Colts name former OL coach Howard Mudd as senior offensive assistant

The Indianapolis Colts have signed Klayton Adams as assistant offensive line coach and Howard Mudd as senior offensive assistant. Additionally, Marcus Brady has been elevated from assistant quarterbacks coach to quarterbacks coach. Mudd has over 40 years of NFL experience as a coach (1974-2009, 2011-12) and player (1964-71). He re-joins Indianapolis after serving as the team’s offensive line coach for 12 seasons (1998-2009).

Mudd was a member of the Colts’ Super Bowl XLI championship team. He previously served as offensive line coach for the Philadelphia Eagles (2011-12), Kansas City Chiefs (1989-92), Cleveland Browns (1983-88), Seattle Seahawks (1978-82, 1993-97), San Francisco 49ers (1977) and San Diego Chargers (1974-1976). Mudd began his coaching career as the offensive line coach at the University of California and served two years on the staff (1972-73). He entered coaching after an eight-year NFL playing career with the Chicago Bears (1969-71) and San Francisco 49ers (1964-69).

As a player, Mudd was a three-time Pro Bowl starter (1966-68) and was named First Team All-Pro (1968). Originally selected by the 49ers in the ninth round (113th overall) of the 1964 NFL Draft, he was named to the NFL All-Decade Team of the 1960s and was a member of the 49ers’ All-Golden Era Team (1946-70).

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Under Mudd, Colts offensive lines led by Tarik Glenn and Jeff Saturday gave up just 227 sacks in 192 games and remarkably led the NFL in fewest sacks allowed six times, frequently allowing fewer than one sack per game over the course of an entire season. That’s also when he first met Reich; the former quarterback and pastor began his coaching career with the Colts during the final third of Mudd’s time in Indianapolis.

Mudd briefly returned to the NFL with the Eagles in 2011 and 2012, but he retired after the 2012 season and has not coached on a full-time basis since then, although he has served as a consultant for teams like the Saints, Colts and Broncos, including a stint in Denver last May.

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