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Adam Gase enters his first season as passing game specialist for the Los Angeles Chargers in 2026, bringing with him 18 seasons of NFL coaching experience, including five as a head coach for the Miami Dolphins and New York Jets.

Adam Gase enters his first season as passing game specialist for the Los Angeles Chargers in 2026, bringing with him 18 seasons of NFL coaching experience, including five as a head coach for the Miami Dolphins and New York Jets.

Over his five seasons as a head coach, Gase coached eight different players to a combined nine Pro Bowl selections, including three that earned Associated Press All-Pro recognition. In Gase's first season as head coach for Miami in 2016, he led the Dolphins to a 10-6 record and a postseason appearance. The campaign was highlighted by quarterback Ryan Tannehill setting then-career highs in completion percentage (67.1), yards per attempt (7.7) and passer rating (93.5).

In 2015, Gase was the offensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears under Head Coach John Fox, who he coached under with the Denver Broncos from 2011-14. In the Windy City, Gase coached tackle Kyle Long to a Pro Bowl selection and helped quarterback Jay Cutler to the highest passer rating of his career (92.3) and a career-best passing interception percentage (2.3).

Gase coached six seasons (2009-14) with the Denver Broncos, working with the wide receivers for two seasons (2009-10) before coaching quarterbacks form 2011-12 and, ultimately, working as the offensive coordinator from 2013-14. As offensive coordinator, he oversaw a record-setting offense that produced over 430 total net yards per game, including league bests with 315.8 net passing yards per game and 34 points per game. He called plays 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, Hall of Fame quarterback 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.

As quarterbacks coach, Gase showcased his versatility and ability to coach to players' strengths. In his first season tutoring the position for the Broncos, he navigated coaching the differing play-styles of quarterbacks Kyle Orton and Tim Tebow. Gase coached Tebow to rush for 660 yards and six scores en route to an AFC West title and postseason berth. In Gase's second season coaching Denver quarterbacks in 2012, he helped the newly-signed Manning to return from injury to throw for 4,659 yards and 37 touchdowns, registering a 105.8 passer rating.

Gase began his time with the Broncos as wide receivers coach, tutoring a pair of Pro Bowlers in Brandon Marshall (2009) and Brandon Lloyd (2010). Lloyd led the NFL in 2010 with 1,448 receiving yards on 77 receptions (18.8 avg.). In 2009, Marshall recorded 101 catches for 1,120 yards (11.1 avg.) and 10 touchdowns. That season, Gase coached Marshall to set the all-time single-game receptions record with 21 catches in a December game against Indianapolis that saw the Pro Bowl receiver total 200 receiving yards and a pair of touchdown grabs.

Prior to his time in Denver, Gase spent the 2008 season as an offensive assistant with the San Francisco 49ers and coached five years (2003-07) for the Detroit Lions. In San Francisco, he helped on an offense that saw Hall of Fame running back Frank Gore eclipse 1,000 rushing yards. Gase first entered the NFL coaching ranks with Detroit as a scouting/coaching assistant from 2003-05 before moving to offensive quality control in 2006 and, ultimately, quarterbacks coach in 2007. In Gase's lone season as quarterbacks coach for the Lions, he helped quarterback Jon Kitna record 4,068 passing yards for his second-straight 4,000-yard passing season.

Gase attended Michigan State University from 1996-99, working as a student assistant under Head Coach Nick Saban. He was a graduate assistant under Saban at Louisiana State University in 2000 before transitioning to a recruiting assistant for the Tigers from 2001-02. Gase was part of a program that won a Southeastern Conference championship in 2001.

Gase and his wife, Jennifer, have a daughter, McKenzie, and two sons, A.J. and Wyatt.