Dave Toub is the current Special Teams coordinator for the Chicago Bears

Chicago Bears

The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

 of the National Football League

National Football League

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College

Toub played offensive line at Springfield College

Springfield College

Springfield College is a private, coeducational university located in the City of Springfield, Massachusetts. Springfield College is most famous as the site where the sport of basketball was invented...

 from 1980–1981 and at the University of Texas-El Paso from 1983-1984. At UTEP, Toub earned All-WAC selections two times.

Professional

Toub was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles

Philadelphia Eagles

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 in the ninth round of the 1985 NFL Draft

1985 NFL Draft

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. He was released before the start of the regular season.
Later, Toub attended L.A Rams Training Camp in two consecutive years, but was released before the start of the regular season.

College

Toub began his coaching career at the University of Texas-El Paso in 1986. His first year was as a graduate assistant. The next two years he was the strength and conditioning coach. Toub then spent 9 years as the strength and conditioning coach at the University of Missouri

University of Missouri

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, before coaching the defensive line for three years.

Professional

In 2001, Toub began his coaching career in the National Football League with the Philadelphia Eagles

Philadelphia Eagles

The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

 as the special teams/quality control coach.

Toub joined the Chicago Bears

Chicago Bears

The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

 coaching staff on January 24, 2004. He was hired as the special teams coordinator. On February 27, 2007, Toub signed a three-year extension with the Chicago Bears, keeping him under contract through the 2009 season

2009 NFL season

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. The Bears' special team's unit was highly successful in 2006; kicker Robbie Gould

Robbie Gould

Robert Paul "Robbie" Gould III is an American football placekicker for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He was originally signed by the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent in 2005. He played college football at Penn State...

, return specialist Devin Hester

Devin Hester

Devin Hester is an American football wide receiver and return specialist for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League . He played college football at the University of Miami, where he became the first person in the university’s recent history to play in all three phases of American football...

, and gunner

Gunner (American football)

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 Brendon Ayanbadejo

Brendon Ayanbadejo

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 were voted to the 2007 Pro Bowl

2007 Pro Bowl

The 2007 AFC-NFC Pro Bowl took place on February 10, 2007, at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. The game was held on a Saturday instead of the usual Sunday after the Super Bowl because of a request by broadcaster CBS....

. On April 5, 2007, Toub was voted special teams coach of the year by his peers. His special teams unit was ranked at the top of the league for the 2006 and 2007 seasons.