Tyke Tolbert is in his first season with the Titans, his 31st year in coaching and his 22nd season in the NFL. He has coached wide receivers with the Arizona Cardinals (2003), Buffalo Bills (2004-09), Carolina Panthers (2010), Denver Broncos (2011-17), New York Giants (2018-21) and Chicago Bears (2022-23).

Prior to his time in Tennessee, Tolbert coached eight different wide receivers to 16 total 1,000-yard seasons: Anquan Boldin (2003), Eric Moulds (2004), Lee Evans (2006, 2008), Demaryius Thomas (2012-16), Eric Decker (2012-13), Emmanuel Sanders (2014-16), Odell Beckham Jr. (2018) and DJ Moore (2023). The grouping of Boldin (2003), Thomas (2012-16) and Sanders (2014, 2016) combined for eight Pro Bowls under Tolbert's direction.

Tolbert's two years as wide receivers coach in Chicago also included the title of pass game coordinator. Most recently in 2023, he helped Moore tie for second in the NFL in receptions of at least 25 yards (16). Moore, in his first season in Chicago, also ranked sixth in receiving yards (1,364), sixth in receiving first downs (64) and tied for eighth in receiving touchdowns (eight). His receiving yardage total ranked fourth in franchise history in a single season, while his reception total was eighth all-time.

In 2022, Tolbert helped lead a young wide receiver corps with several new faces, including wide receivers Equanimeous St. Brown and Dante Pettis, who emerged as reliable targets for quarterback Justin Fields throughout the season. St. Brown, in his first season with the Bears, recorded a career-best 377 yards from scrimmage over 16 games played (16 starts). Pettis played in all 17 games (seven starts), with three touchdowns and 282 yards from scrimmage, both of which were the best he's had since his rookie season.

In 2021, Tolbert's last of four campaigns with the Giants, Tolbert was instrumental in developing rookie wide receiver Kadarius Toney. The rookie led all Giants receivers in receiving yards, recording 420 yards in just 10 games.

During the 2020 season, wide receiver Sterling Shepard led the Giants and tied his career high with 66 catches, marking the third season in which he finished with at least 65 receptions. He was second in receiving yards (656 yards) and tied wide receiver Darius Slayton with a team-high three touchdown catches.

Tolbert coached a group in 2019 that had four different receivers surpass the century mark at least once throughout the season. Slayton missed the first two games with an injury but had one of the best seasons by a rookie wide receiver in franchise history. The fifth-round draft pick led the offense with 740 receiving yards and eight touchdowns. Slayton ranked among the top-five rookies in Giants history for receptions, yards and touchdown catches.

In 2018, Shepard started all 16 games and finished second among the team's wideouts with a career-high 66 receptions and 872 yards. He also had four touchdowns to his credit. Despite missing the final four games with an injury, Beckham led the wide receivers with 77 catches for a team-high 1,052 yards and six touchdowns.

Prior to joining the Giants, Tolbert spent seven years with the Broncos, including the team's 2016 Super Bowl season. From 2012 to 2016, one of Tolbert's Denver standouts, Thomas, recorded at least 90 catches and 1,000 receiving yards each season to join Pro Football Hall of Famers Marvin Harrison (five) and Torry Holt (six) as the only players to reach those marks in at least five consecutive years. Thomas was also selected to the Pro Bowl four times.

Tolbert was also instrumental in the continued development of Sanders, who signed with the Broncos in 2014 and was selected to his first two Pro Bowls (2014, 2016) while producing the first three 1,000-yard receiving seasons of his career. In 2016, Thomas (1,083) and Sanders (1,032) each topped 1,000 receiving yards for the third consecutive year to become just the seventh pair of wide receivers in NFL history to accomplish that feat as teammates.

In 2014, Thomas recorded 111 catches, a franchise-record 1,619 yards and 11 touchdowns, while Sanders hauled in 101 receptions to go along with 1,404 receiving yards and nine touchdowns. The two recorded the most receptions (212) and receiving yards (3,023) by an NFL duo. Thomas earned his third Pro Bowl selection and joined Pro Football Hall of Famers Jerry Rice and Harrison as the only receivers in NFL history with three consecutive 1,400-yard and 10-touchdown seasons. Thomas' 2014 campaign included a Broncos record of seven consecutive 100-yard receiving games and a 226-yard outing against Arizona in Week 5 that represented the highest single-game total in club history. Sanders was named to his first Pro Bowl after posting the fourth-most receiving yards (1,404) and fifth-most catches (101) in league history by a player in his first year with a new team.

In 2013, Tolbert coached a unit that produced three players with 10-plus touchdowns, including Thomas (14), Decker (11) and Wes Welker (10). He also coached a pair of 1,000-yard performers, Thomas (1,430) and Decker (1,288), as Denver established an NFL single-season record with 606 points. Thomas, whose 14 receiving scores tied a franchise record, earned his second Pro Bowl honor.

Tolbert's 2012 wide receiver group helped Denver's fifth-ranked passing offense score at least 30 points in a team-record 11 games. Third-year wideouts Decker and Thomas became the youngest tandem in NFL history to record 1,000 yards and 10 touchdowns each in a season.

Before spending one season (2010) at Carolina, Tolbert had a six-year (2004-09) run as wide receivers coach in Buffalo, where he helped Evans become one of the most productive receivers in Bills history. In 2004, while Moulds totaled 1,043 yards on 88 catches, Evans led all NFL rookies with nine touchdown receptions and a 17.6-yard average per catch. After finishing second in the NFL with seven receptions of 40-plus yards in 2005, Evans continued to improve under Tolbert in 2006, logging his first 1,000-yard season (1,292 yards on 82 receptions). Evans again hit the 1,000-yard mark in 2008, totaling 1,017 yards on 63 catches to rank 10th in the NFL with an average of 16.1 yards per catch.

In Tolbert's only season with the Cardinals (2003), Boldin earned Offensive Rookie of the Year honors and set a then-NFL rookie record with 101 catches for 1,377 yards—a record that stood until the 2021 season, when Miami's Jaylen Waddle totaled 102 catches.

Tolbert's first professional coaching experience was with the NFL's Bill Walsh Minority Internship Program. He first interned with the Lions during training camp in 1997 before interning again in 2001 with the Cardinals.

Before establishing himself in the NFL, Tolbert worked on the college level from 1994 to 2002. He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Louisiana State in the spring of 1994 and served in the same capacity at Northeast Louisiana that fall. He went on to coach the wide receivers at Ohio University in the spring of 1995, before returning that fall to Northeast Louisiana, where he tutored the team's tight ends for three seasons.

After coaching tight ends at Auburn in 1998, Tolbert spent the next three years (1999-2001) as the wide receivers coach/recruiting coordinator at Louisiana-Lafayette. He then went on to coach the tight ends and work as the recruiting coordinator at the University of Florida in 2002 before transitioning to the NFL in 2003.

The Conroe, Texas, native was a wide receiver and three-year letterman at Louisiana State University (1986-90), where he graduated with both bachelor's and master's degrees.

He and his wife, Linda, have two daughters, Morgan and Madison.

TYKE TOLBERT'S COACHING TIMELINE

2024: Wide Receivers – Tennessee Titans
2022-23: Pass Game Coordinator/Wide Receivers – Chicago Bears
2018-21: Wide Receivers – New York Giants
2011-17: Wide Receivers – Denver Broncos
2010: Wide Receivers – Carolina Panthers
2004-09: Wide Receivers – Buffalo Bills
2003: Wide Receivers – Arizona Cardinals
2002: Tight Ends/Recruiting Coordinator – University of Florida
1999-01: Wide Receivers/Recruiting Coordinator – University of Louisiana-Lafayette
1998: Tight Ends – Auburn University
1995-97: Tight Ends – Northeast Louisiana University
1995: Wide Receivers – Ohio University
1994: Graduate Assistant – Northeast Louisiana University
1994: Graduate Assistant – Louisiana State University