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Frank Bush Defensive Coordinator 19th NFL season 3rd with Texans |
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Frank Bush enters his third season with the Texans and first as the defensive coordinator. He was the team's senior defensive assistant for the previous two years.
This marks Bush’s first opportunity to call plays on defense, and he has preached an aggressive philosophy that emphasizes getting up the field and attacking the offense. Bush also will be tasked with working with the entire defense rather than a single position group for the first time.
In his first two years in Houston, Bush worked closely with the defensive line. With Bush’s help, defensive end Mario Williams posted 26 sacks over the last two years. Williams shattered the team single-season sack record with 14 sacks and earned second-team All-Pro recognition in 2007. In 2008, he notched 12 sacks and earned his first trip to the Pro Bowl, starting for the AFC squad. Defensive tackle Amobi Okoye set the franchise rookie sack record with 5.5 sacks in 2007 under Bush’s tutelage.
Before coming to Houston, Bush spent the previous three seasons in Arizona. He was the linebackers coach from 2004-05 before being promoted to assistant head coach/linebackers in 2006. Bush coached new Texans defensive end Antonio Smith, a free agent addition in 2008, while in Arizona.
Before joining Dennis Green in Arizona in 2004, Bush worked as an assistant with the Denver Broncos (1995–03) and Houston Oilers (1992–94). Bush’s linebackers helped the Cardinals defense to finish the season as the 8th ranked defense in the NFL in 2005, an improvement from the 12th ranked defense in 2004 and the 26th ranked defense in 2003.
Bush served nine seasons with the Broncos—three as special teams coach (2001–03), one overseeing the defensive secondary/nickel packages (2000), and five as linebackers coach (1995–99). In 2003 Denver ranked fifth in the AFC in both punt and kickoff return average. Kicker Jason Elam accounted for 120 points for the second consecutive season, placing him fourth (2003), and second (2002), respectively. In 2001, Elam’s 86 percent field goal accuracy mark (31-of-36) was the best in Bronco history and Reuben Droughns ranked third in the AFC with a 25.8-yard kickoff return average.
In 1995, his first season as linebackers coach with Denver, the Broncos defense improved from 28th to 15th, then skyrocketed to the fourth overall defense in the league in 1996, including first against the run. The 1997 season saw two of his pupils—John Mobley (162) and Bill Romanowski (117) rank 1-2 on the club in tackles as Denver forged consecutive World Championships with victories in Super Bowl XXXII over Green Bay following the 1997 season and Super Bowl XXXIII over Atlanta after the ’98 campaign. In the latter campaign, the linebacker trio of Mobley (132) Glenn Cadrez (105), and Romanowski (95) led the team in tackles, Romanowski earned his second Pro Bowl berth, and the Broncos run defense finished third in the NFL.
After an outstanding college career as a three year starter at North Carolina State, Bush was a fifth-round draft choice by Houston in the 1985 NFL Draft and earned all-rookie acclaim starting 11 of 16 games for the Oilers before a spinal injury prematurely ended his pro career a year later. After serving as a college scout for the Oilers for five years (1987–92), he was the team’s linebackers coach for three seasons, bringing his tenure with Houston as a player, scout, and assistant coach to 10 years. Bush’s linebackers continued to play an integral role the following two seasons with the Broncos. In 2002, his special teams ranked among the best in the league as Denver ranked third in the AFC in kickoff coverage and fourth in kickoff return average. Born in Athens, Ga., Bush and his wife, Stephanie, reside in Houston.
BUSH’S COACHING LEDGER
BUSH’S COACHING LEDGER
2009: Defensive Coordinator, Houston Texans
2007-08: Senior Defensive Assistant,
2006: Asst. Head Coach/Linebackers,
2004-05: Linebackers,
2007-08: Senior Defensive Assistant,
2006: Asst. Head Coach/Linebackers,
2004-05: Linebackers,
2001-03: Special Teams,
2000: Secondary/Nickel Package,
1995-99: Linebackers,
1992-94: Linebackers,
2000: Secondary/Nickel Package,
1995-99: Linebackers,
1992-94: Linebackers,
1987-92: Scout, Houston Oilers
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