Joe Dailey Hired as Eagles' Wide Receivers Coach

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College Head Football Coach Bill O'Brien has hired Joe Dailey as wide receivers coach.

Dailey returns to The Heights for his second stint after coaching the Eagles' wide receivers from 2020-21. Most recently, Dailey spent last spring at Appalachian State as an offensive assistant after serving as passing game coordinator/quarterbacks at Hampton University in 2024. Under Dailey's guidance, the Pirates totaled 400 or more yards on offense on five occasions that season.

Prior to his time at Hampton, Dailey was an offensive analyst at Kansas in 2023. That season, the Jayhawks capped a 9–4 season with their first bowl victory in 17 years. Dailey helped orchestrate an offense that ranked 17th nationally in scoring at 34.8 points per game and eighth in rushing with 206 yards per game.

Before arriving in Lawrence, Dailey coached wide receivers with the Carolina Panthers in 2022. Under Dailey's mentorship, D.J. Moore caught 63 passes for 888 yards for a then-career-high seven touchdowns. With Dailey on staff, Carolina won four of their final six games en route to a second-place NFC South finish.

In his first stint at Boston College as wide receivers coach, Dailey helped the Eagles to consecutive bowl-eligible seasons. He mentored future first-round draft pick Zay Flowers during his sophomore and junior seasons in which he compiled a total of 100 catches for 1,638 yards and 14 touchdowns en route to All-ACC recognition both years. He became just the second Boston College All-ACC first-team wide receiver in school history in his sophomore season, joining Alex Amidon (2012).

Flowers collected All-ACC honors after one of the most productive seasons by a wide receiver in Boston College history. The Fort Lauderdale, Fla. native was 18th nationally and second in the ACC with 892 yards receiving. He ranked 26th nationally with 56 receptions and tied for 12th nationally with nine touchdown receptions.BC was 24th nationally in passing offense, averaging 284.2 yards per game.

Despite losing leading receiver Kobay White in the preseason due to injury, Dailey oversaw a unit that featured four players who recorded new career bests in receptions as Flowers, Jaelen Gill, CJ Lewis and Jehlani Galloway all caught 15 or more passes.

Dailey initially came to Boston College after serving as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at New Mexico in 2019. Prior to New Mexico, Dailey spent seven seasons on staff at Liberty.

At Liberty, he was on Turner Gill's staff beginning in 2012, first serving as quarterbacks coach before becoming the offensive coordinator in 2014. In 2018 Liberty ranked 34th nationally in points per game, averaging 33.3 points per game.

The Flames ranked 46th in yards per game at 422.9, including 261.5 yards per game in the air, good for 33rd nationally. Liberty quarterback Buckshot Calvert was 25th nationally in yards per game at 255.7, throwing for 3,068 yards for the year. The Flames also had a 1,000-yard receiver in Antonio Gandy-Golden, who caught 71 passes for 1,037 yards.

Dailey tutored Liberty quarterback Josh Woodrum, who was one of just 22 FCS players invited to the 2016 NFL Combine. Over his seven seasons with Liberty, the Flames won four league titles, advanced to the FCS Playoffs once and never had a losing season.

After his first season with Liberty, Dailey was invited to attend and participate in the NFL-NCAA Coaches Academy. The organization provides an opportunity for current and former NFL players who are looking to continue their careers on the football sidelines to learn leadership, management, and administrative skills from football coaches at all levels.

Dailey got his start in coaching at the University at Buffalo, where he served as an offensive graduate assistant in 2008 before becoming tight ends coach in 2009, both seasons under Gill. In 2008, the Bulls captured their first Mid-American Conference title, finishing 8-6 and playing in the 2009 International Bowl in Toronto. In both of his seasons with Buffalo, the Bulls ranked in the top 40 in offense.

Dailey then moved to Kansas for a year, where he served as recruiting coordinator before serving as quarterbacks coach at Bethune-Cookman.

Dailey, one of the nation's most sought-after high school quarterbacks, started his collegiate career at Nebraska. As a sophomore at Nebraska, Dailey established new quarterbacking standards. In Nebraska's matchup against Colorado, he became the first quarterback in program history to throw for 300 yards in a game and set a single-game passing record with 342 yards in a 59-27 victory over Baylor.

After starting all 11 games in 2004, Dailey finished the season with 2,025 passing yards, the third-best season passing mark in Nebraska history. Dailey was a team captain as a sophomore, as well as a two-time member of the Brook Berringer Citizenship Team.

Dailey transferred to North Carolina where he finished the last two years of his playing career. In 2006, he started seven games as quarterback and led the program with 1,316 passing yards and seven touchdowns. The following year, Dailey finished his Tar Heel days as a starting wide receiver.

Dailey completed his collegiate playing career by throwing for 3,458 yards and 26 touchdowns while completing 52.7 percent of his pass attempts (274-of-520).

A native of Freehold, N.J., Dailey and his wife Carrie have four children, Stella, Noah, Myles and Tyson.

The Dailey File
Birthday: November 19, 1983
Hometown: Freehold, N.J.
Alma Mater: North Carolina, 2007
Degrees: African-American Studies, 2007; M.A., Executive Leadership, 2014 (Liberty)
Family: Wife: Carrie; Children: Stella, Noah, Myles and Tyson

Coaching Career
2025-Present: Boston College (Wide Receivers)
2024: Hampton (Passing Game Coordinator/Quarterbacks)
2023: Kansas (Offensive Analyst)
2022: Carolina Panthers (Wide Receivers)
2020-21: Boston College (Wide Receivers)
2019: New Mexico (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks)
2016-18: Liberty (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks)
2012-15: Liberty (Quarterbacks)
2011: Bethune-Cookman (Quarterbacks)
2010: Kansas (Recruiting Coordinator)
2008-09: Buffalo (Graduate Assistant/Tight Ends)

Playing Career
2003-04: Nebraska (QB)
2005-07: North Carolina (QB)

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