Carson Walch

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Carson Walch
Cleveland Browns
Position:Director of player development
Personal information
Born: (1978-03-06) March 6, 1978 (age 45)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Career information
High school:Elgin-Millville
(Elgin, Minnesota)
College: Winona State
Career history
As a coach:
  • Winona State (2000–2002)
    Wide receivers coach & passing game coordinator
  • Dakota State (2003–2005)
    Offensive coordinator
  • St. Thomas (2006)
    Special teams coordinator & running backs coach
  • Winona State (2007–2009)
    Assistant head coach & offensive coordinator
  • Montreal Alouettes (2010)
    Special teams assistant
  • Montreal Alouettes (2011)
    Offensive & special teams assistant
  • Montreal Alouettes (2012)
    Receivers coach
  • Chicago Bears (20132014)
    Offensive quality control
  • Minnesota (2015)
    Offensive consultant
  • Edmonton Eskimos (2016)
    Receivers coach & passing game coordinator
  • Edmonton Eskimos (2017)
    Offensive coordinator & receivers coach
  • Philadelphia Eagles (2018)
    Assistant wide receivers coach
  • Philadelphia Eagles (2019)
    Wide receivers coach
  • Minnesota (2020)
    Passing game consultant
As an administrator:
Career highlights and awards

Carson Walch (born March 6, 1978) is an American football coach who is currently the director of player development for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL).

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Coaching career

Walch began his coaching career at his alma mater Winona State in 2000 as their wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator. He was later the offensive coordinator at Dakota State and the special teams coordinator at St. Thomas before returning to Winona State as their assistant head coach and offensive coordinator. [1]

Montreal Alouettes

Walch was hired as a special teams assistant for the Montreal Alouettes in 2010, winning his first Grey Cup championship when the Alouettes won the 98th Grey Cup 21–18. He added offensive assistant duties in 2011, and was eventually promoted to receivers coach in 2012 under Alouettes head coach Marc Trestman. [2] [3]

Chicago Bears

Walch was named a quality control/asst. WR coach for the Chicago Bears in 2013, joining Trestman, who was named head coach of the Bears earlier. Walch worked with two pro-bowl receivers in Brandon Marshall & Alshon Jeffery. He was not retained after the 2014 season when Trestman was fired and replaced by John Fox. [4]

Minnesota

Walch spent 2015 as an offensive consultant at Minnesota. [5]

Edmonton Eskimos

Walch was hired to be the receivers coach and passing game coordinator for the Edmonton Eskimos in 2016, and was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2017. As the play-caller, the Eskimos led the CFL in twenty offensive categories. [6]

Philadelphia Eagles

Walch was hired as the assistant wide receivers coach for the Philadelphia Eagles in 2018, and was promoted to wide receivers coach in 2019 after the firing of Gunter Brewer. [7] [8] He and Eagles offensive coordinator Mike Groh were fired after the 2019 season. [9]

Minnesota (second stint)

Walch returned to Minnesota in 2020, this time as a passing game consultant.

Front office career

Cleveland Browns

Walch was hired to be the player development coordinator for the Cleveland Browns in 2021. He was then promoted in 2023 to Director of Player Development. [10]

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