burmafrd;3792847 said:
Hoffman was good at finding cheap kickers that were decent. That is pretty much the extent of his ability.
Dallas Cowboys
In 1988, Hoffman became special teams coach of the
Dallas Cowboys. He also held the roles of
offensive and
defensive quality control from 1989 through the end of his tenure in 2004.
Hoffman won three Super Bowl titles with the Cowboys, during which seasons his kickers converted a collective 82.3 percent of their field goal attempts. During his time with the franchise, the team's kickers established 15 separate club records, including every single-season record in team history.
Atlanta Falcons
Hoffman took a year off from coaching in 2005, although he did consulting work for various NFL teams while also working with his own kicking and punting tutorial business.
In 2006, Hoffman served as assistant special teams coach under special teams coordinator
Joe DeCamillis and head coach
Jim Mora
Miami Dolphins
In 2007, Hoffman was hired as assistant special teams coach for the
Miami Dolphins. He worked under first-year head coach
Cam Cameron and special teams coordinator
Keith Armstrong in his first season with the team, and was one of only two coaches initially retained after Cameron's firing in the
2008 offseason.
During Hoffman's first season with the team, kicker
Jay Feely set the single-season franchise record for field goal percentage at 91.3.
Kansas City Chiefs
Hoffman accepted the position of Special Teams Coach with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2009. He hit the ground running by encouraging the team to take rookie kicker Ryan Succop (also known as "Mr. Irrelevant") as the final pick of the 2009 draft after identifying in Succop a raw talent which some might have otherwise overlooked.