Matt LaFleur was named the Redskins’ quarterbacks coach on January 20, 2010.

Prior to joining the Redskins, LaFleur spent the last two seasons as offensive assistant for the Houston Texans.

In 2009, LaFleur assisted Kyle Shanahan with the Texans’ quarterbacks. Matt Schaub led the NFL in 2009 with 4,770 passing yards and 396 completions, and was fifth with 29 touchdowns and seventh with a 98.6 passer rating. Houston’s offense finished first in the NFL in passing (4,654 yards) and fourth in total offense (6,129 yards).

LaFleur worked with the wide receivers in his first season in Houston in 2008. That year, Andre Johnson led the NFL with 115 catches and 1,575 receiving yards. In addition, fellow receiver Kevin Walter totaled 60 catches for 899 yards and eight touchdowns.

Prior to joining the Texans, LaFleur worked at Ashland University as the offensive coordinator, coaching quarterbacks and wide receivers.

LaFleur began his coaching career at Saginaw Valley State as an offensive assistant in 2003 before taking the same position at Central Michigan from 2004-05. He coached the quarterbacks and wide receivers at Northern Michigan in 2006.

A native of Mt. Pleasant, Mich. LaFleur played quarterback and wide receiver at Western Michigan from 1998-99 before transferring to Saginaw Valley State, where he was a quarterback from 2000-02.

He played briefly in Omaha, Neb., and Billings, Mont., in the National Indoor Football League before beginning his coaching career.