CShine
12/6/2006, 10:41 PM
The Texas Longhorns have offered their defensive coordinator job to University of Miami defensive coordinator Randy Shannon, multiple people close to both programs said Wednesday night. Shannon has not accepted and the offer is said to be contingent upon whether he gets the vacant head coaching job with the Hurricanes.
Shannon and former Texas All-American Jerry Gray are considered the leading candidates to replace Gene Chizik, who left last week to become head coach at Iowa State. Gray, who is in his first season as secondary/cornerbacks coach for the Washington Redskins, told the Chronicle on Nov. 30 he would be interested in the job. The Longhorns remain interested in Gray if Shannon does not accept the offer.
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Shannon has spent the past six seasons as defensive coordinator at Miami and was a starting linebacker on the school's 1987 national championship team. Except for a three-year stint with the Miami Dolphins, Shannon has been a coach with the Hurricanes since 1991.
Under Shannon, the Hurricanes have been in the top five in total defense three of the last four seasons and led the nation in pass defense twice. Miami was fifth in total defense this season and third in rush defense.
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Shannon and former Texas All-American Jerry Gray are considered the leading candidates to replace Gene Chizik, who left last week to become head coach at Iowa State. Gray, who is in his first season as secondary/cornerbacks coach for the Washington Redskins, told the Chronicle on Nov. 30 he would be interested in the job. The Longhorns remain interested in Gray if Shannon does not accept the offer.
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Shannon has spent the past six seasons as defensive coordinator at Miami and was a starting linebacker on the school's 1987 national championship team. Except for a three-year stint with the Miami Dolphins, Shannon has been a coach with the Hurricanes since 1991.
Under Shannon, the Hurricanes have been in the top five in total defense three of the last four seasons and led the nation in pass defense twice. Miami was fifth in total defense this season and third in rush defense.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/4384529.html