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Kyle Shanahan
Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
5th NFL Season • 3rd with Texans
Kyle Shanahan enters his third season with the
Houston Texans, fifth in the NFL, and first as the
offensive coordinator. Shanahan coached the
quarterbacks in 2007 and the wide receivers in
2006 before being named offensive coordinator
on January 11, 2008. At age 28, Shanahan is the
youngest coordinator in the NFL.
As coordinator, Shanahan will work closely
with head coach Gary Kubiak to develop and
implement the offensive game plan each week.
Shanahan will continue to work with the quarterbacks
as well. Under his guidance last year,
the quarterback position had its most productive
year in team history. The Texans signal callers
set club records for most completions, passing
yards and touchdowns; and they were sacked
just 22 times all year.
With Shanahan as his position coach in 2006,
WR Andre Johnson turned in the best season
of his young career and earned a starting nod
in the 2007 Pro Bowl. Johnson led the NFL with
103 receptions and had his second 1,000-yard
season with 1,147 yards. Johnson’s 103 catches
accounted for 31.3 percent of the Texans’ total
completions, more than any receiver in the
league. Opposite Johnson, veteran Eric Moulds
contributed 57 catches for 557 yards and a score.
Kevin Walter, signed as a restricted free agent in
the offseason, proved to be a solid addition with
17 catches for 160 yards on the year.
Shanahan joined the Texans from the Tampa
Bay Buccaneers, where he served as offensive
quality control coach during the 2004 and 2005
seasons. In his first season with the Bucs, he
helped rookie Michael Clayton establish franchise
rookie records for receptions and receiving
touchdowns. He also helped receiver Joey
Galloway finish seventh in the NFL in receiving
yardage in 2005.
He spent the 2003 season as a graduate assistant
at UCLA, who participated in the Silicon
Valley Bowl at the end of the season.
During his senior year playing at the University
of Texas as a wide receiver, Shanahan played
in 12 games and averaged 8.9 yards per reception.
He attended Duke University in 1999 and
played wide receiver for the Blue Devils before
transferring to the University of Texas in 2000.
He spent two seasons at wide receiver for the
Longhorns.
Shanahan was born in Minneapolis and attended
Cherry Creek (Colo.) High School. Shanahan
and his wife Mandy reside in Houston and celebrated
the birth of their first daughter, Stella,
last August.
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shanahan’s C O A C H I N G L E D G E R
2008 Offensive Coordinator Houston Texans
2007 Quarterbacks Houston Texans
2006 Wide Receivers Houston Texans
2004-05 Offensive Quality Control Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2003 Graduate Assistant UCLA
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