Mike Shanahan

Mike Shanahan

Shanahan at 2011 Redskins training camp
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1952-08-24) August 24, 1952 (age 64)
Place of birth:	Oak Park, Illinois
Career information
High school:	Franklin Park (IL) East Leyden
College:	Eastern Illinois
Career history
As coach:
Oklahoma (1975) Offensive assistant Northern Arizona (1976–1977) Running backs coach Eastern Illinois (1978) Offensive coordinator Minnesota (1979) Offensive coordinator Florida (1980–1983) Offensive coordinator Denver Broncos (1984–1987) Offensive coordinator Los Angeles Raiders (1988–1989) Head coach Denver Broncos (1990–1991) Offensive assistant San Francisco 49ers (1992–1994) Offensive coordinator Denver Broncos (1995–2008) Head coach Washington Redskins (2010–2013) Head coach
Career highlights and awards
3x Super Bowl champion (XXIX, XXXII, XXXIII) AFC Championship (1986, 1987, 1997, 1998) NFC Championship (1994)
Head coaching record
Regular season:	170–138 (.552)
Postseason:	8–6 (.571)
Career:	178–144 (.553)
Coaching stats at PFR

Michael Edward Shanahan (born August 24, 1952) is a former American football coach who has been the head coach of the Los Angeles Raiders, Denver Broncos, and Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). He led the Broncos to back-to-back Super Bowl victories in 1998 and 1999.

Shanahan played high school football at East Leyden High School, Franklin Park, Illinois, where he played wishbone quarterback for legendary Eagles coach Jack Leese's 1968 and 1969 teams. He held the single-game rushing record of 260 yards on 15 carries (which was set in a 32–8 win over Hinsdale South on September 20, 1969) until it was broken in 1976 by Dennis Cascio. He graduated from high school in June 1970.

He was a quarterback at Eastern Illinois University, where he joined Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity. In 1972, a piercingly hard hit on the practice field ruptured one of his kidneys, which caused his heart to stop for thirty seconds and nearly killed him. A priest was summoned to administer the last rites to Shanahan, a devout Roman Catholic.

With his playing career abruptly ended, Shanahan entered coaching. After graduation, he served as an assistant coach at Northern Arizona University and the University of Oklahoma. He then returned to his alma mater as offensive coordinator and helped his school win the Division II football championship. Shanahan worked as the offensive coordinator for the University of Minnesota for a single season, before accepting the same position at the University of Florida under head coach Charley Pell in 1980. Shanahan stayed with the Gators through 1983.