The Buffalo Bills promoted offensive coordinator Joe Brady to head coach in the wake of former head coach Sean McDermott’s firing. Over the last few weeks, Brady has worked to assemble his coaching staff, including bringing in offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael, defensive coordinator Jim Leonard, and special teams coordinator Jeff Rodgers. On Thursday, Brady confirmed that he will retain seven members of his 2025 offensive staff next season.
Brady said that running backs coach Kelly Skipper, assistant
offensive line coach Austin Gund, tight ends coach Rob Boras, offensive quality control coach/assistant wide receivers coach DJ Mangas, passing game specialist/game management coach Mark Lubick, offensive assistant Amelia Wilson, and offensive quality control coach Kyle Shurmur will all remain on staff with the Bills next season.
As Sal Capaccio tweeted, while their 2025 jobs are listed, their roles could change moving forward. Buffalo’s offense was fourth in scoring, fourth in total yards, and first in rushing yards and attempts. The Bills were 15th in passing yards and seventh in passing touchdowns despite ranking just twenty-fifth in passing attempts.
Of the coaches Brady will retain, Boras is one of three who have been with Buffalo for nine seasons, having coached the team’s tight ends since the 2017 season. He has overseen the development of Dawson Knox and Dalton Kincaid. He also helped a pair of rookies — undrafted Keleki Latu and, more significantly, fifth-round draft choice Jackson Hawes — make big contributions throughout the 2025 season. He was the Los Angeles Rams’ offensive coordinator in 2016, and he has coached tight ends at the NFL level since the 2004 season.
Kelly Skipper is the other 2017 hire who will stick with the team, as he has coached Buffalo’s running backs for the last nine seasons. Skipper has worked with everyone from LeSean McCoy to James Cook III during his tenure with the team, and he’s done a phenomenal job developing Buffalo’s backs. The Bills have drafted Devin Singletary, Zack Moss, and Ray Davis in addition to Cook during Skipper’s time with the team, and each of those players have had solid NFL careers, with Cook obviously being the cream of the crop.
Mark Lubick has also been with Buffalo since the 2017 season. According to his biography on the team’s website, he has served “a variety of roles on offense” during his tenure. He played safety at Montana State, but he has coached mostly wide receivers and quarterbacks since moving onto the sidelines.
Austin Gund was another big name on staff, as he served as the assistant to renowned offensive line coach Aaron Kromer for the last three seasons. With Kromer having retired, the Bills hired former Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line coach Pat Meyer, who was an assistant of Kromer’s in Buffalo for the 2015 and 2016 seasons.
Shurmur and Mangas have been with Buffalo since 2022 and 2023, respectively. Amelia Wilson joined the team as a Fellowship Coach during training camp ahead of the 2024 NFL season.
