· Named tight ends coach in 2022 following two seasons as an offensive assistant. Rejoined the Browns staff after serving as an offensive assistant with the club in 2014.
· Returned to the Browns in 2020 and helped the offense to some of its best numbers in generations. Cleveland's 408 points were its second-most in franchise history, while the club also finished with its second-best total in scrimmage touchdowns (48) and tied for the second-most first downs (355). Worked closely with the quarterbacks as Baker Mayfield's rating jumped from 78.8 in 2019 to 95.9 in 2020 and his interceptions dropped from 21 to eight.
· Helped the Browns lead the NFL in rushing average in 2021 with a 5.09 mark, the highest average by a Browns team since 1966. The team's 6,090 scrimmage yards were the fourth most by the club in a single season.
· Spent 2019 as the Broncos quarterbacks coach, where he helped rookie Drew Lock finish with a 4-1 record as a starter, tied with John Elway for the most wins by a rookie quarterback in team history. After starter Joe Flacco was placed on injured reserve at midseason, helped prepare Lock and Brandon Allen, who each recorded victories in their first NFL start.
· Spent three seasons (2015, 2017-18) as an offensive assistant/quality control coach with the 49ers. During final two seasons in San Francisco, the 49ers ranked among the league leaders in passing offense and recorded 113 rushes of 10-plus yards, fifth-most in the NFL during that span.
· Spent 2016 working with an LSU team that ranked seventh in the country in rushing (256.8 ypg) behind future NFL running backs Leonard Fournette, Derrius Guice and Darrel Williams.
· Played quarterback at LSU (2007-10) and was a member of the Tigers 2007 National Championship team. Later served as a graduate assistant/offensive assistant coach for the Tigers in 2011 before rejoining the staff in 2016.
· Father, Sal Aunese, played quarterback at Colorado University and grandfather, Bill McCartney, is the winningest football coach in Colorado history.
· T.C. (Timothy Chase) is a native of Boulder, Colo. and majored in sport leadership at LSU.
T.C. McCartney's Coaching Background:
2011 Louisiana State University, graduate assistant/offensive assistant coach
2012-13 University of Colorado, graduate assistant/offensive assistant coach
2014 Cleveland Browns, offensive assistant coach
2015 San Francisco 49ers, offensive assistant/quality control coach
2016 Louisiana State University, graduate assistant/offensive assistant coach
2017-18 San Francisco 49ers, offensive assistant/quality control coach
2019 Denver Broncos, quarterbacks coach
2020-21 Cleveland Browns, offensive assistant coach
2022- Cleveland Browns, tight ends coach
