Marty Mornhinweg
Offensive Coordinator, Philadelphia Eagles
Marty Mornhinweg is in his ninth season in Philadelphia and his eighth as the Eagles’ assistant head coach/offensive coordinator. Known as one of the top offensive minds in the league, Mornhinweg has put together record-setting performances for two different franchises in the role of offensive coordinator.
For the third consecutive season, Mornhinweg’s offensive troops shattered the franchise record for points scored with 439 in 2010. That total ranked 3rd in the NFL. The Eagles ranked 2nd overall in total net yards (6,230), also a franchise record. The 2010 Eagles also became the first squad in NFL history to average 4.0+ rushing yards per attempt in all 16 regular season games and finished with a franchise record and league-best 5.4 average. For his efforts, Mornhinweg earned NFL assistant coach of the year honors from Pro Football Weekly.
Mornhinweg played a huge part of the rebirth of Michael Vick in 2010. Named comeback player of the year as well as earning a Pro Bowl berth, Vick became the 2nd quarterback in NFL history to throw for 3,000+ yards (career high 3,018), rush for 500+ yards (676), and accrue a 100+ QB rating (career high 100.2) in the same season, joining Steve Young in 1992.
Since Mornhinweg took over the play-calling duties in 2006, the Eagles lead the NFL in 25-plus-yard pass plays (184) and yards per touch (8.1), rank third in total net yards (29,396), and fifth in points per game (25.2). In fact, Mornhinweg has orchestrated four of the five best scoring outputs and yardage outputs in team history.
In 2008, Mornhinweg guided QB Donovan McNabb to franchise records in yards (3,916) and completions (345), while leading the Eagles to an NFC Championship game appearance.
The Eagles offense finished 6th in the NFL in 2007 with 358.1 yards of total offense per game. RB Brian Westbrook set a franchise record with 2,104 scrimmage yards, while finishing 3rd in the NFL with 1,333 rushing yards.
Mornhinweg joined the Eagles as a senior assistant coach in 2003 after spending the previous two seasons as head coach of the Detroit Lions. From 1997-2000, he served as the offensive coordinator of the San Francisco 49ers. In 1998, the 49ers became the first team since the 1941 Chicago Bears to lead the league in gross passing and rushing yards en route to a franchise-best 6,800 yards.
Mornhinweg and Andy Reid coached together as offensive assistant coaches in Green Bay from 1995-96. In 1996, Mornhinweg tutored the Packers as Brett Favre captured MVP honors in leading the team to a Super Bowl XXXI win over New England. The two also coached together at Texas-El Paso in 1987 and at Missouri in 1991.
Five quarterbacks have earned Pro Bowl honors while working under Mornhinweg: Michael Vick, Donovan McNabb, Brett Favre, Steve Young and Jeff Garcia.
In all, Mornhinweg coached on the collegiate level for 10 seasons: Northern Arizona (1998 and 1994), Missouri (1991-93), Southeast Missouri State (1989-90), Texas-El Paso (1986-87), and Montana (1985).
Born in Edmond, OK (3/29/1962), Mornhinweg was the Northern California player of the year and an all-state performer as a senior at Oak Grove HS in San Jose, CA, where he played under Cleveland Browns president and legendary coach Mike Holmgren, an assistant coach at the school.
He went on to be a four-year starter at Montana, where he established 15 passing records for the Grizzlies. Mornhinweg has been inducted into both the Grizzly Sports Hall of Fame at the University of Montana and the Oak Grove High School Hall of Fame.
Mornhinweg also was a quarterback for the 1987 Arena Football League champion Denver Dynamite before suffering a career ending knee injury.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in health and physical education from Montana and a master’s degree in health and physical education /sports administration from Texas-El Paso in 1988. He and his wife, Lindsay, have four children, two daughters Madison and Molly Lynn, and two sons, Skyler and Bobby Cade, and they reside in South Philadelphia.