Coaches

Dave McGinnis, a 36-year coaching veteran, enters his sixth season with the Titans as the club's linebackers coach and fifth as Assistant Head Coach.
 
McGinnis has 23 seasons of NFL experience, including three and a half years as the head coach for the Arizona Cardinals. One of the most respected defensive minds in the game, McGinnis directed the Cardinals defense as their defensive coordinator from 1996 to 2000.
 
Under McGinnis' direction, Keith Bulluck has matured into one of the finest linebackers in the NFL. Bulluck led the team in tackles in six of the last seven seasons, with 100 or more stops in every campaign, posted a career-high five sacks in 2004 and 2005 and a franchise record for interceptions by a linebacker with five in 2007. David Thornton joined the Titans as a free agent in 2006 and has amassed 355 tackles in three seasons. Last season, Stephen Tulloch took over the starting middle linebacker job and ranked second on the team in tackles with 98. In each of the last two seasons, the Titans ranked in the NFL's top 10 in defense (5th in 2007 & 7th in 2008) and rushing defense (5th & 6th).
 
As defensive coordinator in Arizona, he led a group that produced three Pro Bowlers in CB Aeneas Williams, DT Eric Swann and DE Simeon Rice. Rice also earned AP Rookie of the Year honors in 1996 and tallied 51.5 sacks in his tenure with the team, including a franchise record 16.5 sacks in 1999. His 1998 defense helped lead Arizona to the playoffs and ranked third in the league in takeaways with 39. He totaled 16 wins (16-33) in three full seasons as head coach.
 
McGinnis built his reputation and knowledge during a 10-year stint (1986-95) with the Chicago Bears as a linebackers coach, where he worked with one of the best linebacker corps in the game: Mike Singletary, Wilber Marshall and Otis Wilson. He coached Hall of Famer Mike Singletary for seven of his 12 years in the league with each ending in a trip to the Pro Bowl. During his tenure in Chicago, the Bears advanced to the playoffs six times and the defense finished in the top six of the NFL in defense six times, including a first or second place ranking three times.
 
Prior to joining the NFL ranks, McGinnis spent 13 years in college football with stops at his alma mater Texas Christian University (1973-74, '82), Missouri (1975-77), Indiana State (1978, '80-81) and Kansas State (1983-85).
 
McGinnis was a three-year starter as a defensive back at TCU, where he graduated in 1973 with a degree in business management.
 
Born in Independence, Kan. (8/7/51), and raised in Snyder, Texas, McGinnis resides in Nashville, Tenn., with his wife Kim.

Dave McGinnis Coaching Ledger
2005-09:  Assistant Head Coach/Linebackers, Tennessee Titans
2004:  Linebackers, Tennessee Titans
2000-2003:  Head Coach, Arizona Cardinals (named head coach 12/18/00)
1996-2000:  Defensive Coordinator, Arizona Cardinals
1986-95:  Linebackers, Chicago Bears
1983-85:  Defensive Ends/Linebackers, Kansas State
1982:  Defensive Backs, Texas Christian
1978, '80-81: Defensive Backs, Indiana State
1976-77:  Defensive Backs, Missouri
1975:  Graduate Assistant, Missouri
1973-74:  Graduate Assistant, Texas Christian