On the leak play, the leak route is usually run by the tight end (sometimes a receiver or fullback too) and the result is he more often than not wide open the opposite way. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. LaFleur , Taylor, McDaniels and Kyle Shanahan have all assembled excellent coaching staffs that Ho ho ho, folks! Behind an emerging young running back, Terrell Davis, they improved to finish the next season 13-3, but lost in the first round of the playoffs 30-27 to the Jaguars. WebView the profiles of professionals named "Michael Shanahan" on LinkedIn. After the defense commits to the flood and sinks underneath the corner, the receiver breaks his route back across the field toward the far post. 10 mo. His Solid tree, but not enough to crack the top five. The Washington Commanders took Cousins in the []. Apologies for the whiners site. What set the Shanahan lineage of coaches apart was the addition of the wide/outside-zone running scheme. When a third-down pass interference penalty on Kupp gave the Rams new life, the Super Bowl MVP had a touchdown called back after off-setting penalties. All in all, Paul Browns tree may not have been around the longest, but they made the most of what they were given, and always came out on top when games mattered most. He led the Broncos to back-to-back Super Bowl championships in the 1997 and 1998 seasons, during which time the Broncos set a then-record for victories in two seasons. The 1986 season brought with it one of the greatest AFC Championship games in the history of the NFL. Personal Information Kyle Shanahan has spawned a number of talented HCs Kyle Shanahan comes from an illustrious coaching family tree, largely thanks to his legendary father, Mike Shannan. He was given a Super Bowl-ready 49ers roster and led them to two more championships after Walsh left. The next head coach of the Vikings linked up with McVay for the first time before the 2020 season. The team ran the wishbone offense, the same set Shanahan quarterbacked in high school. Success? His coaching tree has combined for a record of 331-264-0 in the regular season and 22-16 in the playoffs during their thirty-seven seasons as head coach after serving on his coaching staffs. The worst of which is Steve Spagnuolo who, across three-plus seasons as a head coach for the Rams and Giants, went an abysmal 11-41 (.212). Kyle Shanahan seemingly has a member of his coaching staff poached every single year as teams look for a new play-caller and head coach. Shanahans top protg, Mike McDaniel, brings arguably the leagues best offense featuring a host of former 49ers to town on Sunday in what figures to be an extremely entertaining matchup. Interestingly enough, this group of colleagues has found themselves squaring off against one another in the postseason on four different occasions since 2020. [Schefter] - Former Monday Night Football analyst Brian Griese is leaving ESPN to become the Quarterbacks Coach for the 49ers, sources tell Seth Wickersham and me. Parcells tree has 218 more wins than any other tree on this list, and as long as Belichicks around, the gap will keep widening. Kyle Shanahan coaching tree: 49ers head coach has budding branches, following in dad's footsteps Joe Rivera 3 min read (Getty Images) The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Thankfully for Dungy, all of his subpar disciples didnt last too long as head coaches. But hes able to get up and sprint to the end zone for the touchdown. The Los Angeles Rams are coached by Sean McVay, who was Mike Shanahans tight ends coach in Washington. The next head coach of the Vikings linked up with McVay for the first time before the 2020 season. [Schefter] - Former Monday Night Football analyst Brian Griese is leaving ESPN to become the Quarterbacks Coach for the 49ers, sources tell Seth Wickersham and me. As the saying goes: women lie, men lie, numbers dont lie. Last season, LeFleur led the Packers back to the playoffs with another 13-3 record and he tied for the second-best start as a coach in their first two seasons since the 1970 merger. Shanahan had great success as a coach, with two Super Bowl wins with the Broncos, plus one as the 49ers offensive coordinator. Throughout the 21st Century, the NFLs most popular coaching trees came from either Bill Belichick or Andy Reid. Shanahans top protg, Mike McDaniel, brings arguably the leagues best offense featuring a host of former 49ers to town on Sunday in what figures to be an extremely entertaining matchup. During practice, he got hit so hard that it ruptrued a kidney. For starters, this opens up a lot of room for their quick backs to rip off massive runs. The second seed in the NFC also has a Mike Shanahan tree member or more realistically a Shanahan branch since Kyle brought this coach with him to Washington from Houston with Matt LaFleur. McVay stayed with Washington following the 2014 season and was promoted to be their offensive coordinator for the until 2017. Unfortunately, many of his children could start experiencing darker days as their coaching careers progress. In 1987, Denver returned to the Super Bowl after defeating the Browns in the AFC Championship for the second straight season, but again lost the sports biggest game 42-10 to the Washington Redskins. Before he was a head coach, Shanahan served as an assistant coach for Jon Gruden, Gary Kubiak, Kubiak had worked most of career, both playing and coaching, with Shanahans father Mike during his time with the Denver Broncos and the San Francisco 49ers. The Rams will face the Buccaneers on Sunday at 3:00 p.m. EST in the NFC Divisional Round of the playoffs. A loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the opening round of the playoffs ended Denvers season. If #1 is outside the tight end, but #2 has worked back inside, hell bang between them. The 2013 Washington coaching staff was unreal. LaFleur , Taylor, McDaniels and Kyle Shanahan have all assembled excellent coaching staffs that Three were courtesy of Bill Walsh of course, but Weeb Ewbank, who was a head coach for 12 years before the first Super Bowl managed to win one as well during the 1969 season as the head coach of the New York Jets. In the clips above with the 49ers, Shanahan has run the leak route with a tight end, a receiver, and a fullback. A good chunk of who he is, after all, comes from being part of the gigantic Mike Shanahan coaching tree. McVay was a key member of a strong offensive staff assembled by then-Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan. The only coaches with worse than a .500 record who managed to stick around for more than five seasons were Lindy Infante and Herm Edwards, and even Edwards still managed to reach the postseason in half of his seasons as a head coach. Thats a travesty. Christmas is here, and good ol jolly St. Nick is heading down the chimney with exactly what you asked for. Shanahans biggest influence is his father, Mike, for whom he worked for four seasons in Washington. McDaniel worked under Shanahan, McVay, and Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur during their time together in Washington from 2011-13. Despite having former assistants that landed head coaching jobs such as Al Groh, Romeo Crennel, Eric Mangini, Nick Saban, Jim Schwartz, Matt Patricia, Bill OBrien, Joe Judge, and Brian Flores, these coaches combined to win a whopping two playoff games courtesy of OBrien in Houston. He had an impact on defensive coaches, too. In that 2016 season, eventually culminating in a Super Bowl letdown, the Falcons averaged 33.8 points per game, finished 13-3, and vaulted Shanahan into the national conversation as the most coveted future head coach heading into 2017. The only really great head coach Belichick ever had on his coaching staff was Brian Flores, and we all know how that turned out. Shanahans tree is the only tree to not have a single coach with a sub-.500 record. The New York Giants are headed towards their second straight losing season and third straight season without making the playoffs, putting head coach Tom Coughlin firmly on the hot seat. As bright as Reid is, he doesnt eradicate Marty Mornhinweg, who went 5-27 (.156) across two seasons as Detroits head coach. Saleh said he's not married to the idea of hiring a Kyle Shanahan disciple, as he did with LaFleur. Griese and Kyle Shanahan have known each other for years; Griese played QB in Tampa when Shanahan was on the Bucs coaching staff. Until they leave for their own head coaching gig of course, in which case, you wish them the best and hope for a solid replacement. Also, since some coaches on this list still have students currently head coaching in the NFL, I have given certain coaches additional playoff appearances to their totals depending on whether or not their teams would be in the postseason if it started today. Copyright 2012-2023 Pro Football History.com. Got it? The team finished with an 11-1 record and was number 1 overall, with a Big 8 Championship win,a 14-6 Orange Bowl victory, and the National Championship win over Michigan. Mike Shanahan and his coaching pedigree are well respected in the NFL and his impact on the game still shows today. Cooper Kupp beats Eli Apple for the Game Winning Touchdown. 10) Kevin Sumlin, Texas A&M Head Coach Howell (pictured, middle) only produced four head coaches in the NFL, but two of those head coaches are widely-regarded as two of the greatest coaches in NFL history Tom Landry and Vince Lombardi. The Watts have Derek. Kyles got his own tree starting with Mike McDaniel in Miami, Michaels noted. Given all the great coaches currently in the NFL who fell from the Reid tree, Id assume most of you believed hed be somewhere in the top 10, but no. Three of his assistants from his pre-Washington days Art Shell, Gary Kubiak and Anthony Lynn went on to be NFL head coaches. Bill Cowher, Tony Dungy, Bruce Arians, and Mike McCarthy make up everything great about this tree. The Packers All have some sort of stem to the Mike Shanahan coaching tree and, to an extent, Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay. Personal Information He led the Broncos to back-to-back Super Bowl championships in the 1997 and 1998 seasons, during which time the Broncos set a then-record for victories in two seasons. OConnell and McDaniels emergence as head coaches means that 25% of the NFLs head coaching jobs will be occupied by this particular coaching tree. And while regular-season accolades are important, were going to dissect how these coaching trees have fared in the postseason. Please logout and login again. Matt LaFleur would join them. The only other Super Bowl came fromyup, Mike Holmgren, who also earned three conference championships. WebShanahan's success with the 49ers earned him a head coaching spot once more, this time back in Denver with the Broncos beginning in 1995. Throughout the 21st Century, the NFLs most popular coaching trees came from either Bill Belichick or Andy Reid. Dungys tree has a better regular season record though, and despite coaching for eleven fewer seasons than Reids tree, they also have one more conference championship. I do think that if McVay wants to return to key offensive concepts that he learned he might try to return to people he knows who can teach that system. However, OConnell is a new branch on this highly sought-after coaching tree. The team improved, finishing 7-9 with a third place finish in the AFC West. Allen, on the other hand, despite consistently failing to meet expectations in the postseason, did work in the regular season department, going 116-47 (.712) across 12 seasons as head coach for the Rams and then-Redskins. NFL head coaches under whom Mike Shanahan has served: Barry Switzer, University of Oklahoma (1975) Dan Couple that fact with their four Super Bowl wins and its easy to understand why this tree ranks so high. A couple more years like this and Shanahans tree might start looking pretty ugly. With the luxury of having two former assistants who won Super Bowls elsewhere before Reid captured his first Lombardi in 2019, this coaching trees trophy case is a heck of a lot more full than the Shanahan/McVay contingents. They were not fooled by the jet motion and covered the crossing routes pretty easily. The number 11 ranked Gators went on to win the Gator Bowl over number 10 ranked Iowa 14-6. Three of his assistants from his pre-Washington days Art Shell, Gary Kubiak and Anthony Lynn went on to be NFL head coaches. We want your feedback, let us know at feedback@pro-football-history.com. Before he was a head coach, Shanahan served as an assistant coach for Jon Gruden, Gary Kubiak, Kubiak had worked most of career, both playing and coaching, with Shanahans father Mike during his time with the Denver Broncos and the San Francisco 49ers. During his three seasons with the Gators, Shanahan coached several NFL draft picks, including future NFL head coach Mike Mularkey. The team finished 12-2 that season and it remains the only football championship in the schools history. The Packers In order to effectively lead a locker room of men from all different walks of life, you have to prioritize a player-driven culture that relies on building genuine relationships throughout the building. One variation the Shanahan tree will throw at the defense if they sense a naked boot and cheat back across or take away the intermediate crossers is to run a corner post behind the defense. Skip forward two decades, and Mike Shanahans coaching tree is finally starting to blossom. Conversely, nobody really drags this tree down. Bill Conkright only lasted one year. 20) starts to run with the corner stem, Kittle abruptly changes direction and cuts to the post and completely turns King around and then sprints to a 61-yard touchdown. Its the best tree the NFL has ever seen, perhaps the greatest the league will ever see. Like Shanahan, McVay began his career as a head-coach in 2017. Since some of the coaches on these trees coached before the Super Bowl era, I had to only count seasons in which they coached in the Super Bowl era into consideration for that stat, obviously. Kyles got his own tree starting with Mike McDaniel in Miami, Michaels noted. Six years in to Kyle Shanahans tenure, his coaching tree is already legion. That number should be 12, but for some reason, teams refuse to hire Eric Bieniemy (pictured above with Reid). I debated for a while on whether Dungy or Reid deserved this spot. We may earn a commission from links on this page. Thats what gave the edge to Dungy. With OConnell and former San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel becoming the most recent branches of the McVay/Shanahan coaching tree, these disciples will help form the largest coaching tree in the league next season. Still, Gillmans tree did a phenomenal job of winning Super Bowls once they came around. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. Rob Chudzinski also fell victim to the dumpster fire that was the 2010 Cleveland Browns, but each of these stains on Schottenheimers tree didnt last very long. Led by both one of the strongest offenses and one of the strongest defenses in the league, the Broncos won the next two Super Bowls. That said, the Reid tree is still going strong in the NFL, and maybe in a few years, its branches will have earned their way up this list. The Mike Shanahan era in Washington lasted four seasons and yielded three 10-loss campaigns, zero playoff victoriesand a coaching staff now taking the NFL by storm. In his five seasons with the Rams, McVay has amassed a 55-26 record while only missing the playoffs once (2019.). The Shanahan influence/coaching tree is dominating the NFL divisional round if you take a close look. As the offensive coordinator for the Broncos John Elway won Most Valuable Player. Meanwhile, Sean McVay and the Los Angeles Rams will face Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Mike Shanahan era in Washington lasted four seasons and yielded three 10-loss campaigns, zero playoff victoriesand a coaching staff now taking the NFL by storm. Following Staffords sneak attempt on first down, Kupp put the finishing touches on his Super Bowl masterpiece. Thats good enough for seventh on this list, but I cant help but think itd be much lower if Seifert wasnt handed the incredible roster Walsh built for him. The coaching tree has combined for two championships, most recently in 2021 by the Los Angeles Rams, led by Sean McVay. Shanahans tree is the only tree to not have a single coach with a sub-.500 record. LaFleur , Taylor, McDaniels and Kyle Shanahan have all assembled excellent coaching staffs that Mike Shanahan , during his first year of working with the Broncos (and QB John Elway) criticized Elway for his conditioning. For every Reid wunderkind there comes a troubled child. He was fired from the Redskins on Monday, December 30, 2013. Kyle Shanahan coaching tree: 49ers head coach has budding branches, following in dad's footsteps Joe Rivera 3 min read (Getty Images) The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. 10 mo. It appears the swelling in the Purdys elbow has gone down enough to undergo surgery. Bill Belichick is arguably the greatest head coach of all time, and his coaching tree has produced a myriad of stinkers like Matt Patricia, Josh McDaniels (solid OC, though), Bill OBrien (turned sour real quick), and Nick Saban (remember, this is considering their accomplishments as an NFL head coach). For example, one of the stats I use in this list is Seasons per Super Bowl (S/SB how many seasons between Super Bowls for each tree as a collective whole). It was time to dial up No. Griese and Kyle Shanahan have known each other for years; Griese played QB in Tampa when Shanahan was on the Bucs coaching staff. Hackett worked with Mikes brother, Matt, in Green Bay. Mike Shanahan, a two-time Super Bowl winner and likely future Hall-of-Famer, was Washington's head coach, with Kyle the offensive coordinator. All three are still coaching in the playoffs. The beauty of the Shanahan tree play-action designs is they can be twisted into other concepts that defenses arent necessarily ready for because they spend all their time studying and reacting to the ones they see more frequently. 49ers Press Conferences & Conference Calls, NFL mock draft database 2016 - 49ers picks across the Internet, 2016 NFL calendar: League year, free agency, draft, salary cap deadlines. Shanahan would spend a total of four seasons in If they couldnt cut it as head coaches, they didnt get any of the credit. In 2005, Mike McDaniel served as an offensive assistant under Mike Shanahan with the Denver Broncos. Over his twenty-nine years of coaching his teams compiled a cumulative win/loss record of 276-186-1. Mike Shanahan, a two-time Super Bowl winner and likely future Hall-of-Famer, was Washington's head coach, with Kyle the offensive coordinator. Yes, definitely. Kyles got his own tree starting with Mike McDaniel in Miami, Michaels noted. Shanahan returned to Denver the following season, 1990, as quarterbacks coach. Kyles got his own tree starting with Mike McDaniel in Miami, Michaels noted. Shanahan would spend a total of four seasons in Behind an improving offense, the Broncos achieved an 11-5 record. I mean, for goodness sake, his Bengals went 10-4 in 1976 and somehow they missed the playoffs. Total combined postseason accomplishments: Led by Shanahan and McVay, this tree has combined for a .643 winning percentage in the playoffs. Good. The next week, Florida met Georgia, also ranked number 4 and lost that game 10-9. Yes, definitely. For starters, this opens up a lot of room for their quick backs to rip off massive runs. Sure, Landry and Lombardi may not have the same accolades as Belichick, but they accomplished so much in such a comparatively short amount of time. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Photo Credit: Kirby Lee (USA TODAY Sports). Upon graduation from Eastern Illinois, he was an offensive assistant for the University of Oklahoma football team in 1975. After two successful seasons together at Northern Arizona, their season in Minnesota was a disappointment, as the team limped to a 4-6-1 record and sixth in the Big Ten conference. Unfortunately, many of his children could start experiencing darker days as their coaching careers progress. In 2017, Kyle Shanahans colleague from their days with the Washington Football Team, Sean McVay, was signed by the Los Angeles Rams to be their head coach.