Mike Shanahan was hired as the Washington Redskins Executive Vice President/Head Coach on Jan. 6, 2010.
Shanahan's 146 regular season wins as an NFL head coach are the 17th-most in history and the second-most among active coaches, trailing only Bill Belichick's 148. Including eight postseason victories, Shanahan's 154 overall wins are tied for 16th all-time and are also second among active coaches to Belichick's 163.
During his tenure with the Broncos, Shanahan guided the franchise to two Super Bowl victories, three conference championship game appearances, seven postseason berths and nine winning seasons. He is one of only six NFL coaches with back-to-back Super Bowl championships.
During his 25-year NFL coaching career, Shanahan has been a part of teams that have played in 10 AFC or NFC Championship Games. He has coached in six Super Bowls, including five with Denver and Super Bowl XXIX with San Francisco. In his nine seasons coaching at the collegiate level, Shanahan's teams participated in eight bowl games and won two national championships (Oklahoma - 1975 and Eastern Illinois - 1978).
He received a scholarship to Eastern Illinois University, where he played quarterback before losing a kidney in the spring game of his junior year. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees at EIU.
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