Detroit responded right away, however, as running back Joique Bell broke numerous tackles on his way to a 12-yard touchdown, evening the score at 77. WAS Kai Forbath 33-yard field goal, 10:08. Washington Redskins Staff Tracker (2019 - 2020) - Footballscoop But relationships were fractured and in those situations the coaches usually go first. All three are now head coaches of teams still active in the NFC playoffs, with Shanahan leading the 49ers, LaFleur with the Packers, and McVay with the Rams. McVay brought LaFleur to Los Angeles as the Rams offensive coordinator in 2017. 3 / 25. Jay Gruden, Head Coach. The staff gathered in the film room one memorable spring afternoonhis assistants joke that Mike locked them inside. Matt LaFleur, then 30, came with Kyle from Houston to become the Redskins quarterback coach. If the golden-armed Elway could buy that philosophy, anybody could. It became clear to me that I was never going to out-guru them. Just a bunch of overambitious, average athletes, McDaniel says. Copyright 2023 Washington Commanders. In the NFC, its the Green Bay Packers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers. A partial list includes a Hall of Famer (John Elway), a league MVP (Matt Ryan), one of the most accurate passers in league history (Kirk Cousins), promising prospects (Jimmy Garoppolo, Jared Goff) and several journeymen who briefly shined (Brian Griese, Matt Schaub and Brian Hoyer). 2012 Washington Redskins Coaching Staff. Sean McVay sprang from the NFL's most underrated coaching tree - ESPN.com He hasn't coached football since Washington and can now be considered unofficially retired. A graphic about the old Washington Redskins coaching staff is going viral this week ahead of the divisional round of the NFL playoffs. Green Bay ran out the clock and preserved the 3820 win. He taught them like Walsh taught him, to read with their feet, to move in rhythm, spin through progressions, limit risk. Outcome: 2020 Los Angeles Rams Season 10 - 6 Lost in Div. In a league where many franchises have been slow to innovate, and most coaches remain preoccupied with not getting fired, this group seems preternaturally inclined to take the opposite approachwhich might be why they have amassed so many pink slips through the years. Is Coach Ken Niumatalolo on the Hot Seat? Bill Callahan, Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line Coach. The limitless deviations meant he could change the scheme each week, targeting his opponents weaknesses. The 32-year-old Hand is getting a one-year contract worth $2 million from, NBA veteran DeMarcus Cousins had an interesting reaction to Ja Morants latest controversy. We watched the same film, I swear, 50 times, says Foerster. After another Philadelphia punt, Washington got the ball back again, but could not convert a 4th-and-15, as Aldrick Robinson could not haul in the pass. CHI Robbie Gould 49-yard field goal, 8:44. : Larry Coyer (Scout), Chris Foerster (Offensive Line), Matt LaFleur (Quarterbacks), Mike McDaniel (Wide Receivers), Sean McVay (Tight Ends), Raheem Morris (Secondary) and Bob Slowik (Linebackers), Executive VP/General Manager: Bruce Allen, Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +3300; O/U: 8.0, Training Camp: Bon Secours Training Center (Richmond, Virginia), Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Saturday, March 4, 2:32PM. LaFleur and Kyle Shanahan were two of the 10 assistants dismissed by the Redskins when they fired Mike Shanahan after a 3-13 season in 2013. 2013 Washington Redskins Coaching Staff Mike Shanahan & Coaches He assumed the duo performed menial tasks like picking up players at the airport. They knew that. 3-13, and now lead the next generation of great NFL coaches? After a Green Bay punt, Washington scored again, this time by way of Griffin floating a pass to the corner of the end zone for veteran wide receiver Santana Moss to cut the deficit to 3820. Shanahan saw the future in the unlined faces that stared back at him. Washington Commanders Coaches Seasons: 91 (1932 to 2022) Record (W-L-T): 625-630-29 Playoff Record: 23-20 Super Bowls Won: 3 (5 Appearances) Championships Won*: 5 All-time Passing Leader: Joe Theismann 2,044/3,602, 25,206 yds, 160 TD All-time Rushing Leader: John Riggins 1,988 att, 7,472 yds, 79 TD Kyle Shanahan, Mike LaFleur and McDaniel went to San Francisco in 17 and, out of necessity, designed an offense around two tight ends. Here is a profile of the 2009 Washington Redskins staff. They still made the playoffs. When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest ranked remaining team from each division. The 2013 Redskins were notable for having one of the worst special teams units in league history, and this played a major role in several of their losses. Do you have a sports website? The first instance of #FireBruceAllen was tweeted in jest. All the jokes this past spring about anyone in McVays orbit landing a head coaching interview missed the point. Mike Shanahan's 2013 Redskins staff has produced as many NFL head coaches as wins - The Washington Post This article was published more than 4 years ago D.C. Sports Bog Mike Shanahan's 2013. He'd long had a connection with Kyle Shanahan dating to their time with the Houston Texans. Gibbs Finalizes Coaching Staff - Commanders The Redskins will see LaFleur and the Packers once in 2019 when they visit Lambeau Field during the regular season. But Shanahan is different, always has been, and thats how he ended up in Redskins Park. McVay was a key member of a strong offensive staff assembled by then-Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan. Washington didn't give up, however, and John Potter connected from 21 yards out to cut the lead to 2720. Matt Ryan, if he never met us, might [still] be a Hall of Famer, McDaniel says. For years, he had implored his father to join forces, but dad had laid out three non-negotiable conditions: 1) Kyle had to become the offensive coordinator for another team; 2) He had to call the plays for that offense; and 3) That offense had to finish the season in the top five in total offense. Washington Redskins v Philadelphia Eagles Mike Shanahan and his coaching pedigree are well respected in the NFL and his impact on the game still shows today. Once considered the likely next head coach for Washington, the younger Shanahan instead took the offensive coordinator job with the Cleveland Browns. The bottom line is this: Washington had a stacked coaching staff in 2013 with Shanahan, LaFleur and McVay all on staff. Coming off their season-opening loss to Philadelphia, Washington traveled to historic Lambeau Field to take on the Aaron Rodgers-led Green Bay Packers in a battle of defending division champions and also the first meeting between these two teams since Week 5 of 2010. For a group that went 24-40 and made one playoff appearance over four seasons, Mike Shanahans Redskins staff from 2010 to 2013 sure had an abundance of head coaching talent. And proceeded to get rid of all that coaching talent and hired Jay Gruden as the head coach. SF Phil Dawson 49-yard field goal, 9:08. It makes quarterbacks, not the other way around.. Six years ago, little was expected out of the men now filling the private back room of this upscale steakhouse in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Their four-year tenure at Redskins Park was defined by clashes with a meddling owner, issues with salary-cap management and little success. Drafting more than anything killed that regime. Shanahan's rise in the coaching ranks began again at his next stop with the Atlanta Falcons. (Schedule and Results), Other Notable Asst. That coaching staff . Later in the second, after a few missed opportunities by both teams, Redskins running back Alfred Morris took off for a 30-yard score, evening the score at 1414 late in the second. This meeting marked the 30th anniversary of their meeting on October 17, 1983, in which Green Bay beat Washington 4847 in the highest-scoring Monday Night Football game in history (although October 17 fell on a Thursday in 2013, the NFL ultimately did not schedule the teams to meet that night). This page was last edited on 18 December 2022, at 05:30. Front office and ownership certainly deserved blame, too. He graduated from mindless tasks like helping repair the scout team jerseys to working for Kyle Shanahan as an offensive assistant in Houston for three seasons (2006-08). WAS Kai Forbath 47-yard field goal, 7:06. After a 313 campaign marked by an inability to expand the passing offense with Griffin under center, a too-late switch to Cousins and an eight-game losing streak to finish out the year, they were let go. Father and son spent all four seasons together in Washington. Football Outsiders listed the 2013 Redskins as having the second-worst special teams unit they had ever tracked. Perhaps this is more telling: He says he will not write a book about his career and his philosophies. This is a subreddit for the NFL community. Given that WFT has featured mediocre results since 2013 with a combined 52-76-1 record in six years under first Jay Gruden and then two more under Ron Rivera, the relative success of Shanahan, McVay and LaFleur has led to storylines about why the franchise did not keep them on staff. DET David Akers 28-yard field goal, 11:13. Find out more. It seems like every morning now, we wake up and the Washington Redskins have made a new coaching hire. Griffin congratulated LaFleur as well. They stayed pretty mediocre otherwise. With the win, Washington improved to 13 and heads into the bye week, reconvening on NBC Sunday Night Football for a clash with Dallas in two weeks. This article was published more than4 years ago. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. They did this, and got the ball back with just under 50 seconds remaining. When he left the franchise in 2013, he was still years away from being a head coach. The Broncos won back-to-back Super Bowls in 1998 and 99 with an offensive line featuring starters drafted in round seven (center Tom Nalen), round 10 (guards Mark Schlereth and Brian Habib) and not at all (tackle Tony Jones). WAS John Potter 43-yard field goal, 12:16. Kyle took McDaniel with him to Cleveland in 2014 and hired Mike LaFleur as an offensive assistant. Mike Shanahan, a two-time Super Bowl winner and likely future Hall-of-Famer, was Washington's head coach, with Kyle the offensive coordinator. But not hiring McVay, Shanahan or LaFleur as head coach shouldn't be part of that conversation. However, Washington lost to Detroit at home for the first time since 1935, when they were still the Boston Redskins. Both LaFleur and Kyle Shanahan left after Mikes tenure as Washingtons coach ended, but McVay stayed on as Jay Grudens offensive coordinator the next three seasons. All three standout coaches left Washington before landing new roles outside the organization. At that point, the relationship between the Shanahans and Washington was over. Philadelphia was able to wind the majority of the clock down, but not all of it. Mike Shanahan's coaching staff from 2013 - Sportskeeda A late-season collapse in 2008and third straight non-playoff yearcost Mike Shanahan his job in Denver. Needing a two-point conversion to cut the deficit to two scores, Washington failed in this endeavor, and kicked the ball back to Green Bay. In the context of a disastrous 3-13 season in 2013 that got Mike Shanahan and most of his staff fired, it's pretty obvious why none of the three ended up as Washington's head coach. The high-powered Falcons offense led the franchise to a Super Bowl appearance in 2016-17 and nearly a Lombardi Trophy before the infamous 28-3 blown lead against the New England Patriots. There are now 3 head coaches, not including Mike Shanahan, that played a role in my development.