Wade Harman

Wade Harman was retained by the Ravens as the Tight Ends Coach on January 30, 2008.

Wade Harman entered his 9th year coaching Ravens tight ends and the offensive line in 2007. Wade is the only remaining offensive coach from the Super Bowl XXXV run in 2000. Coached players the caliber of TEs Shannon Sharpe and Todd Heap. Two-time Pro Bowl TE-Todd Heap posted a Pro Bowl-deserving season, ranking 1st on the team with 73 catches, 765 yards and a team-best 6 TDs in 2006. TE Jonathan Ogden made his 10th-straight trip to Hawaii. Wade has joined Brian Billick's coaching staffs on 3 occasions – Utah State, Minnesota Vikings and Baltimore Ravens.

OVERVIEW: Harman has 21 years of coaching in the NFL and collegiate ranks combined...
Launched his pro career with the Vikings, where he was part of the highly prolific scoring duet of the Dennis Green-Brian Billick offensive staff...Wade also coached with Billick at Utah State...Wade is the only remaining offensive coach from the Super Bowl XXXV run in 2000...Coached players the caliber of TEs Shannon Sharpe and Todd Heap.

1999-2006: (with Baltimore)

2006: TE-Todd Heap completed a Pro Bowl-deserving season, ranking 1st on the team with 73 catches, 765 yards and a team-best 6 TDs...Started 16 games...Heap is the all-time franchise leader in receptions (316), yards (3,658) and receiving TDs (26)...Todd ranks 3rd among active TEs over the last 5 seasons in receptions (300) and yards (3,452)...He posted 25 TDs in that span...TE Daniel Wilcox started 6 of 14 games, grabbing 20 catches for 166 yards, including a career-long 35-yarder for a TD (at Tampa) and a career-high 3 TDs on the season...TE Quinn Sypniewski saw action in all 16 games, starting 3...Quinn was instrumental in pass protection, allowing just 17 sacks all season (2nd-lowest total in the NFL)...Netted 2 special teams tackles...Caught 2 passes for 15 yards.

2005:Voted 1st alternate to the Pro Bowl, Heap was 3rd among active NFL TEs in catches and yards over the last 4 seasons (2002-05, behind Tony Gonzalez and Jeremy Shockey)...Heap was productive, becoming the franchise's all-time leading receiver (243-2,893 and 20 TDs)...He posted 2nd in the AFC in 3rd-down receptions, behind WR-Derrick Mason's 30...Tied for 6th in the NFL with 26 receptions for 261 yards and 3 TDs on 3rd downs...The tremendous tandem of Mason and Heap formed the hottest WR/TE combination in the NFL with 161 receptions in 2005, leading all duos in that category...Finished 3rd in the NFL among TEs with 75 receptions for 855 yards and 7 TDs (behind Antonio Gates and Gonzalez)...TE Daniel Wilcox (ankle) started 3 games and played in 13 before going on IR.

2004: The Ravens struggled all season with injuries to key Pro Bowl-type players, especially on offense...Heap (ankle) missed 10 games and most of 2 others but still managed to lead Ravens TEs with 27 catches for 303 yards and 3 TDs...T Jonathan Ogden (knee, hamstring) missed 4 games...Long-time starting C Mike Flynn missed the 1st 7 games of the season with a fractured clavicle, but returned to start 4 games at RG and 1 at center.

2003: Heap led the team in receptions for the 2nd consecutive season (57-693)...Made 2nd straight trip to the Pro Bowl.

2002: Ravens were the only team in the NFL to have a TE (Heap) lead his team in receptions (68-836 yards)...Heap also tied for the team-lead with 6 TDs...He posted 2 2-TD games (vs. Jax. and Den.) and 2 go-ahead TDs (at Pit. and at Cin.)...His 6 points at Cin. were game-winners-(27-23) with only minutes remaining...Heap made his 1st trip to the Pro Bowl...Rookie TE Terry Jones emerged, starting 6 of 14 games and catching 11 passes for 106 yards and 1 TD.

2001:Future Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe became the NFL's all-time pass-catching TE (11/18 vs. Cle.), eclipsing Ozzie Newsome's NFL marks (662 catches-7,980 yards)...Sharpe had posted 690 career receptions for 8,553 yards, both all-time NFL records for a TE and earned a spot at the Pro Bowl.

2000: Ravens signed Sharpe, who led the team with 67 catches for 810 yards and 5 TDs, plus added huge plays in the postseason, catching 6 for 230 yards and 2 TDs.

1999: Rejoined Billick as TEs coach/offensive line.

1997-98: (with Minnesota) Spent 2 seasons as a coaching assistant, helping tutor the O-line under OL coach Mike Tice...Assisted with playbook development, practice plans and schedules, game plans, opponents scouting reports and assisted the pro personnel department.

1996: (with Morningside College) Served as OC and OL coach in Sioux City, IA.

1992-95: (with U. of the Pacific) Coached a variety of offensive positions and monitored administrative affairs for the football program.

1987-91: (with Utah State) 1991: Coached RBs.

1989-90: TE coach.

1987-88: Entered the coaching ranks as a graduate assistant.

COLLEGE: A LB at Utah State after transferring from Drake...Wade holds a degree in computer science and a minor in mathematics from Drake...Earned a master's degree in health, physical education and recreation from Utah State in 1988.

PERSONAL: Grew up in a farm community, where father, John, is a retired veterinarian...Wade and his wife, Angie, have 2 daughters, Madison (12) and Rylee (10), and a son, Hunter (7)...The Harman family lives in Reisterstown, MD.

COACHING BACKGROUND: 1987-91 (Utah State); 1992-95 (University of the Pacific); 1996 (Morningside College); 1997-98 (Minnesota Vikings); 1999-2007 (Baltimore Ravens)