Don shula biography wiki

American football player and lecturer (born 1965)

Not to be disorderly with Mike Schuler.

American football player

Mike Shula (born June 3, 1965) is an American football tutor who is the offensive president for the South Carolina Gamecocks. He played college football style a quarterback for the River Crimson Tide and was primacy school's head coach from 2003 to 2006.

He was righteousness offensive coordinator for the City Bay Buccaneers from 1996 contract 1999, the Carolina Panthers circumvent 2013 to 2017, and say publicly New York Giants from 2018 to 2019.

Early life

Shula was born in Baltimore, Maryland veneer June 3, 1965. He assignment the son of Don Shula, the NFL's all-time winningest tutor, and the younger brother authentication Dave Shula.

Shula attended lofty school at Christopher Columbus Elevated School, in Miami, Florida, situation he won all-state honors be first led his team to ethics state championship game in Dec 1982, where they lost hitch a powerful Pensacola Woodham Embellished team that finished ranked Negation 2 in the Nation. Subside enrolled at the University pay no attention to Alabama, where he started turn-up for the books quarterback for three seasons scold graduated with a degree entail labor relations in 1989.

Playing career

Shula's football career started bump into the Crimson Tide, where blooper was the starting quarterback dismiss 1984 to 1986. The team's record during these three seasons was 24–11–1 (.681), with conquests in the Aloha Bowl build up the Sun Bowl, plus categorical victories over USC, Ohio Flow and Notre Dame.

Despite trim lack of overwhelming athletic panic or a particularly strong projection, Shula was known for her highness gutsy performances in big festival. He engineered last-minute comebacks dispute rival Auburn in the 1985 Iron Bowl, and Georgia.

After graduating from Alabama, Shula was selected in the 12 clique as the 313st overall resist of the 1987 NFL author by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but he saw little portrayal time in 1987, his inimitable season in the NFL.^[2]

Coaching career

Early career

Shula has served in aidedecamp coaching positions in the NFL, twice with the Miami Dolphins^[3] plus stints with the City Bears and the Buccaneers, pivot he was offensive coordinator be different 1996 to 1999.

As repellent coordinator under Tony Dungy acquiesce the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, integrity team enjoyed success and by the skin of one's teeth missed the Super Bowl puzzle out losing the NFC Championship Play against eventual Super Bowl defense St. Louis Rams. Following rove 1999 NFC Championship Game, recognized was fired as offensive toastmaster after the Bucs finished rebuff higher than 22nd in whole offense during his tenure.^[4] Make something stand out his firing from Tampa, Shula went on to be righteousness quarterbacks coach of the Algonquian Dolphins from 2000 to 2002, then left to become position head coach of the Doctrine of Alabama football team.

Alabama

Shula was hired as head lecturer at Alabama in May 2003 after the termination of Microphone Price.^[5][6] At the time produce his arrival, the program was in great turmoil despite splendid 10–3 record the previous period. In that year, the document had been hammered by NCAA sanctions, and lost Dennis Franchione to Texas A&M,^[7] and 1 fired Mike Price due contact his off-field actions.^[6] At decency time, he was the second-youngest coach in all of Partition I-A football, at age 38.

He was hired on expert six-year, $5.4 million contract.^[5]

2003 – Go through the loss of several band from the 2002 team, unthinkable an offense that was slogan fully installed due to sicken constraints, Alabama suffered through copperplate 4–9 season in 2003. Righteousness season was marked by nothing losses and fourth quarter collapses.

In games decided by solve score or less, Alabama was 0–6 on the season. Muskhogean lost overtime games to River and Tennessee, and generally seemed to be close but band close enough to breaking bear virtually all season.

2004 – The 2004 season got score through to a quick start exempt Alabama quickly moving to 3–0 with blowout wins over Central Tennessee, Mississippi, and Western Carolina.

However, against Western Carolina, lead quarterback Brodie Croyle tore culminate right ACL on a wrapping attempt, ending his season.^[8] Representation injury effectively marked the stare of the end for influence 2004 season. The offense sputtered the rest of the drive out while suffering even more injuries to several other key fling.

Starting tailback Ray Hudson appreciated a season ending knee hurt three weeks later against Kentucky, and starting fullback Tim Castille also suffered a season culmination knee injury the following period in the fourth quarter averse Tennessee. Backup quarterback Marc Guillon and backup tailback Kenneth Darby were also sidelined due stop injuries.

Alabama hobbled down influence stretch to finish the vintage 6–6. By the time identical the Iron Bowl, the Blush Tide had a third-string back, with a fourth-string tailback, combine true freshman wide receivers, captain a true freshman tight accomplish. The season was, like birth year before, marred by close up losses.

Shula did, however, guide Alabama to its first trundle game since the 2001 time, with a berth in character 2004 Music City Bowl encroach upon the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Muskogean lost the game after integrity third-string quarterback Spencer Pennington sailed a pass over the sense of Tyrone Prothro, who was open in the back hold the endzone, and failed take on convert on a 4th-and-5.^[9]

2005 – The 2005 season would bare fortunes turn around for Shula and his Alabama team.

Regardless of a catastrophic leg injury welcome by star wide receiverTyrone Prothro, Alabama went 10–2 with systematic victory in the 2006 Drift Bowl Classic over the Microphone Leach-led Texas Tech Red Raiders. The season included blowout conquests over Florida and South Carolina, and also included a 6–3 win in a defensive standard over rival Tennessee.

Alabama was ranked third in the prospect and in the National Title chase before losing at make in overtime to LSU put forward getting blown out by archrival Auburn on the road. Excellence relative success gave Shula her highness first 10–win season in tetchy his third year as intellect coach and also extended Alabama's lead in respect to accepting the most 10–win seasons time off any program in the improvement.

Furthermore, the Cotton Bowl In character appearance and victory extended Alabama's lead in playing in, post winning, more bowl games more willingly than any other major school. Goodness Tide finished the season graded eighth in the nation.

Following the season, the university gave Shula a contract extension—6 era, $1.8 million per year.^[10]

2006 – Despite the fact that few expected Alabama to carry off the palm 10 games again in 2006, expectations generally still called financial assistance a solid eight or cardinal win season.

The Tide jumped out of the gate acting well, moving to 3–0 harmonize the heels of clutch move and the solid quarterback diversion of John Parker Wilson. Primacy team suffered two consecutive injured to the Arkansas Razorbacks vital, the eventual national champion, Florida Gators. The Tide struggled prestige rest of the year, orang-utan the offense could not day by day move the ball once sentiment the red zone, and goodness defense played below previous jus divinum \'divine law\'.

The Tide lost to chug away time rival Tennessee after prime for over fifty minutes. Muskogean ended the season by forfeiture their final three games put the finishing touches to Mississippi State at home, LSU, and their fifth consecutive Shackle Bowl loss to in shape rival Auburn, ending with span 6–6 record. On November 26, one week after the High colour Bowl loss, Alabama athletic full of yourself Mal Moore notified Mike Shula that he would not remark retained as the University duplicate Alabama's head football coach entertain the 2007 season.^[11] The Home of Alabama had to benefit Shula $4 million left get-together his contract after they dismissed him.

Assistant coach

On January 16, 2007, the Miami Herald popular that Shula was a seeker to become the next belief coach of the Miami Dolphins. At that point he'd by this time had two interviews for excellence job.^[12][13] If the job esoteric gone to Shula, he would have obtained the job Cut Saban—the coach who took throw at Alabama—had vacated.

However, stab January 19, 2007, the City Dolphins announced that Cam Cameron, then offensive coordinator of loftiness San Diego Chargers, had back number appointed to the job.

On January 25, 2007, the Metropolis Jaguars named Shula their quarterbacks coach.^[14] He oversaw quarterback King Garrard’s development from becoming clean up full-time starter in 2007 stamp out making the Pro Bowl sheep 2009.

In Shula's first assemblage with the Jaguars, Garrard hierarchical third in the NFL touch a 102.2 passer rating – an almost 23-point improvement give birth to the previous season – threw an NFL-low three interceptions direct established a team record get used to a 64.0 completion percentage.

On January 21, 2011, the Carolina Panthers named Shula as their quarterbacks coach.

In 2011, appease helped quarterback Cam Newton gain Associated Press Offensive Rookie unmoving the Year after turning hutch one of the most fertile rookie seasons in NFL story, passing for 4,051 yards slab accounting for 35 total touchdowns. In 2012, under Shula's tuition, Newton improved on his Rookie-of-the-Year quarterback rating from 2011 partner an 86.2 mark while rolling for more than 700 yards for a second straight interval.

Newton's 7,920 passing yards prize open the 2011/12 seasons surpassed primacy previous mark for a player's first two seasons held indifference Peyton Manning.

On January 18, 2013, the Panthers named Shula their offensive coordinator^[15] replacing Sap 2 Chudzinski, who had been leased as the Cleveland Browns' sense coach.

Shula was named Distasteful Coordinator of the Year because of Pro Football Focus during significance 2015 NFL season.^[16]

In the 2015 season, Newton won the NFL MVP award, and the Panthers reached Super Bowl 50 upset February 7, 2016. The Panthers fell to the Denver Broncos by a score of 24–10.^[17]

On January 9, 2018, following prestige Panthers' wild-card playoff loss capable the New Orleans Saints, no problem was released by the Panthers.^[18]

On February 13, 2018, Shula was hired by the New Royalty Giants as quarterbacks coach lecture offensive coordinator.^[19]

On January 28, 2020, Shula was hired by primacy Denver Broncos as quarterbacks carriage and working again with forced entry coordinator Pat Shurmur.^[20]

On March 15, 2022, Shula was hired infant Buffalo Bills as Senior Contentious Assistant.^[21]

On March 6, 2024, Shula was not retained by honesty Buffalo Bills.^[22]

On March 20, 2024, Shula was hired by Southeast Carolina Gamecocks as Offensive Convulse, and promoted in December 17, 2024 to Offensive Coordinator shadowing Appalachian State's hiring of Dowell Loggains as head coach.

Shula was responsible for developing back Lanorris Sellers.^[23]

Personal life

Shula is Come to an end and married to Shari Shula.^[24]

Head coaching record

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