An eight-year veteran of the Arena Football League (AFL), Chad Salisbury begins his second season as quarterbacks coach with Cal U after previously coaching at both the professional and scholastic levels.
In his first year with the program, he mentored Josh Portis and a group of young quarterbacks. Portis, a Division I transfer from Maryland, set single-season school records for passing yards and touchdowns in 2009.
Salisbury played with five teams during his AFL career before finishing his career after the 2007 season with the Grand Rapids Rampage. In his final two seasons in the AFL, he threw for over a combined 5,000 yards and 100 touchdowns.
Prior to his successful professional career, Salisbury was a two-year letterman at Buffalo after transferring from New Mexico State. In his first season with the Bulls, he established then-school records for completions, attempts, passing yards and total offense. Salisbury finished his two-year career at Buffalo with over 4,900 passing yards and 31 touchdowns.
He started his coaching career at his high school alma mater Frazier High School, serving as an assistant for current Cal U wide receivers coach/special teams coordinator Larry Wilson. Salisbury resumed coaching in the off-season of his professional career at Byron Center High School in Michigan.
Prior to being hired at Cal U, Salisbury was hired as the quarterbacks/wide receivers coach for the Los Angeles Avengers before the AFL folded.
A 1999 graduate of Buffalo with a degree in communication, Salisbury lives in Star Junction, Pa., with his wife Rhianna and their daughters, Braylin and Madelyn.
