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| Tight Ends / Assistant Offensive Line Coach | |
| Tight End | |
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| Date of birth: March 26, 1973 | |
| Place of birth: Camden, New Jersey | |
| Career information | |
| College: Duke | |
| Undrafted in 1996 | |
| Debuted in 1998 for the Barcelona Dragons | |
| Last played in 1998 for the Barcelona Dragons | |
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Bill Khayat (born March 26, 1973 in Camden, New Jersey) is an American football coach and former tight end. He is currently the tight ends and assistant offensive line coach for the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League.
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Khayat attended York Catholic High School in York, Pennsylvania, where he played football, basketball, and baseball. In 1991, his football jersey (No. 30) was retired. In 2002, Khayat was elected to the York Catholic High School Sports Hall of Fame.
Khayat attended and played college football at Duke University as a tight end from 1992-95. He was twice named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference second team, was an honorable mention All-America choice in 1994. Khayat became the first Duke tight end to lead the team in receptions in 25 years. Khayat finished his college career with 105 receptions for 1,155 yards and seven touchdowns.
Khayat earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in biological anthropology and anatomy from Duke in 1995. He was on the Distinguished Dean’s List at Duke and was named to the Academic All-ACC Football team.
After going undrafted, Khayat was on the practice squads of the Kansas City Chiefs (1996) and the Carolina Panthers (1997), and in 1998 he played for the Barcelona Dragons of NFL Europe.[1]
Khayat spent four seasons at Tennessee State University as the school’s running backs coach and recruiting coordinator (2003) and tight ends coach and video coordinator (2000–02).
Khayat then spent three seasons with the Arizona Cardinals (2004–06) as offensive quality control coach. He subsequently served in the same capacity for the Washington Redskins (2007–09), where he also assisted with the tight ends.
Khayat's father Ed Khayat played ten years (three of them with the Redskins) and coached 25 years in the NFL. His mother, Deborah, is an accomplished writer who graduated with honors from The Catholic University of America, in Washington, D.C.