Kevin Daft (born November 19, 1975) is an American college football coach and former quarterback. He is the Tight end coach for Dartmouth College.
Daft was also a member of the Scottish Claymores, San Diego Chargers, Atlanta Falcons, San Francisco 49ers, Amsterdam Admirals, San Jose SaberCats and Indiana Firebirds.
College career
UC Davis
A two-time captain and All-American quarterback at UC Davis, Daft set five NCAA Division II records while throwing for 7,601 yards and 68 touchdowns in his collegiate career. He was a finalist for the Harlon Hill Trophy, the Division II version of the Heisman Trophy, and was inducted into the Cal Aggie Athletics Hall of Fame in 2005. He graduated from UC Davis with a degree in biology in 1999.
Professional career
Tennessee Titans
Daft was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the fifth round of the 1999 NFL Draft, and was the third quarterback with the team behind
Steve McNair, and Neil O'Donnell, during its run to the 1999 AFC Championship and Super Bowl XXXIV.
San Diego Chargers
On November 28, 2000, Daft was released by the Chargers.
He was re-signed to the San Diego Chargers
practice squad along with Armon Hatcher on November 29, 2000.
Atlanta Falcons
On December 13, 2000, the
Atlanta Falcons added Daft to their practice squad after placing
Jammi German on
injured reserve and releasing
Marc Bulger.
He was re-signed to a future contract on December 27, 2000. Daft was waived on April 25, 2001.
San Francisco 49ers
Daft was signed by the San Francisco 49ers on September 4, 2001, after the team released
Rick Mirer.
He was waived on September 12, 2001, to make room for
Ricky Ray.
Second stint with Titans
After having workouts with the
Houston Texans, Daft re-signed with the
Tennessee Titans on February 6, 2002, and was immediately allocated to the Amsterdam Admirals.
With the Admirals, Daft set an
NFL Europe record by throwing for 30 career touchdown passes.
Daft also set a league record for highest passer rating with a rating of 107.3.
Even after setting the records, Daft was still released by the Titans on August 14, 2002.
Washington Redskins
Daft was invited to tryout with the Washington Redskins because rookie quarterbacks
Gibran Hamdan and
Brad Banks were ineligible to participate in the mini-camp.
After the camp he was not signed by the Redskins.
Indiana Firebirds
After his stint with the San Jose SaberCats, Daft joined the Indiana Firebirds. He was named the starter beating out
Tony Zimmerman and
Adrian McPherson.
On February 7, 2004, he suffered a head and arm injury
and was placed on
injured reserve on February 12, 2004, John Turman was signed to take his place on the roster.
Coaching career
Daft joined the California football program as a graduate assistant in 2004 and worked with the offensive line in 2006. He became the quarterbacks coach in 2007, then moved to coaching wide receivers in 2008, a position he held until he was fired on December 17, 2010.
Daft was named wide receivers coach of the Omaha Nighthawks on March 8, 2011.
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