Randy Shannon

Games played:	17
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

Randy Shannon
Florida State Seminoles
Position:	Co-defensive coordinator & linebackers coach
Personal information
Born:	February 24, 1966 (age 58); Miami, Florida, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:	221 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school:	Miami Norland ; (Miami Gardens, Florida)
College:	Miami (FL) (1984–1988)
NFL draft:	1989 / round: 11 / pick: 280
Career history
As a player:
	Dallas Cowboys (1989–1990);
As a coach:
	Miami (FL) (1991) ; Graduate assistant; Miami (FL) (1992) ; Defensive line coach; Miami (FL) (1993–1997) ; Linebackers coach; Miami Dolphins (1998–1999) ; Defensive assistant; Miami Dolphins (2000) ; Linebackers coach; Miami (FL) (2001–2005) ; Defensive coordinator; Miami (FL) (2006) ; Defensive coordinator & linebackers coach; Miami (FL) (2007–2010) ; Head coach; TCU (2012) ; Linebackers coach; Arkansas (2013–2014) ; Linebackers coach; Florida (2015–2016) ; Associate head coach, co-defensive coordinator & linebackers coach; Florida (2017) ; Defensive coordinator; Florida (2017) ; Interim head coach; UCF (2018–2020) ; Defensive coordinator & linebackers coach; Florida State (2021) ; Senior defensive analyst; Florida State (2022–present) ; Co-defensive coordinator & linebackers coach; Florida State (2024–present) ; interim defensive coordinator & linebackers coach;
Career highlights and awards
	As player National champion (1987); As coach 2× National champion (1991, 2001); Broyles Award (2001);
Career NFL statistics
Games played:
Games played:	17
	Stats at Pro Football Reference
Head coaching record
Career:	NCAA: 29–25 (.537)

Randy Leonard Shannon (born February 24, 1966) is an American football coach and former player. He is the co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for Florida State University, positions he has held since 2022. Shannon was the head coach at the University of Miami from 2007 to 2010 and has served as an assistant coach for the National Football League (NFL)'s Miami Dolphins and several college teams, including stints as the defensive coordinator for the Miami Hurricanes, the Florida Gators, and the UCF Knights. He won the Frank Broyles Award as the nation's top collegiate assistant coach while at Miami in 2001.^[1]

Shannon was born and raised in the Liberty City neighborhood of Miami, Florida. As a football player, he played linebacker for the Miami Hurricanes from 1985 to 1988 followed by two seasons in the NFL with the Dallas Cowboys, all under head coach Jimmy Johnson.

^ Susan Miller Degnan; et al. (December 7, 2006). "UM chooses Shannon as head football coach". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on December 13, 2006. Retrieved December 7, 2006.

[1] Susan Miller Degnan; et al. (December 7, 2006). "UM chooses Shannon as head football coach". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on December 13, 2006. Retrieved December 7, 2006.

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