of Missouri from 2010-14 before working as a recruiting graduate assistant for the Tigers football program in 2015. He then made his transition to the NFL, joining the Steelers as a scouting assistant in 2016. As Pittsburgh's defensive coaching assistant, Martin handled the daily operations for the defense, working primarily with the inside linebackers in 2018 before moving to focus on the defensive line and outside linebackers in 2019.

Max McCaffrey joins the Bolts as running backs coach after spending the last three seasons (2023-25) as an offensive assistant with the Miami Dolphins under current Chargers Offensive Coordinator Mike McDaniel. He contributed to a staff that coached the NFL's top offense in 2023, leading the league that season in total offense (401.3 net yards per game) and passing offense (265.5 net passing yards per game) while ranking No. 2 in scoring offense (29.2). That season, quarterback Tua Tagovailoa led the NFL in passing yards (4,624) and the Dolphins were just the 18th team in NFL history to boast a 4,000-yard passer, 1,000-yard rusher and two 1,000-yard receivers in the same season.

A graduate of Duke University, McCaffrey played wide receiver for the Blue Devils from 2012-15, catching 117 passes for 1,341 yards (11.5 avg.) and 12 touchdowns. He went on to spend time in the NFL as a wide receiver with Oakland, Green Bay, New Orleans, Jacksonville and San Francisco. McCaffrey broke into the coaching ranks at the University of Northern Colorado in 2020, working as offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach from 2021-22 after the 2020 season was canceled due to COVID-19. He is the eldest son of former NFL wide receiver Ed McCaffrey and is the brother of San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey, former University of Michigan quarterback Dylan McCaffrey and Washington Commanders wide receiver Luke McCaffrey.

After coaching with Chargers Defensive Coordinator Chris O'Leary at Western Michigan in 2025, Sean Spence joins the Bolts on O'Leary's staff as linebackers coach. He coached the last three seasons for the Broncos in Kalamazoo, Mich., working his way up from special teams analyst in 2023 to linebackers coach in 2024 before working as edges coach in 2025. Last season, Spence coached senior defensive end Nadame Tucker to earn first-team All-Mid-American Conference honors, MAC Defensive Player of the Year and the Vern Smith Leadership Award, which annually recognizes the MAC's overall Most Valuable Player.

A native of Miami, Fla., Spence played seven NFL seasons (2012-17) after being selected as a third-round pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2012 NFL Draft (86th overall). He also played for Tennessee and Indianapolis, overlapping some of his time in the Steel City with current Chargers outside linebacker Bud Dupree (2015, '17 seasons). Spence played college football at Miami, earning Atlantic Coast Conference Defensive Rookie of the Year and first-team Freshman All-America from College Football News as a true freshman in 2008. He went on to earn second-team All-ACC honors as a junior in 2010 and first-team All-ACC recognition as a senior in 2011, also finishing as a semifinalist for the Butkus Award, which annually recognizes the nation's top linebacker.