Shane Waldron

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Shane Waldron
Personal information
Born: (1979-08-17) August 17, 1979 (age 45)
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Career information
High school: La Salle (Milwaukie, Oregon)
College: Tufts
Career history
As a coach:
As an administrator:
Career highlights and awards
Record at Pro Football Reference

Shane Waldron (born August 17, 1979) [1] is an American professional football coach. He previously served as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Rams, Washington Redskins, New England Patriots and as offensive coordinator for the Seattle Seahawks and Chicago Bears.

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Early life

Waldron grew up in Carver, Oregon, outside of Portland. Waldron attended La Salle High School in Milwaukie, Oregon. After a year at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, he played college football at Tufts University as a tight end and long snapper from 1999 through 2002. [2]

Coaching career

New England Patriots

Starting in 2002, Waldron served as an operations intern for the New England Patriots for two seasons before being promoted to operations assistant in 2004, where he handled special teams quality control duties and oversaw the completion of the weekly game plans. [3]

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

From 2005 to 2007, Waldron followed Patriots offensive coordinator Charlie Weis to the University of Notre Dame to serve as a graduate assistant. [1] [3]

New England Patriots

Waldron was rehired by the New England Patriots and worked under head coach Bill Belichick, also a Phillips Academy alumnus, as offensive quality control coach in 2008. [4] He was promoted to tight ends coach for the 2009 season. [2] [4]

Hartford Colonials

He left the Patriots after the 2009 season and joined the Hartford Colonials of the United Football League as their wide receivers coach in 2010. [2] [5]

UMass Minutemen

After spending 2011 at the Buckingham Browne & Nichols School, Waldron moved to the University of Massachusetts and was the recruiting coordinator and tight ends coach from 2012 to 2013 before being promoted to offensive line coach from 2014 to 2015. [6]

Washington Redskins

In 2016, Waldron was hired by the Washington Redskins as an offensive quality control coach. [7]

Los Angeles Rams

On February 2, 2017, Waldron was hired to be the tight ends coach for the Los Angeles Rams, under new head coach Sean McVay. [3]

On January 30, 2018, Waldron was named passing game coordinator, after Matt LaFleur became offensive coordinator for the Tennessee Titans. Head coach Sean McVay promoted offensive line coach Aaron Kromer to run game coordinator and Waldron to passing game coordinator in order to help fill the void. [3] In 2019, Waldron was promoted to quarterbacks coach after Zac Taylor was named head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals. [3]

Seattle Seahawks

On January 26, 2021, Waldron was hired by the Seattle Seahawks as their offensive coordinator under head coach Pete Carroll, replacing Brian Schottenheimer. Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson reportedly favored hiring Waldron due to his experience on McVay's coaching staff and familiarity with McVay's offensive system. [8]

Chicago Bears

On January 23, 2024, Waldron was officially hired by the Chicago Bears as their offensive coordinator under head coach Matt Eberflus, replacing Luke Getsy. [9] The Bears fired Waldron nine games into his tenure on November 12 after the team reached a 4–5 record midway through the season. The Bears ranked 30th in the league in total offense and 24th in scoring at the time of his dismissal. [10] [11]

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  5. ↑ "UFL's Hartford Colonials Announce Assistant Coaches". courant.com. March 19, 2010. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
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