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Mike Shula named senior offensive assistant with Buffalo Bills
Posted on 3/15/22 at 11:49 am
Posted on 3/15/22 at 11:49 am
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Former Alabama coach Mike Shula has a new job for his 31st season as an NFL assistant.
The Buffalo Bills announced on Tuesday that Shula has joined the team’s coaching staff as a senior offensive assistant. Shula had served as the Denver Broncos’ quarterbacks coach for the previous two seasons on the staff of Vic Fangio, who was fired after the 2021 campaign.
By joining the Bills, Shula reconnects with Buffalo coach Sean McDermott. They worked on the Carolina Panthers’ coaching staff together from 2011 through 2016. McDermott was Carolina’s defensive coordinator for those six seasons before leaving to become Buffalo’s head coach. Shula was the Panthers’ quarterbacks coach in 2011 and 2012 and offensive coordinator from 2013 through 2017.
Shula also worked as the offensive coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1996 through 1999 and the New York Giants in 2018 and 2019.
Shula is joining a staff that lost offensive coordinator Brian Daboll this offseason, when he became the head coach of the Giants. Quarterbacks coach Ken Dorsey has been promoted to offensive coordinator for the Bills.
Alabama’s starting quarterback from 1984 through 1986, Shula interrupted his NFL coaching career to serve as the Crimson Tide’s head coach from 2003 through 2006, compiling a 26-24 record.
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Posted on 3/15/22 at 12:30 pm to paperwasp
F Buffalo Roll Pats
Posted on 3/15/22 at 1:19 pm to paperwasp
Did he ever add a third play to his playbook?
Posted on 3/15/22 at 2:08 pm to Bamad
I don’t know why Shula doesn’t just retire and find something else to do like *David did.
*Just read that after 22 years of being out of coaching David started coaching the WR’s at Dartmouth in 2018. What the hell?
*Just read that after 22 years of being out of coaching David started coaching the WR’s at Dartmouth in 2018. What the hell?
Posted on 3/15/22 at 5:21 pm to Globetrotter747
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I don’t know why Shula doesn’t just retire and find something else to do like *David did.
He’s had an NFL job every season since he was fired at Bama. He’s only 56. If he likes what he does and people still want to hire him, why should he quit?
Posted on 3/15/22 at 6:35 pm to Bamad
quote:The guy came to Tuscaloosa in May to take over the program at the worst possible time. Nobody said that he was a great coach, but he certainly walked into the breach of a terrible situation. He had no real practice time with the team, and had to learn on the run!
Did he ever add a third play to his playbook?
Instead of denigrating him for his record, I personally appreciate his coming to the rescue when he did.
Posted on 3/15/22 at 6:59 pm to coachcrisp
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Instead of denigrating him for his record, I personally appreciate his coming to the rescue when he did.
He was also the quarterback for “The Kick” at Legion Field. Appreciate his time as a player and for coming as Coach when no one else wanted it. Unfortunate he doesn’t feel more welcome at his alma mater. The onus is on him for how it ended, and I’m loving this era of Alabama football, but I wish him the best.
The Kick
Posted on 3/15/22 at 8:02 pm to JustGetItRight
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He’s had an NFL job every season since he was fired at Bama. He’s only 56. If he likes what he does and people still want to hire him, why should he quit?
Outside of his Bama tenure (which wasn’t very good either) he has spent his entire career bouncing back and forth every few years between a position coach and OC for offenses that have mostly underperformed. Now he’s going to be an analyst in one of the least desirable NFL cities.
I like Shula. He was my hero when I was a little kid in the mid ‘80s and I hope he’s happy as a pig in shite doing what he’s doing. I just personally feel that unless money is tighter than I think I would rather hang it up and go back to South Florida than go live in Buffalo and continue a career that seems excruciatingly stale.
Just my opinion. Just my opinion.
Posted on 3/16/22 at 10:17 am to Globetrotter747
Is Shula still married to that smoke show of a wife he had while coaching at Bama? 
Posted on 3/16/22 at 11:38 am to Alabama_Fan
quote:Yep.
He was also the quarterback for “The Kick” at Legion Field. Appreciate his time as a player and for coming as Coach when no one else wanted it. Unfortunate he doesn’t feel more welcome at his alma mater. The onus is on him for how it ended, and I’m loving this era of Alabama football, but I wish him the best.
The game I remember most with him at QB was the Georgia game when he took'em 70 or 80 years in the last 1 1/2-2 minutes of the game to win it!
Posted on 3/16/22 at 11:40 am to samson73103
quote:Probably so.
Is Shula still married to that smoke show of a wife he had while coaching at Bama?
His family was very religiously grounded and they had children, so..
Posted on 3/16/22 at 11:02 pm to coachcrisp
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I personally appreciate his coming to the rescue when he did.
Some people just haven't been around long enough to understand what Shula went thru and what he faced.
This post was edited on 3/16/22 at 11:04 pm
Posted on 3/16/22 at 11:10 pm to Bamad
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Did he ever add a third play to his playbook?
Heard it was, “jumbo left”
Posted on 3/17/22 at 9:27 am to coachcrisp
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The guy came to Tuscaloosa in May to take over the program at the worst possible time. Nobody said that he was a great coach, but he certainly walked into the breach of a terrible situation. He had no real practice time with the team, and had to learn on the run!
Instead of denigrating him for his record, I personally appreciate his coming to the rescue when he did.
Agreed. He was set up for failure from the get-go. The late hire, plus the entire atmosphere around the program with sanctions and boosters; no one was going to be successful here. I think his biggest failings were in maintaining discipline over any scheme/play calling shortcomings. But I don't think negatively of Mike Shula. He wasn't ready for the job but was loyal to Alabama in a time of need.
Posted on 3/17/22 at 2:46 pm to SoFla Tideroller
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He wasn't ready for the job but was loyal to Alabama in a time of need.
I don’t think he took the job out of loyalty to Alabama. He was a 35 y/o NFL position coach, not a 50 y/o multiple national champion sitting at Ohio State or some place. Definitely a step up the ladder. It just didn’t work out.
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