The Tennessee Titans hired former NFL head coach Mike Mularkey as their tight ends coach on Wednesday.
Mularkey has 19 years of NFL coaching experience, including three seasons as a head coach of two teams.
A former NFL tight end, he played nine seasons and a total of 114 games with the Minnesota Vikings and Pittsburgh Steelers.
Mularkey joins the Titans after one season as the head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2012, and four seasons (2008-11) as offensive coordinator for the Atlanta Falcons.
“Mike brings a wealth of experience, both as a coordinator and a head coach,” Titans head coach Ken Whisenhunt said in a statement. “Selfishly, for me, he brings a lot to the table, having been in this situation before. There are things that I will use him for moving forward that will help us a team. He has had a lot of success in this league and we are lucky to have him.”
Mularkey became the fourth head coach in Jaguars history in 2012 and was let go after a 2-14 season.
“I am excited to back in the league,” Mularkey said in a statement. “I took some time off for family time. I got a chance to do some things with them, which I haven’t gotten to do over the last 20 years of coaching. I am definitely excited to get back and excited to get back with Ken.
“We go way back in our relationship, back to when we were players in the NFL and even to college when he was at Georgia Tech and I was at Florida. We have been friends for a long time and we had an opportunity to work together in Pittsburgh and had some success there and hopefully I will help him have success here in Nashville.”
Mularkey spent two seasons (2004-05) as head coach for the Buffalo Bills, where he posted a 14-18 record. In his first season with the Bills, the team finished 9-7 to post their only winning season over the last decade. He also spent two seasons (2006-07) with the Miami Dolphins as offensive coordinator under Nick Saban in 2006 and tight ends coach in 2007 under Cam Cameron.