Randy Shannon
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Defensive coordinator |
| Team | Florida |
| Conference | SEC |
| Annual salary | $400,000 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
February 24, 1966 Miami, Florida |
| Playing career | |
| 1985–1988 | Miami (FL) |
| 1989–1990 | Dallas Cowboys |
| Position(s) | Linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1991 | Miami (FL) (GA) |
| 1992 | Miami (FL) (DL) |
| 1993–1997 | Miami (FL) (LB) |
| 1998–1999 | Miami Dolphins (assistant) |
| 2000 | Miami Dolphins (LB) |
| 2001–2005 | Miami (FL) (DC) |
| 2006 | Miami (FL) (DC/LB) |
| 2007–2010 | Miami (FL) |
| 2012 | TCU (LB) |
| 2013–2014 | Arkansas (LB) |
| 2015–present | Florida (DC) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 28–22 |
| Bowls | 0–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| Broyles Award (2001) | |
Randy Leonard Shannon (born February 24, 1966) is an American college football coach, and serves as the defensive coordinator, linebackers coach, and associate head coach for the Florida Gators football team of the University of Florida. He was the head coach of the Miami Hurricanes football team of the University of Miami from 2007 to 2010, and has served as an assistant coach or defensive coordinator for the National Football League's Miami Dolphins and for several college teams, including at the University of Miami. As a player, Shannon was a linebacker for the Miami Hurricanes and played professionally for the Dallas Cowboys.
Shannon was born in Miami, Florida, and grew up in the Liberty City neighborhood of Miami. When he was 3 years old, his father was murdered. His older twin brothers, who became addicted to crack cocaine when Shannon was 10, both died of AIDS, as did his older sister. Shannon attended Miami Norland High School, where he earned all-state honors playing football at the position of linebacker in his senior year. He also excelled at basketball, averaging 19 points a game, and was a member of the track and field team.
Shannon received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, where he played for coach Jimmy Johnson's Miami Hurricanes football team from 1985 to 1988. He was the starting outside linebacker for the Hurricanes' 1987 national championship team. Shannon graduated from the University of Miami with a bachelor's degree in 1988; he was the first member of his family to earn a college degree.
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