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Mike MCoy off to a great start... Even with Kyle Orton

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We all wanted him gone and look, now that he's out from under John Fox, it looks as if he is doing pretty well. Broncos are 3-0. Granted, Cincny lloks to be the toughest opponent so far but they are still 3-0. There next three games will let us know what they are made of

Mike McCoy

Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach

Mike McCoy enters his first season as offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach for the Denver Broncos in 2009 after spending the previous nine years coaching for the Carolina Panthers. McCoy, who competed in the Broncos' 1995 training camp as a rookie free agent quarterback, was named to his current position on Jan. 20, 2009.

McCoy held a variety of positions on the Panthers' offensive staff since beginning his coaching career with the club in 2000, including working as Carolina's passing game coordinator/quarterbacks coach for the previous two seasons. He worked closely with quarterback Jake Delhomme in Carolina, helping him to his first career Pro Bowl selection (2005) and four 3,000-yard passing seasons (2003-05, '08).

The Panthers totaled three playoff appearances, two division titles, two NFC Championship Game appearances and a berth in Super Bowl XXXVIII (2003 season) during McCoy's nine years on staff. Carolina tied for the second-best record in the NFC (T-7th in NFL) from 2003-08, posting a 56-40 (.583) mark with McCoy seeing an increased role in coaching its offense in that six-year period.

As passing game coordinator/quarterbacks coach with Carolina from 2007-08, McCoy's passing offense averaged the seventh-most yards per completion (11.7) in the NFL during that time. Delhomme averaged the fifth-most yards per pass attempt (7.8) in the NFL during McCoy's two seasons managing Carolina's passing attack while wide receiver Steve Smith enjoyed similar success, ranking seventh in the league in receiving yards (2,423) over that period.

In 2008, McCoy's instruction helped Delhomme rank fourth in the NFL in yards per pass attempt (7.9) and register his fourth career 3,000-yard passing effort (3,288). His passing offense featured a 1,421-yard receiving output from Smith that was the third best in the league and resulted in the wide receiver earning a Pro Bowl berth. The Panthers' 12-4 regular-season record tied for the best mark by the club in franchise history and resulted in the team earning a first round playoff bye.

Injuries forced the Panthers to start four different quarterbacks (none for more than three games in a row) in 2007, but McCoy's group of passers answered the challenge. Carolina became the first NFL team in 10 years to win at least one game with four different starters at quarterback (Delhomme, David Carr, Matt Moore and Vinny Testaverde).

McCoy's instruction in 2007 prepared Moore, a rookie college free agent, to start the Panthers' final three games and post victories in two of those three contests.

From 2002-06, McCoy served as the Panthers' quarterbacks coach and also handled offensive assistant duties for the club during the first year of that period. His teaching helped Delhomme total 89 touchdown passes in the four-year period from 2003-06 that represented the fifth-highest total in the NFL.

In 2006, Delhomme registered a career-high 61.0 completion percentage with McCoy's instruction helping him post a 1.55 touchdown-to-interception ratio (17-11) that was the 10th best in the league. The Panthers had an 11-5 record and advanced to the NFC Championship Game in 2005, and McCoy's efforts with Delhomme helped the quarterback tie for fourth in the league with 24 touchdown passes to earn his first Pro Bowl selection.

Delhomme enjoyed a career-year under McCoy in 2004, registering personal bests in passing yards (3,886) and touchdown passes (29) that both marked the second-best season totals in Panthers annals. Delhomme's 1.93 touchdown-to-interception ratio (29-15) also ranked fifth in the NFL for the season.

McCoy helped the Panthers to an NFC South title and their first-ever Super Bowl berth (XXXVIII) during the 2003 season. Delhomme, in his first year as an NFL starter, registered a league-high seven fourth-quarter comeback drives that season.

Carolina named McCoy its wide receivers coach in 2001, and he oversaw the development of Smith during his rookie campaign. Wide receivers Mushin Muhammad and Donald Hayes each recorded 50+catch and 500+receiving yards under McCoy's instruction that year.

McCoy's coaching career began with Carolina as its offensive assistant in 2000, and he was thrust into the quarterbacks coaching role four weeks into the season. He worked closely with veteran Steve Beuerlein, helping him total 3,730 passing yards that ranked seventh in the NFL.

A quarterback in college, McCoy spent his first two seasons playing for Long Beach State University from 1990-91 under legendary Head Coach George Allen before transferring to the University of Utah for his final two years. His collegiate career ended in dramatic fashion in 1994 when he threw a game-winning, 5-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Kevin Dyson in the final minute to give Utah a 16-13 win against Arizona in the Freedom Bowl.

The Broncos signed McCoy as a college free agent in 1995, and he spent the regular season as a rookie on Green Bay's practice squad. He saw his first professional playing time with NFL Europe's Amsterdam Admirals in 1997 and spent one game on San Francisco's roster as its third quarterback that year. McCoy competed in training camp with Philadelphia in 1998 before concluding his playing career with the Canadian Football League's Calgary Stampeders in 1999.

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