Matt LaFleur enters his third season as the Quarterbacks Coach for the Washington Redskins in 2012 after being originally named to the position on January 20, 2010. LaFleur will be tasked with developing rookies Robert Griffin III and Kirk Cousins, the two quarterbacks selected by the team in the 2012 NFL Draft.
In 2011, LaFleur helped veteran quarterback Rex Grossman establish a single-season career high in completions (265). Under LaFleur’s tutelage, Grossman also set career highs for yards per game (242.4) and completion percentage (57.9), and helped facilitate career years for receiver Jabar Gaffney and tight end Fred Davis.
Matt LaFleur enters his third season as the Quarterbacks Coach for the Washington Redskins in 2012 after being originally named to the position on January 20, 2010. LaFleur will be tasked with developing rookies Robert Griffin III and Kirk Cousins, the two quarterbacks selected by the team in the 2012 NFL Draft.
In 2011, LaFleur helped veteran quarterback Rex Grossman establish a single-season career high in completions (265). Under LaFleur’s tutelage, Grossman also set career highs for yards per game (242.4) and completion percentage (57.9), and helped facilitate career years for wide receiver Jabar Gaffney and tight end Fred Davis.
In his first season in Washington, LaFleur helped the Redskins' quarterbacks set a franchise season record for completions (349) and amass the third-highest gross passing yards total in franchise history.
In addition, his quarterbacks threw a touchdown pass in 15 consecutive games for the first time in team history and led the league with nine completions of at least 50 yards. In working with LaFleur, quarterback Rex Grossman posted two of his three career 300-yard passing games in his three starts in 2010.
Prior to joining the Redskins, LaFleur spent two seasons as offensive assistant for the Houston Texans. In 2009, LaFleur assisted Kyle Shanahan with the Texans' quarterbacks.
That season, Matt Schaub led the NFL with 4,770 passing yards and 396 completions, and ranked fifth with 29 touchdowns and seventh with a 98.6 passer rating. Under their guidance, 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. 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 the 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.
The Mt. Pleasant, Mich., native 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.
