McElwain considering internal candidate for open defensive coordinator position
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Jim McElwain will consider linebackers coach Randy Shannon for the vacant defensive coordinator position created by Geoff Collins, who accepted a head coaching gig with Temple on Tuesday morning.
McElwain said Randy Shannon is an option he's considering for the defensive coordinator's job.
— Robbie Andreu (@RobbieAndreu) December 13, 2016
Shannon has 24 years of coaching experience, serving as the head coach for University of Miami from 2007-10 and has won three national championships as a player and coach. He spent the 2012 season as linebackers coach for TCU and 2013-14 with the title of “senior associate head coach/linebackers” at Arkansas.
He won the Broyles Award for nation’s best assistant coach with the Hurricanes in 2001.
Under Shannon’s direction last season, and for first time since 2002, three separate Gators finished the season with 95-plus tackles: Antonio Morrison (103), Jarrad Davis (98), and Keanu Neal (96).
Tyler Waddell is a member of the Saturday Down South news team. He brings over five years of professional journalism experience and is closing in on a Bachelor's in sports management. Follow him on Twitter (@Tyler_Waddell).
