DANIEL STERN is in his ninth season with the Ravens and first as director of football strategy/assistant quarterbacks coach. In addition to assisting Tee Martin in a room led by two-time league MVP QB Lamar Jackson, Stern assists with the playbook, call sheet, opponent analysis and self-scouting. He also is responsible for scripting situational periods of practice and advising head coach John Harbaugh on in-game clock/game management and coaches' challenges. Since 2019, Stern has been charged with studying game management, situational football and the NFL playing rules/officiating, advising Harbaugh and the team in these areas.

• Has assisted on both sides of the ball during his career, including as defensive quality control coach in 2023, in addition to the research and strategy role he's played in Baltimore for years.

• Manages the Ravens' coaching research internship program.

2016-23: (with Baltimore) 2023: Served as defensive quality control coach, his first year on the defensive side of the ball, where he worked closely with the linebackers...Also continued guiding game management decisions, amongst other analytical and strategic responsibilities...ILBs Roquan Smith and Patrick Queen formed the NFL's only duo to each post at least 130 tackles while manning the middle of a historic Ravens defense that became the first unit ever to lead the league in scoring (16.5), sacks (60) and takeaways (31)...Smith earned his second-consecutive Pro Bowl nod and 2023 AP first-team All-Pro honors, while Queen was selected to the Pro Bowl for the first time in his career. 2022: Served as an offensive assistant, working most closely with the wide receivers, running backs and tight ends...Also continued guiding game management decisions, amongst other analytical and strategic responsibilities. 2021: Named football research coach. 2018-20: Carried out responsibilities as a football analyst...In 2019, began studying game management, situational football and the NFL playing rules/officiating, advising head coach John Harbaugh and the team in these areas. 2016-17: Served as an analytics assistant, providing statistical analysis and research to the coaching staff.

COLLEGE: Graduated magna cum laude with a degree in cognitive science from Yale University (2016), where he spent three seasons as an undergraduate assistant to the football team – assisting with coaches' video, opponent game breakdowns and football operations – as well as doing independent coursework in football strategy research...Also spent time as a sports broadcaster and producer for the school's athletics department, wrote for the student newspaper and co-captained two national championship mock trial teams...Was a member of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity.

PERSONAL: A Baltimore native, Stern prepped at the Park School in Pikesville, MD, where he participated and excelled in mock trial competitions, even delivering the closing argument of the 2012 state championship.