Chris Beatty enters his first season with the Las Vegas Raiders as the wide receivers coach, bringing with him four seasons of NFL coaching experience and 15 seasons of college experience.
In 2024, Beatty served as the wide receivers coach for the Chicago Bears, where he mentored WR DJ Moore who accumulated 966 yards on a career high 98 catches with six touchdowns. He was promoted to interim offensive coordinator for the final five games of the season.
Prior to Chicago, Beatty spent three seasons as a wide receivers coach for the Los Angeles Chargers. During the 2021-23 seasons, Beatty's group led all AFC receiving corps with 1,337 receptions. The wide receiver core had combined for 14,117 receiving yards under Beatty, ranking second in the conference.
In 2023, the Chargers ranked first in targets (613) and first in targets per game (36.1). The Chargers 4,312 total receiving yards also ranked ninth in the NFL. WR Keenan Allen set a career-high and a franchise record in receptions (108), for a total of 1,243 receiving yards. He ranked third amongst all NFL receivers in yards per game (95.6).
In 2022, Beatty helped the Chargers offense rank third in passing offense (269.6 net passing yards per game) and ninth in total offense (359.3 total net yards per game). They set a single-season NFL record by featuring six players, including four receivers — Allen, DeAndre Carter, Joshua Palmer and Mike Williams — with at least 500 receiving yards and three touchdown receptions.
In 2021, the Chargers offense ranked fourth in the NFL in total offense (390.2 net yards per game) and first the AFC in passing offense (282.4 net passing yards per game). The offense ranked fifth in the league in third-down efficiency (45.2 percent) and led the NFL with 22 fourth down conversions and seven two-point conversions. Williams had a breakout season under Beatty, setting career highs in catches (76) and receiving yards (1,146) while hauling in nine touchdowns. Meanwhile, Allen recorded 106 receptions for 1,138 yards and six touchdowns, en route to his fifth-straight Pro Bowl. That also marked Allen's fifth-straight season with at least 95 catches, the second-longest streak in NFL history. Beatty helped develop Palmer as a rookie, as he finished with four touchdowns, including three in the fourth quarter, ranking second among all rookie wide receivers.
Beatty served as wide receivers coach at the University of Pittsburgh from 2019-20. On top of developing premier talent on the perimeter for the Panthers' offense, Beatty held a prominent role in Pittsburgh's recruiting efforts.
In 2019, Beatty coached WRs Maurice Ffrench and Taysir Mack to combine for the most receptions by a pair of receivers in the Atlantic Coast Conference (159). With the help of Beatty, French's 96 catches broke former Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald's single season school record. Beatty also recruited and developed future Biletnikoff Award-winning WR Jordan Addison.
Prior to Pittsburgh, Beatty spent three seasons (2016-18) at the University of Maryland, working with the wide receivers and handling associate head coach and co-offensive coordinator responsibilities over his final two seasons in College Park. During his time with the Terrapins, Beatty was integral in the development of eventual first-round draft selection, DJ Moore, who was named 2017 Big Ten Wide Receiver of the Year. On the recruiting landscape, Beatty's presence helped Maryland secure top 30 nationally ranked recruiting classes in both 2017 and 2018.
Beatty spent the 2015 season as assistant head coach/running backs at the University of Virginia, where helped coach RB Taquan Mizzell to total nearly 1,500 scrimmage yards for the Cavaliers.
From 2013-14, Beatty coached wide receivers at the University of Wisconsin. He added recruiting coordinator responsibilities for his second year in Madison, Wis. In those two seasons, the Badgers won 20 games and appeared in New Year's Day bowl games to cap each season. The 2014 Wisconsin team went 11-3, won the Big Ten West and defeated Auburn in the Outback Bowl. He also coached future NFL wide receivers Jared Abbrederis and Alex Erickson.
Prior to Wisconsin, he went to the University of Illinois, serving as co-offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach for the Fighting Illini for one season in 2012. Beatty spent the 2011 season at Vanderbilt University as wide receivers coach/recruiting coordinator, helping tutor future second-round draft choice WR Jordan Matthews.
From 2008-10, Beatty coached running backs and wide receivers at West Virginia University. Beatty tutored RB Noel Devine to accumulate over 3,600 rushing yards in their three years together. Over his final two seasons with the Mountaineers, Beatty developed and instructed WR Tavon Austin, who was the eventual No. 8 overall selection in the 2013 NFL Draft.
Beatty then spent one season (2007) as the running backs coach at Northern Illinois University, working alongside former Chargers head coach Brandon Staley when he was a graduate assistant for the Huskies. Beatty coached running back Justin Anderson to total 1,245 rushing yards that season.
His first opportunity as a college coach came in 2006, serving as offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach at Hampton University. In Beatty's lone season with the Pirates, the team posted a 10-2 record and won the Mideastern Atlantic Conference to secure a Football Championship Subdivision playoff berth. His offense averaged 34.2 points per game, ranking seventh in the FCS. Hampton's 2006 team featured six players that eventually earned NFL contracts.
Beatty broke into coaching as the head coach at three Virginia high schools — North Stafford High (1998-2000), Salem High (2001-02) and Landstown High (2003-05). In those eight seasons, his teams combined for a 78-18 record. At Landstown, Beatty led the Eagles to three straight state championship game appearances, winning the Virginia 3A State Championship in 2004 with future NFL wide receiver Percy Harvin III. He was named Virginia 3A Coach of the Year following that season, after coaching Landstown to a 14-0 record and a No. 9 national ranking.
PERSONAL: A native of Centreville, Va., Beatty played wide receiver for four seasons (1991-94) at East Tennessee State, ending his career as the program's all-time leader in receiving yards (1,813). He earned All-Southern Conference honors as a senior and graduated with a bachelor's degree in the spring of 1995. Beatty then went on to play in the Canadian Football League, signing with the CFL-expansion Baltimore Stallions in 1995. Two seasons later, he signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats before retiring and beginning his coaching career. Beatty and his wife, Kris, have a son, Aaron.
