Nick Caley joins the Houston Texans as the team's offensive coordinator in 2025 after spending two seasons with the Los Angeles Rams, most recently serving as the team's passing game coordinator/tight ends coach. Caley brings 10 years of NFL experience to the post.
This past season with the Rams, Caley helped coordinate a passing attack that ranked 10th in the NFL in total passing yards (3,868) and passing yards per game (227.5). Highlighted in the Rams' offensive success following his return from injury in Week 8, WR Puka Nacua finished the season with the fourth-most receptions (75) and receiving yards (955) in that span and became the second player in NFL history to record at least 150 receptions, 2,000 receiving yards, and nine receiving touchdowns in his first 25 career games. Under Caley's guidance, TE Tyler Higbee became only the fifth tight end to record multiple touchdown receptions in every season since 2018. Additionally, the Rams receiving corps had just 15 drops, the sixth-fewest in the NFL.
Under Caley's tutelage during the 2023 campaign, Higbee surpassed many Rams franchise records and milestones. Higbee ranks 14th in franchise history in receiving yards, ninth in receptions and 15th in touchdown receptions. Among tight ends, Higbee finished the regular season ranked 20th in receiving yards, 10th in yards per reception, and tied for 16th in yards after the catch.
Prior to his two-year stint with the Rams, Caley oversaw tight ends for the New England Patriots for six seasons (2017-22), while also having the added responsibility of overseeing the fullbacks for five of those years (2017-21). Highlighted during his time there was mentoring Hunter Henry in 2021. Under Caley's guidance that season, Henry finished with the third-most receptions (50), receiving yards (603) and yards per reception (12.1) in his career. Henry also set a career high in touchdown catches that season with nine.
In Caley's first season as a tight ends coach in 2017, Patriots star tight end Rob Gronkowski earned his fifth career Pro Bowl invitation and was named an AP First-Team All-Pro selection. Gronkowski led all tight ends in receiving yards (1,084) and yards per reception (15.7). That same season, Caley coached fullback James Develin, who earned his first Pro Bowl nod.
In his first two seasons in the NFL coaching ranks with the Patriots in 2015 and 2016, Caley served as an offensive coaching assistant.
Prior to joining the Patriots coaching staff, Caley spent 10 years coaching in the college ranks, primarily on the defensive side of the ball. He spent time at seven different schools with multiple stints as a secondary coach.
He joined the Florida Atlantic staff as the secondary coach in 2014 and helped his unit flourish with five secondary players finishing amongst the team's top-eight tacklers.
Caley was a defensive graduate assistant at Arkansas in 2013, where he assisted with the linebackers and special teams unit.
At Eastern Illinois as a secondary coach in 2012, Caley helped the defense finish second in the Ohio Valley Conference in pass efficiency. He coached safety Nick Beard, who was named first team all-conference and helped Eastern Illinois finish the 2012 campaign as Ohio Valley Conference Champions.
As a defensive graduate assistant at Iowa State, Caley helped the defense finish eighth nationally in forced turnovers (32). He worked with Leonard Johnson, who was a Second-Team All-Big 12 selection and David Sims who was an honorable mention All-Big 12 selection. Both players spent time in the NFL as undrafted free agents.
In 2008, Caley served at Auburn as a defensive administrative assistant. He worked closely with defensive coordinator Paul Rhoads and the Tiger secondary unit that finished 19th nationally in pass defense. The Auburn defense finished the season ranked 14th nationally in scoring defense and 29th in total defense. Caley worked with third-round draft pick Jerraud Powers and fifth-round selection Walt McFadden that season.
During his time as a defensive graduate assistant at Akron, Caley was part of a staff that captured the first Mid-American Conference Championship in school history and the school's first bowl game appearance in the Motor City Bowl.
While beginning his coaching career at his alma mater, John Carroll, as a student coach in 2005, Caley later earned his bachelor of arts in communications in 2006 and a master of science, sports science and coaching from Akron in 2008. He also received a master of education in educational leadership and policy studies from Iowa State in 2011.
