| Don Shula | |
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| Position(s): Head Coach Cornerback |
Jersey #(s): 26 |
| Born: January 4, 1930 Grand River, Ohio |
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| Year(s): 1951–1997 | |
| NFL Draft: 1951 / Round: 9 / Pick: 110 | |
| College: John Carroll | |
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| Win-Loss Record | 328-156-6 |
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Donald Francis Shula (born January 4, 1930 in Grand River, Ohio) is an American former professional football coach for the National Football League. professional American football, the Super Bowl is the Championship game of the National Football League (NFL Super Bowl VII was an American football game played on January 14, 1973 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles California Super Bowl VIII was an American football game played on January 13, 1974 at Rice Stadium in Houston Texas to decide the National The American Football Conference Championship Game, otherwise known as AFC Championship Game, is one of the two Semi-final matches of the National Football League Throughout its history the National Football League and other leagues have used several different formats to determine their league champion including a period of interleague Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Grand River is a village in Lake County, Ohio, United States, along the Grand River. Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads The United States of America —commonly referred to as the American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with Coach (baseball|Coach (basketball|Coach (ice hockeyIn Sports a coach or manager is an individual involved in the direction instruction and training of the operations The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. He is best known as coach of the Miami Dolphins, the team he led to two Super Bowl victories, and to the NFL's first and only post-AFL/NFL merger Perfect Season. The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami Florida Metropolitan Area. professional American football, the Super Bowl is the Championship game of the National Football League (NFL The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. A perfect season is any sports season including the playoff portion of a season in which a team remains undefeated and untied Shula was named 1993 Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated. Since its inception in 1954, Sports Illustrated magazine has annually presented the " Sports Illustrated is an American Sports Magazine owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. He currently holds the NFL record for most career wins with 347.
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Personal life
Shula grew up in suburban Cleveland, attended St. Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state Mary's and graduating from Harvey High School in Painesville, and then John Carroll University. Thomas W Harvey High School is a public High school in Painesville Ohio. Painesville is a city in Lake County, Ohio, United States, along the Grand River. John Carroll University is a private co-educational Jesuit university in the greater Cleveland, Ohio area in the United States. He played football at both schools, but never started. He earned an associates degree in Physical Education from Case Western Reserve University in 1954. As part of a government public awareness campaign he was the first American to sign up for Medicare Part D prescription drug plan benefits, enrolling just after midnight on November 15, 2005.
Shula was married to Dorothy Bartish from 1958 until her death in 1991. Together they had five children - two of them being former Alabama coach Mike Shula and former Cincinnati Bengals coach Dave Shula. Mike Shula (born June 3, 1965, in) is an American football quarterback coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars, an NFL team David Donald Shula (born May 28 1959 in Lexington Kentucky) is a former American football player and coach. Shula married his second wife, Mary Anne Stephens, in 1993.
In 2007 Don Shula made a public comment alluding to an asterisk being placed on the Patriots if they were to go undefeated and break his 1972 Dolphins' record, because the spygate controversy caused the NFL to fine the Patriots and take away a first round draft pick. [1]
Playing career
In 1951 Shula signed with the Cleveland Browns, but rarely got on the field. The 1951 NFL season was the 32nd Regular season of the National Football League. The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. On March 26, 1953, he was traded to the Baltimore Colts in what was, at that time, the largest NFL player trade ever made, involving 15 players. The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis Indiana. The Colts traded T Mike McCormack, DT Don Colo, LB Tom Catlin, DB John Petitbon, and G Herschell Forester to the Browns for Shula, DB Bert Rechichar, DB Carl Taseff, LB Ed Sharkey, E Gern Nagler, QB Harry Agganis, T Dick Batten, T Stu Sheets, G Art Spinney, and G Elmer Willhoite. Michael Joseph McCormack (born June 21, 1930) is a former American football player and coach in the National Football League Don Colo (born January 5, 1925 in East Bridgewater Massachusetts) is a former American football Defensive tackle who played nine Albert Daniel (Bert Rechichar (born July 16, 1930 in Belle Vernon Pennsylvania) was an American football Defensive back who Carl Taseff ( September 28, 1928 - February 27, 2005) was an American football player and assistant coach Edward Joseph Sharkey (born July 6, 1927 in Brooklyn New York) was an American football Linebacker in the NFL. Gern Nagler (born February 23, 1932 in Marysville California) is a former American football Wide receiver who played ten seasons Aristotle George (Harry Agganis ( April 20, 1929 - June 27, 1955) nicknamed "The Golden Greek" was an American athletic Arthur F Spinney Jr (born November 8, 1927 in Saugus Massachusetts, died May 27, 1994 in Lynn Massachusetts) Shula and Taseff were teammates at John Carroll, with the Browns and with the Colts.
Shula played with Baltimore for four seasons before finishing his playing career with the Washington Redskins. The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team based in the Washington D Shula intercepted 4 passes in his seven NFL seasons, and also recovered four fumbles.
Early coaching career
Shula's first coaching position was as a defensive backs coach at the University of Virginia in 1958 where he coached under head coach Dick Voris. The University of Virginia (also called UVa, UVA, Mr Jefferson's University, or The University) is a highly selective public research Richard "Dick" Voris is a former college and professional American football coach who was a coaching staff member of the 1962 NFL Championship He stayed for one season before moving on to the same position at the University of Kentucky in 1959 where he coached under head coach Blanton Collier. The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public, Co-educational, University, and is also the state's land-grant university located Blanton Long Collier ( July 2, 1906, Millersburg Kentucky &ndash March 22, 1983, Houston Texas) was an American football In 1960, Shula entered the NFL as defensive coordinator of the Detroit Lions. The 1960 NFL season was the 41st Regular season of the National Football League. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. The Detroit Lions are an American football team based in Detroit Michigan.
Shula played under both the aforementioned Paul Brown and Weeb Ewbank, a Brown disciple, who is also in the Hall of Fame. Wilbur "Weeb" Ewbank ( May 6, 1907 - November 17, 1998) was an American professional football coach The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the Hall of fame of the National Football League (NFL After Ewbank left the Baltimore Colts to coach the New York Jets in 1963, Shula was hired by Colts' owner Carroll Rosenbloom to coach Baltimore. The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The 1963 NFL season was the 44th Regular season of the National Football League. Carroll Rosenbloom ( March 5, 1907 - April 2, 1979) was the owner of two US football teams the Baltimore Colts (now the Indianapolis Shula's hiring was controversial because he was thought to be too young at only age 33.
Shula took the controls and led the Colts to an 8-6 record in 1963. He was successful, compiling a 71-23-4 record in seven seasons with Baltimore, but he was just 2-3 in the postseason, including two losses in championship games in which the Colts were heavy favorites, the 1964 NFL championship game won by the Browns 27-0 and Super Bowl III, the game in which Joe Namath of the New York Jets guaranteed and delivered a victory. Super Bowl III was the third AFL-NFL Championship Game in professional American football, but the first to officially bear the name " Super Bowl " Joseph William Namath (born May 31 1943, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania) also known as Broadway Joe or Joe Willie, is a former The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area.
The 1965 team lost a special tie breaker playoff game in overtime against the Green Bay Packers while using running back Tom Matte at quarterback because of injuries to John Unitas and his backups. The 1967 team failed to make the playoffs despite a regular season record of 11-1-2.
Miami Dolphins
1970-1973
After the 1969 season, Joe Robbie, owner of the Miami Dolphins, signed Shula to a contract to become Miami's second head coach. The 1969 NFL season was the 50th Regular season of the National Football League, and the last one before the AFL-NFL Merger. Joseph "Joe" Robbie (b July 7, 1916 in Sisseton South Dakota &ndash January 7, 1990) was an American Lawyer The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami Florida Metropolitan Area. As a result of Shula's signing the team was charged with tampering by the NFL, which forced the Dolphins to give their first round pick to the Colts. The decision was controversial because Shula and Robbie's negotiations and signing were conducted before and after the official NFL/AFL merger, respectively. The AFL-NFL merger of 1970 was the merger of the two major professional American football leagues Had the negotiations been concluded before the merger, while the NFL and AFL were rivals, the NFL's anti-tampering rules could not have been applied.
Shula's Miami teams were immensely talented during the 1970s. His teams were known for great offensive lines (led by Larry Little, Jim Langer and Bob Kuechenberg), strong running games (featuring Larry Csonka, Jim Kiick, and Mercury Morris), solid quarterbacking (by Bob Griese and Earl Morrall), excellent receivers (in Paul Warfield, Howard Twilley and TE Jim Mandich) and a defense that worked well as a cohesive unit. Lawrence Chatmon Little (Born November 2, 1945, in Groveland, Georgia) is a former guard in college and professional American James John Langer (born May 16, 1948 in Little Falls Minnesota, USA is a former American football center for the National Football Robert John Kuechenberg (born October 14, 1947 in Gary Indiana) is a former National Football League Offensive lineman for the Lawrence Richard Csonka (born December 25, 1946) is an American former collegiate and professional Running back in American football James Forrest Kiick (born August 9, 1946 in Lincoln Park, New Jersey) was an American collegiate and professional football Running Eugene "Mercury" Morris (born January 5, 1947) is a former American football player who played Running back in the American Football Robert Allen Griese (Gree-see (born February 3, 1945 in Evansville Indiana) is a former American football Quarterback who earned Earl Edwin Morrall (born May 17, 1934 in Muskegon Michigan) is a former American football Quarterback in the National Football Paul Dryden Warfield (born November 28, 1942 in Warren Ohio) was a professional American football Wide receiver in the 1960s and Howard James Twilley, (born December 25, 1943 in Houston Texas, U James Michael Mandich, (born July 30, 1948 in Cleveland Ohio) is a former professional American football Tight end with the In an era when defenses were given fanciful nicknames (for instance, the Dallas Cowboys were known as the "Doomsday Defense", Pittsburgh was called "The Steel Curtain" and the L. A. Rams front line was known as "The Fearsome Foursome") the Dolphins were known as "The No-Name Defense" even though they had a number of great players, including DT Manny Fernandez and MLB Nick Buoniconti. Manuel Jose Fernandez (born July 3, 1946 in Oakland California) is a former American football player who played eight seasons for the Miami Nicholas Anthony Buoniconti (born December 15, 1940) is a former American Football League and NFL Hall of Fame Middle linebacker
In 1972 the Dolphins were unbeaten (14-0) in the regular season. Athletics For an extensive coverage see 1972 in athletics (track and field Marathon September They swept the playoffs and finished 17-0.
Post-1973
Shula changed his coaching strategy as his personnel changed. His Super Bowl teams in 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1982 were keyed by a run-first offensive strategy and a dominating defense. Athletics For an extensive coverage see 1982 in athletics (track and field Marathon In 1983, shortly after losing Super Bowl XVII to the Washington Redskins, the Dolphins drafted quarterback Dan Marino out of the University of Pittsburgh. The 1983 National Football League Draft was held on April 26–27 1983 Super Bowl XVII was an American football game played on January 30, 1983 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena California to decide the The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team based in the Washington D Daniel Constantine Marino Jr (born September 15, 1961 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) is a Polish - Italian American Hall of The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a non-sectarian coeducational independent state-related, "public" research University Marino won the starting job halfway through the 1983 regular season, and by 1984 the Dolphins were back in the Super Bowl thanks largely to Marino's record 5,084 yards through the air and 48 touchdown passes. The 1983 NFL season was the 64th Regular season of the National Football League. The 1984 NFL season was the 65th Regular season of the National Football League. Super Bowl XIX was an American football game played on January 20, 1985 at Stanford Stadium, on the campus of Stanford University
For all his success, the Dolphins' January, 1974 Super Bowl win over the Minnesota Vikings proved to be Shula's last championship. The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based out of Minneapolis Minnesota. Despite consistent success in the regular season, Shula was unable to win in the post-season, failing in 12 trips to the playoffs – including two more Super Bowl appearances – before retiring after the 1995 season. The 1995 NFL season was the 76th Regular season of the National Football League.
Toward the end of Shula's career, some fans and members of the local media began to speculate that "the game has passed him by. " With the change of ownership from Joe Robbie to Wayne Huizenga the pressure to get back to the Super Bowl led to the addition of many high-priced free agents who did not necessarily fit into Shula's systems. Joseph "Joe" Robbie (b July 7, 1916 in Sisseton South Dakota &ndash January 7, 1990) was an American Lawyer Harry Wayne Huizenga (born December 29, 1937 in Evergreen Park Illinois) is the owner of 50% of the National Football League 's Miami Dolphins
Former Dallas Cowboys and Miami Hurricanes coach Jimmy Johnson wrote in his weekly syndicated newspaper column that the 1995 Dolphins had the talent to be favorites for the Super Bowl. The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC in the National The Miami Hurricanes represent the varsity sports teams of the University of Miami. James William Johnson (born July 16, 1943) is an American football coach and broadcaster professional American football, the Super Bowl is the Championship game of the National Football League (NFL However, this team finished a disappointing 9-7 and lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Buffalo Bills. The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo New York Metropolitan area, playing seven of their home games in the suburb
Legacy
Shula set numerous records in his 33 seasons as a head coach. He is the All-Time leader in Victories with 347. He is first in most games coached (526), most consecutive seasons coached (33), and Super Bowl losses (4) (tied with Bud Grant, Dan Reeves and Marv Levy). Harry Peter "Bud" Grant Jr (born May 20 1927 is the longtime former American football Head coach of the Minnesota Vikings of the National Daniel Edward Reeves (born January 19, 1944 in Rome Georgia) is a former American football player and head coach Marvin Daniel Levy (born August 3, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois) was the General Manager and Vice President of Football Operations for His teams won seven NFL conference titles: 1964, 1968, 1971-73, 1982 and 1984. Shula's teams were consistently among the least penalized in the NFL, and Shula served on the Rules Committee, to help change the game to a more pass oriented league.
He is honored at the Don Shula Stadium at John Carroll University, and the Don Shula Expressway in Miami. Additionally, an annual college football game between South Florida schools Florida Atlantic University and Florida International University is named the Shula Bowl in his honor. Florida International University, commonly referred to as FIU or Florida International, is a public Research University located Previous results |} The game's winner receives a traveling trophy named the Don Shula Award.
He has co-authored three books: "The Winning Edge" (1973) with Lou Sahadi ISBN 0525235000, "Everyone's a Coach" (1995) ISBN 0310208157 and "The Little Black Book of Coaching: Motivating People to be Winners" (2001) ISBN 0066621038 both with Kendra Blanchard.
He was inducted into his high school Hall Of Fame in 1997.
Post-coaching activities
In retirement, Shula has lent his name to a chain of steakhouses, Shula's Steakhouse[2] and a line of condiments. thumb|right|200px|The Big Texan - Amarillo Texas steakhouse A steakhouse (or steak house) is a Restaurant that specializes in Beef Steaks [3] He also appears in NutriSystem commercials with Dan Marino and other former NFL players. NutriSystem Nourish Diet plan is a "send you the food" diet plan operated by NutriSystem Inc
Coach Shula's first wife, Dorothy Shula, fought breast cancer for six years. Breast cancer is a Cancer that starts in the cells of the Breast in women and men Just before her death in 1991, Coach Shula formed the Don Shula Foundation for the purpose of finding a cure for cancer. [4]
Don Shula remarried on October 16, 1993, to Mary Anne Stephens. Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) In 2007 ads for NutriSystem geared for people age 60 and older featured the 77 year-old Shula and his 61 year-old wife Mary Anne. [5]
In 2007 in Miami at Super Bowl XLI, Shula took part in the Vince Lombardi Trophy presentation. Super Bowl XLI was an American football game played on February 4 2007 at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, a suburb of The Vince Lombardi Trophy is the Trophy awarded each year to the winning team of the National Football League 's annual championship game the Super Bowl [6]
On March 25, 2007, Shula presented the Winners Cup to Tiger Woods, winner of the 2007 WGC-CA Golf Tournament held at the Doral Resort in Miami.
On February 3, 2008, Shula participated in the opening of Super Bowl XLII. Super Bowl XLII featured the National Football Conference (NFC champion New York Giants and the American Football Conference (AFC champion New England
Testimonials
Bum Phillips: (explaining why Don Shula was a great coach in spite of the lack of a catchy moniker for his "system"): "He can take his'n and beat yours'n and take yours'n and beat his his'n. Oail Andrew “Bum” Phillips (born on September 29, 1923 in Nederland Texas) is a former American football coach "
Controversy
In 2007 Don Shula made a public comment alluding to an asterisk being placed on the Patriots if they were to go undefeated and break his 1972 Dolphins' record, because the Spygate controversy caused the NFL to fine the Patriots and take away a first round draft pick. " Spygate " refers to an incident in the 2007 National Football League season when the New England Patriots were disciplined by the National Football [7]
References
- ^ Shula backs down from 'Spygate' comments - Boston.com
- ^ Shula's
- ^ Shula's Online Store
- ^ http://www.miamidolphins.com/newsite/history/dolphinshonors/dolphinshonors_shula_d.asp
- ^ "NFL's Shula named NutriSystem spokesman", CNN Money, January 22, 2007. Retrieved on Feb. 6, 2007
- ^ "Marino, Shula to be honored at Super Bowl XLI", NFL, Dec. 14, 2006. Retrieved on Feb. 6, 2007
- ^ Scout.com: Patriots Respond To Shula's Asterisk Comment
External links
- Pro Football Hall of Fame: Member profile
- Databasefootball. com: player profile
- Don Shula at the Internet Movie Database
- Super Bowl XLI commercial featuring Shula & Jay-Z at YouTube
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Succeeded by Jimmy Johnson |
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