Todd Downing (born July 22, 1980) is an American football coach. He has previously served as offensive coordinator for the Oakland Raiders and the Tennessee Titans. He also previously served as an assistant coach for the Minnesota Vikings, Buffalo Bills, Detroit Lions and St. Louis Rams. Playing career Downing played quarterback for the Minnesota Maulers, a semi-pro football team from 2000 to 2002. Todd played Quarterback and defensive back while helping the Maulers to 3 consecutive championship games. Coaching career Early career Downing received his first coaching job, and was an assistant coach for Eden Prairie High School as a 9th grade B team offensive coach. While coaching his high school, the Eagles won the Class 5A state title in 2000 over Matt Birk's Cretin Durham Hall Raiders. Minnesota Vikings After being offered an internship in 2001 by Chad Ostlund in Research and Development for the Minnesota Vikings, he was a Public Relations intern for 2002, a football systems analyst from 2003–04, and offensive quality control coach in 2005. St. Louis Rams In 2006, Downing was hired by the then St. Louis Rams to be a defensive assistant and special teams assistant coach. He would keep this job for two seasons. In 2008, Downing would become the Rams defensive quality control coach. Detroit Lions In 2009, Downing went to the Detroit Lions with Scott Linehan as an offensive quality control coach. He was the assistant quarterback coach in 2010 and was promoted to the quarterbacks coach role from 2011–2013. While he was coaching quarterbacks in Detroit, Matthew Stafford averaged 4,885 yards, thirty touchdowns, and seventeen interceptions from 2011–2013. Buffalo Bills In 2014, Downing was the Buffalo Bills' quarterback coach. Oakland Raiders In 2015, Downing was hired by the Oakland Raiders as their quarterbacks coach under head coach Jack Del Rio. He is credited for helping Derek Carr become the first Raiders quarterback to be selected to a Pro Bowl since 2002. On January 20, 2015, Downing was named by Pro Football Focus as Quarterbacks Coach of the Year. After coaching Raiders quarterbacks for two years, he was promoted to offensive coordinator in 2017, after the Raiders decided not to renew Bill Musgrave's contract. When he coached Carr from 2015–2016, he threw for 7,924 yards, sixty touchdowns, and nineteen interceptions with two Pro Bowl appearances. Downing was fired on January 1, 2018, along with head coach Jack Del Rio and the