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Coaching Accomplishments
• Enters his second year as the team's wide receivers coach after one season working with the quarterbacks.
• Took over a young group of Cal receivers that had just 13 career catches as a unit entering 2008 and has turned them into an experienced group that will battle each other for playing time in 2009.
• Hired as the Bears' full-time quarterbacks coach in January of 2007 and helped the team's signal-callers throw for over 3,000 yards for just the sixth time in program history.
• Spent three years working with the Cal offensive line as a graduate assistant, assisting with game-planning, opponent scouting and individual player development.
• Coached the quarterbacks for one season at UC Davis, his alma mater.
Accomplishments as a Player
• Selected in the fifth round of the 1999 NFL Draft by Tennessee and was a quarterback for the Titans during their run to the 1999 Super Bowl.
• Also a member of the San Diego Chargers (2000), Atlanta Falcons (2000) and San Francisco 49ers (2001) before rejoining the Titans in 2002, where he set an NFL Europe record by throwing for 30 career touchdown passes.
• Led the Scottish Claymores to the NFL Europe World Bowl in 2000 and played for the Amsterdam Admirals in 2002.
• Spent two seasons in the Arena Football League, with the San Jose SaberCats in 2003 and the Indiana Firebirds in 2004.
• One of the most prolific passers in the history of UC Davis, Daft set five NCAA Division II records and still ranks third in passing yards (7,601) and second in touchdown passes (68) at the school.
• A two-time All-American who led the Aggies to the Divison II semifinals.
• Also a finalist for the Harlon Hill Trophy and played in both the Hula Bowl and the Blue-Gray All-Star game.
• Inducted into the UC Davis Athletic Hall of Fame in June 2005.
The Daft File
Birthdate November 19, 1975
Hometown Tustin, Calif.
High School Foothill HS
College UC Davis '99
Bachelor's in Biology
Graduate School California '07
Master's in Education
Family wife, Kesa
daughters, Talia and Caroline
Coaching History
2008-Present California
Wide Receivers
2007 California
Quarterbacks
2004-06 California
Graduate Assistant, Offensive Line
2003 UC Davis
Volunteer Assistant, Quarterbacks
Bowl Games (5)
2008 Emerald California 2007 Armed Forces California 2006 Holiday California 2005 Las Vegas California 2004 Holiday California
Last Updated: August 28, 2009
