American football coach (born 1965)American football player

Richard Shawn Slo* (born February 21, 1965) is an American football coach who was the special teams coach for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League and is currently the *ociate Head Coach/Special Teams Coordinator/Outside Linebackers Coach at Arizona State University.

Contents

• 1 Early life and college career
• 2 Coaching career
• 3 Personal life
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Early life and college career

Born in Monticello, Arkansas, Slo* graduated from Bryan High School in Bryan, Texas in 1983 and attended Texas A&M University, where he played football as a linebacker and was a member of the 12th Man Kickoff Team under coach Jackie Sherrill. Slo* earned one letter with the team in 1984. He graduated with a B.S. in construction management in 1987 from the Texas A&M College of Architecture.

Coaching career

Slo* started his coaching career as a volunteer *istant at Texas A&M, under his father R. C. Slo*. In 1990, Shawn served as a graduate *istant at the University of Pittsburgh, coaching the defense. He returned to coaching at Texas A&M, coaching tight ends, linebackers, and special teams from 1991 to 1997. From 1991 to 1993, Slo* helped the Aggies win three straight Southwest Conference championships. During the years 1994-97, he coached two all-Americans, Shane Lechler and Lombardi Award winner Dat Nguyen, who both went on to play for the NFL. During his seven-season coaching tenure at A&M, he *isted the Aggies to five bowl games, including four Cotton Bowl Cl*ic appearances. The Aggie team record was 94-28-2 from 1991–1997. The 94 wins were the sixth in the country and also the greatest wins by any Texas Division I school in any decade. From 1998 to 1999, Slo* coached at the University of Southern California, where he coached Butkus Award winner Chris Claiborne, Zeke Moreno, and Markus Steele. He returned to A&M again and coached the Secondary and special teams from 2000-02. In 2005, he became *istant head coach and linebacker coach at Ole Miss, where he coached star linebacker Patrick Willis.

On February 6, 2006, Slo* joined the Packers, becoming the *istant special teams coach. He got promoted to special teams coordinator on January 14, 2009.

The Dallas Morning News ranked the Packers special teams units 29th in 2010 and 31st in 2011.

The Packers' special teams units were ranked 12th in 2012 and 20th in 2013 by the Dallas Morning News.

On January 30, 2015, the Packers fired Slo*.

On March 2, 2015, Slo* joined Todd Graham's coaching staff at Arizona State University as *ociate head coach, special teams coordinator, and outside linebackers coach.

On January 9, 2018, Slo* was retained as Sun Devils special teams coordinator and *ociate head coach.

Personal life

His father R. C. Slo* was head coach for Texas A&M from 1989 to 2002 and is the winningest coach in Texas A&M football history. R. C. Slo* was a tight end at McNeese State when Shawn was born. Shawn Slo* has been an *istant coach at Texas A&M under R. C. Slo*.

Shawn Slo* is currently married to the former Michelle Biehl and has four children (daughters, Tayler, Jordyn, Haley and son Jaxon) from a previous marriage.

References

External links

• Packers' bio