Terry Shea

[RU4Real]

His name came up in another thread, where a poster asked if Rutgers had ever hired a HC with previous HC experience.

I did some checking. He's spent the last couple of years coaching in the FXFL and is, at the moment, the HC of the Brooklyn Bolts (I had no idea there was such a thing).

If - and I say IF - Ash comes in and cleans house, I would consider the possibility of hiring Shea as QB coach. Regardless of his legacy of W-L failure at Rutgers, he is by every account a very good Xs and Os guy and specializes in grooming quarterbacks. Anything we offer him as QB coach is more than he's going to be making coaching in Brooklyn.

 

[rutgersal]

Would do it in an instant.

 

[RBNY87]

You need to hire OC first as he may also coach the QB's

 

[Plum Street]

I agree Shea is a good qb coach and an awful head coach. Awful !!
I think it would depend what kind of offense ash would want to run and whether Shea is a good fit for coaching up his qbs .

 

[BoroKnight]

Terry Shea has a long track record of excellence in coaching quarterbacks. A staff couldn't do much better.

Not sure I could handle the karma, though. I mean 11-44 is a lot of bad vibes to overcome, especially when five of the 11 were in one year.

But in that area, Shea knows what he's doing.

 

[knightfan7]

Terry Shea has a long track record of excellence in coaching quarterbacks. A staff couldn't do much better.

Not sure I could handle the karma, though. I mean 11-44 is a lot of bad vibes to overcome, especially when five of the 11 were in one year.

But in that area, Shea knows what he's doing.

IIRC, he also runs a very highly regarded QB Camp for college kids looking to improve their stock prior to the combine.

 

[drewbagel423]

Hiring Shea would create an even bigger need for strong NJ recruiters.

 

[garyrc70]

I may be wrong about this but wasn't he the HC at San Jose St. prior to RU...

 

[RU4Real]

I may be wrong about this but wasn't he the HC at San Jose St. prior to RU...

He was, for 2 years, with a stop as OC/AHC at Stanford in between.

In his 2 years at SJS he won the conference both times (one year was a tie), went to a bowl game (and beat Cal).

Again - anyone who said "the guy can't coach" is just wrong. He can definitely coach. He was set up for failure at Rutgers and probably over his head given the circumstances of the athletic department at the time (i.e. Fred).

As for "the need to hire NJ recruiters", he only needs to be responsible for recruiting QBs and he's one of the best QB coaches in the business and extremely well-respected in the QB community.

Agree that we need to wait and see what Ash's direction is, offensively - I said as much in my OP. I'm just saying that if those stars align, this is a really great idea for a QB coaching hire.

 

[zappaa]

Would he screw the Bolts if he came here?
If he bolted the Bolts to come here after 2 championships, they might think they're getting screwed.

 

[rufeelinit]

He can coach and has wrote books on QB play. How is he now? I don't think he would help much in recruiting so it would depend on the composition of the rest of the staff to figure out if this would work.

 

[LotusAggressor]

QB is the most poorly coached position in football. There aren't many people who know what they're doing in that area. Shea is one of the few who does, 11-44 notwithstanding. In the last 15 years, RU QBs have gotten 1 season of decent coaching.

 

[Trekology]

Have there been cases where previously fired head coaches are hired back at the same program in a lower capacity? I would think that would be a serious ego killer.

 

[Source]

1) Terry Shea is turning 70 this June.
2) Not sure if you can go home again to a team you were once head coach. Anybody have any successful examples to cite in this area?

1996-2000: Terry Shea (June 12, 1946-), San Mateo, CA. Quarterback Oregon 1965-67. No pro playing experience. College coach: Oregon 1968-69; Mt. Hood (Ore) J.C. 1970-75, Utah State 1976-1981, San Jose State 1984-86, 1990-91 (head coach 1990-91), California 1987-89, Stanford 1992-94, Rutgers 1996-2000 (head coach). Pro coach: British Columbia Lions (CFL) 1995, Kansas City Chiefs 2001-03, Chicago Bears 2004, re-joined Chiefs in 2005, QB coach of Miami Dolphins 2007 and St. Louis Rams 2008; offensive co-ordinator and QB coach of the United Football League (UFL) Virginia Destroyers 2011-2012