Aaron Moorehead enters his sixth year as the Philadelphia Eagles' wide receivers coach after joining the team during the 2020 offseason.
Over the past three years, Moorehead has supported one of the most dynamic duos in the league in A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith, who are the only teammates to rank among the league's top 15 wide receivers in receptions, yards and touchdowns in that span. Brown (second, 92.3) and Smith (ninth, 84.5) are also the only teammates with top 10 rankings in offensive grade by Pro Football Focus since 2022 (min. 2,500 snaps). Under Moorehead's mentorship, the pairing became the first 1,000-yard receiving duo in Eagles history, achieving the feat during the 2022 and 2023 campaigns.
In 2024, Moorehead directed a wide receivers room that played a key role in Philadelphia winning the Super Bowl LIX Championship. Voted a second-team All-Pro despite missing three games due to injury, Brown finished with the highest PFF offensive grade (91.2) among NFL wide receivers (min. 600 snaps) after leading the Eagles with 1,079 yards on 67 catches with seven touchdowns. In addition, Brown produced a league-best 16.1 receiving average (min. 60 receptions) while finishing third in receiving yards per game (83.0) (min. 13 games). Smith, who became the franchise's all-time leader in postseason receiving yards (595), paced Philadelphia with 68 receptions for 833 yards and a career-high eight touchdowns (team high).
Moorehead assisted Brown to second-team All-Pro and Pro Bowl accolades in 2023, when he amassed the most catches (106) by a wide receiver in Eagles history for the fifth-most receiving yards (1,456) in the league. Furthermore, Brown set an NFL record during Weeks 3-8 when he registered 125-plus receiving yards in six consecutive games. Smith also hauled in 81 passes for 1,066 yards and seven touchdowns that season.
In 2022, Moorehead oversaw record-breaking performances by Brown and Smith, who were each essential in the Eagles advancing to Super Bowl LVII. In his first year in Philadelphia, Brown earned second-team All-Pro and Pro Bowl honors after finishing fourth in the league with a career-high 1,496 receiving yards, breaking a 38-year team record, while adding a career-high 11 touchdowns. Moreover, Smith ranked eighth leaguewide at his position with a career-high 1,191 yards on 95 catches, establishing a then-franchise record for the most receptions ever by a wide receiver.
During the 2021 season, Moorehead guided Smith to an Eagles rookie record in receiving yards (916), in addition to producing team highs in both receptions (64) and receiving touchdowns (five).
Prior to the Eagles, Moorehead spent the 2018-19 seasons as Vanderbilt's wide receivers coach. In 2018, Kalija Lipscomb logged 87 catches for 916 yards, both of which are among the top figures in school history.
Moorehead participated in the NFL's Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship with the Indianapolis Colts during the 2019 offseason, when Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni was a member of the Colts' staff.
Before his stint at Vanderbilt, Moorehead tutored the wide receivers at Texas A&M from 2015-17. In 2016, he directed a group led by Christian Kirk and Josh Reynolds, who combined for 144 receptions, 1,967 yards and 21 touchdowns. Kirk earned All-SEC honors with a career-high 83 catches for 928 yards, while Reynolds tallied 1,039 yards on 61 receptions.
In 2015, Moorehead oversaw a receiving corps that had three players with at least 40 receptions and 500 yards, led by Kirk, the SEC Freshman of the Year, who posted 80 catches for 1,009 yards. Reynolds contributed 907 yards on 51 receptions for a conference-best 17.8 receiving average.
Overall, Moorehead worked with four Aggies that went on to play in the NFL – Kirk, Damion Ratley, Reynolds and Ricky Seals-Jones.
In his first year at Virginia Tech in 2013, Moorehead mentored the first trio in school history to record 40-plus receptions in a season – Willie Byrn, Demitri Knowles and Joshua Stanford. That feat was matched again in 2014 with the performances of Byrn, Isaiah Ford and Cam Phillips.
Moorehead spent the 2010-12 seasons at Stanford working as an offensive assistant with the wide receivers. He helped the team reach three consecutive BCS games, including wins in the Orange and Rose Bowls. In 2010, Doug Baldwin and Ryan Whalen combined for 99 catches with 1,296 yards and 10 touchdowns. Moorehead also coached Ty Montgomery, Chris Owusu and Griff Whalen during his coaching stint with the Cardinal.
Prior to Stanford, Moorehead worked with the wide receivers as a graduate assistant coach at New Mexico in 2009.
Moorehead spent five seasons (2003-07) in the NFL playing wide receiver for Indianapolis, including a Super Bowl XLI title. He appeared in 36 career games and caught 31 passes for 330 yards and one touchdown. His father, Emery, played 12 seasons (1977-88) in the NFL and was a member of the Chicago Bears' Super Bowl-winning team in 1985. The Mooreheads were the first father-son combination to play in and win a Super Bowl.
Moorehead played collegiately at Illinois from 1999-2002, recording 85 catches for 1,293 yards and nine touchdowns. He helped his team to the 2001 Big Ten Championship and a berth in the 2002 Sugar Bowl. In 2003, he earned his bachelor's degree in sports management.
A native of Deerfield, IL, Moorehead and his wife, Rosalyn, have three children: Aliah, Avari and Mason. Moorehead attended Deerfield High School, where he participated in football, basketball, and track.
