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Tight Ends
Ben McAdoo begins his third season with the Packers as tight ends coach, his fifth season overall in the NFL.
Named to his position Jan. 17, 2006, by Head Coach Mike McCarthy, the 31-year-old McAdoo is an up-and-coming member of the coaching alliance. He replaced current offensive coordinator Joe Philbin, who had been promoted to offensive line coach at the time. In each of McAdoo's previous two NFL tenures, he has worked with McCarthy.
In 2007, McAdoo oversaw the development of Donald Lee from backup role player to productive NFL starter. Lee posted career highs with 48 catches for 575 yards and six touchdowns in his first full year as a starter, earning a multi-year contract extension by midseason. The previous year, McAdoo helped Green Bay's tight ends adapt successfully to additional blocking and pass protection duties they hadn't previously been assigned.
McAdoo came to Green Bay from the San Francisco 49ers, where he served in 2005 as assistant offensive line/quality control coach. In that role, he assisted the offensive line and tight ends.
Prior to joining the 49ers, he had a brief stint at Stanford University as tackles and tight ends coach. He resigned after the '05 recruiting season to take the 49ers position and reunite with McCarthy, then the San Francisco offensive coordinator, with whom he worked in New Orleans the previous season.
McAdoo, pronounced (MACK-ah-dew), entered the NFL coaching ranks in 2004 with the New Orleans Saints as an offensive assistant/quality control. He worked directly with McCarthy and assisted the offensive line and tight ends.
Prior to working in the NFL, McAdoo spent 2003 as an offensive assistant at the University of Pittsburgh, helping the Panthers earn a trip to the Continental Tire Bowl after an 8-5 season. At season's end, the University of Akron hired him as an assistant coach, but he stayed only through the '04 recruiting period before joining the Saints staff.
Earlier, he served as offensive line/tight ends coach at Fairfield (Conn.) University in 2002. After that campaign, the head coach left the team and McAdoo was appointed assistant head coach before the program was disbanded.
He began his college coaching career at Michigan State (2001) as a special teams/offensive assistant, on the heels of coaching four years at the high school level. He spent two years at the Homer Center school district in Pennsylvania and two years in the Indiana area.
McAdoo attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) and earned a degree in health and physical education. Later, he received his master's degree in kinesiology from Michigan State.
Born in Homer City, Pa., McAdoo and his wife, Toni, live in De Pere.
MCADOO AT A GLANCE
- Joined Packers Jan. 17, 2006.
- Has worked with Head Coach Mike McCarthy in each of previous two NFL tenures, with New Orleans and San Francisco.
| Year | College/Pro Team | Position Coached |
| 2001 | Michigan State | Special Teams/Offensive Assistant |
| 2002 | *Fairfield University | Offensive Line/Tight Ends |
| 2003 | University of Pittsburgh | Offensive Assistant |
| 2004 | University of Akron | Assistant Coach |
| 2004 | New Orleans Saints | Off. Assistant/Quality Control |
| 2005 | Stanford University | Tackles/Tight Ends |
| 2005 | San Francisco 49ers | Asst. Off. Line/Quality Control |
| 2006-08 | Green Bay Packers | Tight Ends |
* Named assistant head coach following 2002 season before football program disbanded.