Duce Staley to handle head coaching duties with Eagles

THOMAS GRANT JR.
chroniclesports@yahoo.com
Posted 8/4/20

Former Airport High School and University of South Carolina running back Duce Staley has been promoted temporary head coaching position with the Philadelphia Eagles.

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Duce Staley to handle head coaching duties with Eagles

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Former Airport High School and University of South Carolina running back Duce Staley has been promoted temporary head coaching position with the Philadelphia Eagles.

The assistant coach is for now in charge of the team at their NovaCare Complex following the covid-19 diagnosis of head coach Doug Pederson.

A multi-talented running back for the Eagles (1997-2003) and Pittsburgh Steelers (2004-06), Staley gained 5,785 yards during his career, including 4,807 with the Eagles (fifth most in team history). He also ranks 6th in the Eagles record book with 7,305 total yards from scrimmage and 16th with 275 receptions. 

Drafted in the 3rd round out of South Carolina, where Staley in the school’s Athletics Hall of Fame, he was voted by his teammates as the Eagles offensive MVP three times (1998, '99 and 2002) and earned a Super Bowl XL championship ring with the Steelers in 2005.

After spending the bulk of his career with the Eagles as a player, Staley officially joined former head coach Andy Reid’s staff as a special teams quality control coach. Following Reid’s firing, Staley became the team’s running backs coach in 2013, where in his 1st season, helped the offense set franchise records in points (442 - broken in 2014), total net yards (6,676), touchdowns (53 - broken in 2014), passing yards (4,406 - broken in 2014) and fewest turnovers (19). 

He remained with the team following Kelly’s firing and was eventually promoted to assistant head coach by Pederson following the team’s 2017 Super Bowl campaign.

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