Professional Bio

3rd Year NFL Coach • 1st with Chiefs

Eric Price enters his first season as the Chiefs wide receivers coach after the last four years as the offensive coordinator at UTEP. He previously coached with Kansas City head coach Herm Edwards for two years as an offensive assistant with the N.Y. Jets (2001-02). Price owns an extensive background as an offensive coach on the collegiate level, enjoying stints coaching both wide receivers and quarterbacks, in addition to his experience as an offensive coordinator. Price displayed a penchant for getting production out of young players at UTEP, a trend he hopes to continue in Kansas City. The Chiefs youthful receiving corps is headlined by second-year pro WR Dwayne Bowe, who led all NFL rookies with 70 receptions for 995 yards in 2007.

Prior to joining Kansas City, Price served as the offensive coordinator at UTEP for the last four seasons (2004-07). In addition, he tutored the wide receivers his first three years with the Miners before coaching the quarterbacks in 2007. He led an offensive attack that scored 30 points or more on 30 different occasions and racked up 400 yards or more of total offense 28 times in the last four seasons.

Price oversaw an offensive unit that featured a pair of record-setting players. Freshman QB Trevor Vittatoe threw for 3,101 yards and 25 touchdowns for the Miners a year ago, the best totals by a freshman in school history. His 3,101 passing yards were the second-highest total by a freshman in the nation. Sophomore WR Jeff Moturi caught 13 touchdown passes, the second-highest total in Miners history, including a score in 10 consecutive games. The running game featured RB Marcus Thomas who ran for 1,166 yards and 16 touchdowns, the second-highest total in school history.

In 2006 UTEP ranked fifth in the country in passing offense under Price’s leadership, averaging 312.8 passing yards per game. QB Jordan Palmer threw for a school-record 3,595 yards as the club compiled 3,754 total passing yards, the best mark in school history. All-America WR Johnnie Lee Higgins, Jr. averaged 109.9 receiving yards per game to rank second in the nation. He finished his career owning school records with 3,218 receiving yards, 32 TD receptions and 11 100-yard games.

The Miners scored 30 points or more in seven games and topped the 40-point plateau on four occasions in 2005. Price helped the offense rank ninth in the nation by averaging 300.6 passing yards per game. The offense featured three receivers who posted a 100-yard receiving game.

Price got his initial NFL coaching experience as an offensive assistant with the N.Y. Jets (2001-02). He was instrumental in the development of Jets QB Chad Pennington. Price helped prepare Pennington for his move into the starting lineup, as he opened the final 12 games of the 2002 season.

The Pullman, Washington native served as the quarterbacks coach for three seasons at Washington State (’98-00) while his father, Mike Price served as the head coach. The younger Price helped develop QBs Jason Gesser and Matt Kegel during his time with the Cougars.

Prior to joining his father, Price coached the wide receivers at Northern Arizona (’96-97), California Polytechnic San Luis Obispo (’94-95) and Miami (’92-93). He was instrumental in tutoring a Hurricanes squad that led the country in pass offense in ‘92. He enjoyed a stint as a graduate assistant at Hawaii (’91) after beginning his collegiate coaching career as a student assistant at Weber State (’90). Price started his coaching resume with two Australian club teams in ‘85.

The Weber State product was a two-year letterman for the Wildcats, playing wide receiver under his father. Price began his collegiate career at Dixie Junior College in St. George, Utah. He earned USA Today honorable mention All-America accolades as a senior at Ogden High School in Ogden, Utah.

Price comes from a football family. His father, Mike is a 37-year coaching veteran and is currently entering his fifth season as the head coach at UTEP. Price’s brother, Aaron is the wide receivers and kickers coach at UTEP.

Personal Bio

Education: Weber State (B.S. ‘90). Born: Pullman, Washington. Family: Wife - Jody; Children - Emma and Andrew.