Shawn Watson was born on September 21,1959 and is an American football coach.
13 Facts About Shawn Watson
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Shawn Watson is currently the head coach at Wofford College, a position he has held since October 6,2022 after the resignation of Josh Conklin.
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Shawn Watson was born in Carbondale, Illinois on September 21,1959, and graduated from Carterville High School in Carterville, Illinois.
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Shawn Watson began his football coaching career as a graduate assistant in 1982 at Southern Illinois; the same school where he had completed his playing career.
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In 1994, Shawn Watson obtained his first appointment as a head coach when he was hired to take control of the program where he started his playing and coaching careers; Southern Illinois.
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In 1997, Shawn Watson was hired by head coach Gary Barnett at Northwestern University as quarterbacks coach.
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When Barnett was later hired as head coach by the University of Colorado in 1999, Shawn Watson followed and continued for a year as quarterbacks coach.
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In 2000, Shawn Watson was promoted to Offensive Coordinator at Colorado while maintaining his role with the quarterbacks, and remained in that role until Barnett's firing at the conclusion of the 2005 season.
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When Callahan was fired at the conclusion of the 2007 season, Shawn Watson was one of two members of Callahan's staff that were retained under new Nebraska head coach, Bo Pelini.
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Shawn Watson was not retained in a 2011 realignment of assistant coaches at Nebraska, and was hired as the quarterbacks coach at the University of Louisville.
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Shawn Watson was hired as offensive quality control coach at Indiana in 2016, and then was promoted to quarterback coach after the resignation of Kevin Wilson.
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On February 2,2017, Shawn Watson was hired as offensive coordinator at the University of Pittsburgh.
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On January 4,2019, Shawn Watson was let go as offensive coordinator.