David

Shaw

NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero was the first to report. Shaw spent last season in the Broncos’ front office as a senior personnel executive but will now join a revamped Lions staff to assist with their passing game. It’s Shaw’s first job as an NFL coach since 2005, when he served as the Ravens’ wide receivers coach. He will be reunited with new Lions offensive coordinator John Morton, who spent last season as the Broncos passing game coordinator. Shaw has fielded several NFL interviews for various positions since departing from Stanford after the 2022 college football season. At just 52 years old, there is plenty of time for Shaw to coach his way into a head coaching role at the NFL level if he’s interested in doing so.

Shaw previously interviewed with the franchise for their head coaching gig, a position that ultimately went to Ben Johnson. With their new head coach locked up, the franchise’s attention now turns to filling out their coaching staff as a slew of requests and interviews have taken place on Saturday.

The Bears requested to interview Shaw last week and finally completed an interview with the 52-year-old on Tuesday. Shaw was the head coach for Stanford for 12 seasons, resigning after a disappointing last two seasons. He joined the Broncos as a senior personnel executive for 2024 and now gives the four-time Pac-12 coach of the year gives his first official interview of the coaching cycle. The Bears are interviewing a vast spread of coaches, from college to the NFL, for their open head coaching spot.

Shaw was Stanford’s head coach from 2011-2022, keeping the momentum going after Jim Harbaugh left for the NFL, and spent last season with the Broncos as an executive. He did, however, go 14-28 in his last four seasons at Stanford. It’s the first actual interview — as opposed to a reported chance with the Saints that didn’t materialize — for Shaw in this coaching cycle. He met with the Titans and Chargers last offseason and the Broncos in 2023.

Florio’s report comes hours after it was announced by NFL Media that the Saints had submitted a request to interview the former Stanford head coach. While an interview could still come down the line, it appears the Saints have no interest in interviewing Shaw at this time.

Shaw remains an interesting name during coaching cycles. The former Stanford head coach worked with the team from 2011-2022 and was long viewed as a potential candidate to make the leap from the college games to the pros. That has yet to materialize, although Shaw did spend last season with the Broncos front office after taking a year off in 2023. Shaw has a record of 96-54 during his time as Stanford’s head coach, and is a four-time Pac-12 Coach of the Year winner. Shaw met with both the Chargers and Titans last offseason and appears to once again be a candidate for a head coaching job for a third-straight year.

The report is via Broncos insider Mike Klis. Shaw stepped away from Stanford after the 2022 season and interviewed for head coaching vacancies with the Chargers and Titans this offseason. Shaw has spent time in the NFL with the Eagles, Raiders, and Ravens but will now take up a front-office position with the Broncos. It’s his first NFL gig since 2005 but it is a good foot in the door for a guy who appears interested in re-joining the pro ranks.

Shaw continues to pull in the interviews as the Titans become the second team to interview him over the last week. The former Stanford head coach was once thought of as an up-and-coming NFL head coaching candidate but spent 2023 away from the game after resigning from Stanford at the end of the 2022 season. It’s possible his rising stock could be enough to propel him into an NFL job by the end of this coaching cycle.

Shaw, who last year interviewed for the Broncos head coaching job and recently interviewed with the Chargers, will be the latest Tennessee interview after the team surprisingly parted ways with Mike Vrabel this week. Shaw stepped away from his Stanford job in 2023 following back to back 3-9 campaigns, with a solid start to his coaching career ending in disappointment. Shaw appears to be a long shot to land the Titans gig.

Shaw spent 2023 away from football after resigning from Stanford following back-to-back 3-9 seasons. Shaw spent 12 seasons at Stanford, going 96-54 during his career and 5-3 in bowl games. A hot start to his career fizzled out over his final four seasons with the team, as he failed to make a bowl game and never surpassed more than four wins. A once popular name to make the jump from the college to pro levels, it’d be surprising to see Shaw make a move to the NFL at this point.