Patrick Carl Shurmur was born on April 14,1965 and is an American football coach who most recently served as the offensive coordinator for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League from 2020 to 2021.
28 Facts About Pat Shurmur
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Pat Shurmur has four years of experience as a head coach, working in that role with the New York Giants from 2018 to 2019 and with the Cleveland Browns from 2011 to 2012.
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Pat Shurmur served as interim head coach for Philadelphia Eagles at the end of the 2015 season.
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Pat Shurmur has been an offensive coordinator for seven seasons, previously coaching in that role with the Minnesota Vikings, Philadelphia Eagles and the St Louis Rams.
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Pat Shurmur played guard and linebacker his freshman season, and started at center the next three seasons.
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Pat Shurmur earned All-Big Ten Conference honors and earned honorable mention All-America honors in 1987, his senior year.
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Pat Shurmur was co-captain when the Spartans defeated the USC Trojans in the Rose Bowl in his senior year.
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Pat Shurmur was the first graduate student to play on the Michigan State football team, as he began studying for his master's degree in financial administration during his senior season.
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Pat Shurmur began working for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1999, serving as both the tight ends coach and the offensive line coach.
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Pat Shurmur helped mold tight end Chad Lewis into a three-time Pro Bowl selection.
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On January 21,2009, Pat Shurmur was hired by Steve Spagnuolo to be the offensive coordinator of the St Louis Rams.
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Pat Shurmur guided St Louis' offense to improvements in nearly every category including total yards, time of possession and third-down percentage, while they scored 114 more points than the previous year.
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Pat Shurmur made a tangible impact on Sam Bradford's immediate success as a rookie in 2010.
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Pat Shurmur was interviewed by the Cleveland Browns on January 7,2011 to be their head coach.
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On January 13,2011, Pat Shurmur was hired by Mike Holmgren, with whom he shares agent Bob LaMonte, to become the next head coach of the Cleveland Browns.
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Pat Shurmur was the 13th head coach in franchise history, and the sixth since the franchise's revival in 1999.
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Part of the reason Pat Shurmur was hired was the team wanted him to call the plays on offense as Holmgren did in Green Bay and Seattle.
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On January 20,2013, Pat Shurmur accepted a job with the Philadelphia Eagles as their offensive coordinator.
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Pat Shurmur led an offense that set a number of team records, including points, total net yards, touchdowns, passing yards and fewest turnovers en route to an NFC East title.
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Second-year QB Nick Foles enjoyed a breakout season under the direction of Pat Shurmur, throwing for 27 touchdowns and only two interceptions while posting the third-best QB rating and third-lowest interception percentage in NFL history.
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Pat Shurmur was named interim head coach of the Eagles after Kelly was fired on December 29,2015.
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Pat Shurmur interviewed for the Eagles' head coaching job and was considered one of the leading candidates until the end, but he lost out to Chiefs offensive coordinator Doug Pederson.
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Pat Shurmur was confirmed for the position for the 2017 season.
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Pat Shurmur was named the NFL Assistant Coach of the Year for the 2017 season.
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On January 22,2018, Pat Shurmur was hired by the New York Giants as their head coach to replace the fired Ben McAdoo.
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On January 14,2020, Pat Shurmur was hired by the Denver Broncos as their offensive coordinator, replacing Rich Scangarello.
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Pat Shurmur became the starting quarterback as a sophomore in 2016 and continued that role in 2017 and 2018.
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Pat Shurmur signed with the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent after not being selected in the 2019 NFL Draft.