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Position Assistant Offensive Line
Year Hired 2001
Hometown Birmingham, AL
College UCLA Degrees
IRV EATMAN
7th Year NFL Coach • 5th with Chiefs
Owning five years of experience as a Chiefs player, Irv Eatman returned to Kansas City in 2001 as the team’s assistant offensive line coach and enters his fifth season in that capacity this year. Eatman spent five seasons as an offensive tackle for the Chiefs from ‘86-90 after originally being drafted by the club in ‘83.
Eatman is now in his seventh year as a pro coach and returned to Kansas City in 2001 to help Mike Solari tutor the Chiefs offensive front. During the 2004 campaign the Chiefs became the first AFC club to boast a trio of Pro Bowl offensive linemen since Denver did it in ‘98. G Will Shields and T Willie Roaf each earned their 10th Pro Bowl berths, while G Brian Waters was rewarded with his initial Pro Bowl invitation, making him the first undrafted guard to earn that distinction since Dallas G Nate Newton did it following the ‘98 season. Kansas City’s blocking unit was also largely responsible for the Chiefs record-setting performance in a 56-10 win vs. Atlanta (10/24) as the Chiefs recorded an NFL-record eight rushing TDs in that victory.
The Chiefs offensive line helped pave the way for nine individual 100-yard rushers in 2004, a mark that tied for the most in team history. Kansas City was also the first team in NFL history to have three different RBs produce a 150-yard rushing game in a season, as RBs Priest Holmes, Derrick Blaylock and Larry Johnson all accomplished that feat. Thanks to Kansas City’s vaunted offensive front, the Chiefs piled up a remarkable 63 rushing TDs in 2003-04, tying the ‘61-62 Packers for the best two-year mark in NFL history.
Kansas City’s offensive line has also been a key factor in the success of three-time Pro Bowl RB Priest Holmes, who set an NFL record with 27 rushing TDs in 2003. Holmes eclipsed the franchise’s single-season rushing record with 1,615 yards in 2002 and won the NFL’s rushing crown with 1,555 yards the previous season.
Prior to joining the Chiefs coaching staff, Eatman spent the 2000 campaign as an assistant offensive line coach with Pittsburgh after serving in the same role for Green Bay in ‘99. With Eatman’s assistance, Pittsburgh’s ground attack ranked fourth in the NFL in 2000, averaging 140.5 yards per game, a 16.1 yards per game improvement from ‘99 when the Steelers ranked 10th in the league.
The 44-year-old Eatman provides a valuable resource for the Chiefs offensive line, owning 14 years of professional playing experience, including 11 seasons in the NFL. Originally drafted by Kansas City in the eighth round of the ‘83 NFL Draft, Eatman signed with the USFL and was a three-time All-Pro offensive tackle (’83-85) for the Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars where Chiefs President Carl Peterson was President/General Manager at the time.
During his three-year run with the Stars, Eatman was part of a squad which posted a league-best 48-13-1 overall record, including a remarkable 7-1 postseason mark. The Stars appeared in all three of the league’s championship games and claimed the final two USFL titles in ‘84 and ‘85. In addition, Eatman was named the USFL Man of the Year for his charitable efforts following the ‘84 campaign.
Following his tenure in the USFL and a five-year stay in Kansas City, Eatman went on to play with the N.Y. Jets (’91-92), L.A. Rams (’93), Atlanta Falcons (’94) and Houston Oilers (’95-96). In total, the Birmingham, Alabama native played in 149 regular season NFL contests and saw postseason duty with both the Chiefs in ‘90 and the Jets in ‘91. Eatman attended UCLA where he was a two-time Lombardi Award semi-finalist, three-time honorable mention All-America selection and a two-time All-Pac 10 pick. As a senior in ‘82, he played on the Bruins squad which claimed a 24-14 victory over Michigan in the Rose Bowl.
Personal Bio
Education: University of California - Los Angeles.
Born:Birmingham, Alabama.
Family: Wife - Maureen with three children .
