When he left the franchise in 2013, he was still years away from being a head coach. 2016 Washington Redskins Coaching Staff Football Coaches & Staff Offensive line coach Chris Foerster, who at 48 was one of the coaches on the staff with actual experience, remembers introducing himself to McVay and LaFleurtwo fuzzy-faced kidson his first day at Redskins Park. Let's travel back in time to 2013. Fits for Giants, Raiders, Bears and Broncos JobsJimmy G May Be the Best QB Available This Offseason Ranking the NFLs Eight Head Coaching Vacancies Washington Football: LISTEN: Could Washington Corral Itself a Franchise QB? Washington got a reprieve, however, when Randall Cobb, extending for the pylon to try to make it 310 right before halftime, lost control of the ball, fumbled at the pylon, awarding the ball to Washington by way of a touchback, finishing the first half scoring at 240 Green Bay. Remember, folks, the Redskinsin 2013 had a coaching staff of Mike Shanahan, his son Kyle, Sean McVay, Matt LaFleur, Mike McDonald, Raheem Morris, Jim Haslett and Aubrey Pleasant. As a supplement, Raheem Morris, who was the secondary coach for the 2012 and 2013 Redskins, is now the Rams defensive coordinator. They stayed pretty mediocre otherwise. With the loss on a questionable call by the officials, the Redskins were officially eliminated from playoff contention. (Schedule and Results), Other Notable Asst. In his spare time, McVay drew Xs and Os on the white boards in the meeting roomsobsessed with writing each letter with impeccable penmanship. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Privately, they knew better. The Packers have talent and a future Hall-of-Famer at quarterback in Aaron Rodgers, but Green Bay had missed the playoffs two straight seasons before LaFleur arrived. Its a warm summer morning in Southern California, and dozens of top college quarterback prospects run through drills overseen by his adherents. 2020 San Francisco 49ers Season 6 10 | Did not Make Playoffs, 2020 Los Angeles Rams Season 10 6 Lost in Div. At the time, LaFleur was 34 and had never even been a coordinator. PHI Alex Henery 24-yard field goal, 3:55. DET David Akers 28-yard field goal, 11:13. 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). By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. This is what happens when you take a Bengals coordinator as a HC. Quarterback Robert Griffin III rushed back from a torn ACL sustained late in his rookie year in 2012 and was largely unproductive in his second NFL season. Matt Ryan, if he never met us, might [still] be a Hall of Famer, McDaniel says. This was Washington's third consecutive win against an AFC opponent. They would also be the only team this season to be swept by all of its division rivals. His Rams are preparing to play in the NFC championship . Matt LaFleur becomes the third disciple of Mike Shanahan's 2013 Redskins staff to land his first head coaching job after leaving. If the coaches closed their eyes, they might be transported back to Redskins Park, to the fresh faces and The Fun Bunch, when they innovated because they were forced to, because they didnt know better. After graduation in 2005, when it came time to ask Shanahan for a letter of recommendation, the coach suggested he intern for the team, for free, instead. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. They deployed play-action heavily, fueling Goff's breakout year. r/nfl - 2013 Washington Redskins coaching staff was pretty, pretty In the fourth, Oakland's offense continued to sputter, even fumbling for a second time at midfield. LaFleur was Washington's QB coach and McVay, at age 28, was the club's tight ends coach. I was legit concerned RG3 would run the NFC East for years. In 1972, George Allen took the Washington Redskins to Super Bowl VII. LISTEN: Could Washington Corral Itself a Franchise QB. They were young. Kotwica. 4 / 25. 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). Perhaps this is more telling: He says he will not write a book about his career and his philosophies. Although many of the coaches have been at Redskins Park for most of the last month, Gibbs preferred to announce the entire coaching staff all at once. Although Shanahan has had plenty of success with the 49ers, it took stops at those two other places following his dismissal from Washington before he became a head coach. The Washington Redskins had the first change to their coaching staff Wednesday, when the Atlanta Falcons announced they have hired Ben Kotwica as their new special teams coordinator. Joe Bugel: Assistant Head Coach-Offense. He knew how I thought, knew what I wanted the quarterback to do, knew everything., From 2011: Redskins' youthful approach extends to coaching staff. It was Steve Jobsthat aesthetic, McDaniel says. Shanahan's rise in the coaching ranks began again at his next stop with the Atlanta Falcons. Do you have a sports website? Running backs coach - Randy Jordan has been hired as the Redskins running backs coach. But I dont believe that [stretch] defined his legacy. In the second, Washington's offense continued to sputter, and Philadelphia's offense continued to click. 2017 Jacksonville Jaguars (DB Coach) 10-6 Lost in AFC Champ to NE. All rights reserved. LaFleur spent the past season as the offensive coordinator for head coach Mike Vrabel and the Titans, and had the opportunity to call plays for the first time. The first quarter ended without any further scoring, and Philadelphia led 127. It became clear to me that I was never going to out-guru them. WAS John Potter 43-yard field goal, 12:16. Shanahan saw their relative inexperience as a strength, and he fostered their youthful exuberance. Kyle served as offensive coordinator of the Redskins when Mike coached there from 2010 to 2013. . Sources - Redskins set to hire Ron Rivera as coach; fire president They had never, prior to this day, lost to Detroit in Washington or Landover. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. With young innovators including Kyle Shanahan, Sean McVay and Matt LaFleur, the Redskins never knew what they had. He comes to the Redskins from coaching running backs in college at North Carolina. Anthony Richardson is living up to the hype at the NFL Scouting Combine. Shanahan is 66. Though if any of the three aforementioned coaches were still in town, perhaps we'd be watching the Football Team in the divisional round. Zachary Neel. The Redskins have Jay Gruden. Why people should stop sharing graphic of former WFT coaches Coach Kyle Shanahan Coaching Tree & Rating Washington finally got a drive going offensively, but after opting to not test new placekicker John Potter, who was filling in for an injured Kai Forbath, Washington could not convert a fourth down, and Green Bay began driving yet again. That combined with the awful record in their fourth season led to the Shanahans' firing. CHI Matt Forte 50-yard run (Robbie Gould kick), 6:43. One potential culprit for the continued slump? the Washington Redskins' coaching staff from 2010-2013 . 1999 Saginaw Valley State; 2000 Saginaw Valley State; Griffin congratulated LaFleur as well. This page was last edited on 18 December 2022, at 05:30. *The Kyle Shanahan hot seat conversation starts around 65. 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. That pushed all of us in ways we hadnt been pushed before.. 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. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. 2013 Washington Redskins Roster & Players Previous Season Next Season Record: 3-13-0, 4th in NFC East Division ( Schedule and Results ) Coach: Mike Shanahan (3-13-0) Points For: 334 (20.9/g) 23rd of 32 Points Against: 478 (29.9/g) 30th of 32 Expected W-L: 4.8-11.2 SRS: -9.28 (31st of 32), SOS: -0.28 Offensive Coordinator: Kyle Shanahan 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. NFL analyst Warren Sharp tweeted a photo Wednesday highlighting three members of the 2013 Washington staff. And yet, despite the middling record, internal discord and outdated facilities, buried in the deeply seated and oh-so public dysfunction, they created concepts that changed offensive football. DEN Matt Prater 19-yard field goal, 11:14. This is a subreddit for the NFL community. The Redskins had future NFL head coaches Kyle Shanahan (offensive coordinator), Sean McVay (tight ends) and Matt LaFleur (quarterbacks) on their staff in 2013, just a season before hiring Jay Gruden. 3-13, and now lead the next generation of great NFL coaches? 2013 Washington Redskins (O-Cord) 3-13. Coaching Staff Coaching Staff Assistant Barbara Allen Tight Ends Juan Castillo Experience: 26 years Assistant Quarterbacks/Offensive Quality Control Luke Del Rio Experience: 3 years Assistant Defensive Backs/Nickels Coach Cristian Garcia Assistant Special Teams Ben Jacobs Experience: 2 years Running Backs Randy Jordan Experience: 17 years As offensive coordinator in San Francisco, he once suggested to his head coach, Seifert, that the 49ers line Jerry Rice up in the backfield. Ron Rivera enters his 26th season coaching in the NFL and his third as Washingtons head coach in 2022 after being named the 30th head coach in franchise history on Jan. 1, 2020. LaFleur had spent the previous two seasons as an offensive quality control coach for the Texans under Kyle Shanahan. LaFleur, meanwhile, left Washington with the Shanahans following the 2013 season. The Eagles got the ball back, and moved into scoring range, but could not punch it in and settled for an Alex Henery 48-yard field goal to cut the Redskins' lead to 73. competitive team with a C+ roster, The thing is no one can succeed here with Snyder and that front office, so Jay posting the only b2b winning seasons since the 90s is a hell of an accomplishment, OP, I think you meant Mike McDaniel, not Mike McDonald lol. Gruden never really had a qb. After a 79 seasonthe only year during the 10-year span from 2008 to 17 that Cleveland avoided double-digit lossesthey left, Shanahan bristling at the front office's insistence on playing Johnny Manziel. It's not like Kyle Shanahan found immediate success after leaving Washington, either. 2016 Washington Redskins (DB Coach) 8-7-1. 2 / 25. 2014 Cleveland Browns Coaching Staff Mike Pettine & other Coaches According to McDaniel, bouncing around actually made them better. That his system worked. Because Shanahan ran the outside zone, he needed faster, more athletic linemen, and because most teams werent looking for those types of players, he constructed dominating run games at discount prices. Bill Callahan, Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line. After one season with the Rams, LaFleur departed to take the offensive coordinator job with the Tennessee Titans where he'd have bigger role and the chance to call plays. : 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. Wondering how the franchise wasn't able to keep Shanahan, McVay and LaFleur should not be one of them. Shanahan also grounded his approach in an inventive spirit. Empty wine bottles stand in for running backs. His brother, Jon Gruden, hired McVay on staff with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2008 when he was just 22. Matt LaFleur third 2013 Redskins staffer to land head coaching gig #skol pic.twitter.com/UyJfeOIaqe, Congrats to Matt Lafleur and his family! During his time with the Redskins, LaFleur worked with quarterbacks Donovan McNabb, Rex Grossman, John Beck, Robert Griffin III and Kirk Cousins. The 2013 season was the Washington Redskins' 82nd in the National Football League (NFL). All rights reserved. Mike Shanahans 2013 Redskins staff has produced as many NFL head coaches as wins, Fight Club sandwiches dissolve the line between insanity and genius, Wizards show plenty of heart early but cant find an edge late in Chicago, Caps backslide in Buffalo, get blitzed by the young Sabres in a 7-4 loss. And so with Mike Shanahan getting fired, let's be real: there was never any chance that Kyle Shanahan was going to remain with the franchise. It quickly became apparent that for all his skillsarm strength, athleticism, speedGriffin couldnt read a defense. Like with Silicon Valley, he says. How could a staff so rich in potential finish 3-13, and now lead the next generation of great NFL coaches? The rest of the staff spread out, with branches of the tree sprouting in Cleveland, Atlanta, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Green Bay, Cincinnati and Denver. In fact, it was far from a guarantee that LaFleur would ever become a head coach in the NFL. Richardson had a big day at Indianapolis and set records for a quarterback in both the vertical jump and broad jump. Find out more. As for Mike Shanahan, his legacy is complicated. He searched for a new home and landed a college assistant job coaching the quarterbacks at Notre Dame. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. 2012 Washington Redskins season - Wikipedia 2016 Washington Redskins Coaches In Headshots - Commanders Washington got into a hole in which they could not climb out of, as they trailed as big as 38-0 and scored all their points in the second quarter. And while many even inside the building in Ashburn believed McVay had the tools to be a successful head coach, no one knew he would be this successful, this quickly. This article was published more than4 years ago. He was more thorough, detailed and exacting than any of the assistants, able to find mistakes on even the most explosive plays. Please see our Contributors and Sources page for data source details. . 4 / 25 Special teams coordinator Ben Kotwica. Its an organization dedicated to quarterback development, a program built around the principles to which they all subscribe. 2013 Washington Redskins Coaching Staff Mike Shanahan & Coaches 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. Obviously there are emotional swings with sports and so the mathematical ratings do not always line up with the emotional expectations from a team. McVay tells the quarterbacks stories of Navy SEAL training techniques. The 2-point attempt failed and the Falcons won 27-26. 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. 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. Mike was head coach. But the wheels quickly came off for the franchise after the brief postseason appearance. The next day, Mike Shanahan leans back on a metal bench at Westlake High School. Shanahan would install plays that werent even in his playbook some weeks. Or write about sports? NFL analyst Warren Sharp tweeted a photo Wednesday highlighting three members of the 2013 Washington staff. But the franchise also was one of the worst in the NFL that season and finished with just three wins. 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 In 2016, Washington quarterback Kirk Cousins set a franchise record with 4,917 passing yards. 2 / 23 . Although no one knew then, and few know even now, the concepts created and enhanced inside those coaching roomsand restaurants and dive barshave now spread across the NFL, and were utilized in two of the past three Super Bowls (by Kyle Shanahans Falcons and McVays Rams). This time, they tested Potter from 50 yards, and he was well wide of the mark, and Green Bay took possession again. Mike McDaniel grew up in Greeley, Colo., obsessing, like most kids in the Centennial State, over the Broncos. Leading up to the game, the Redskins were criticized by many after Mike Shanahan decided to bench Robert Griffin III for Kirk Cousins for their game against the Falcons. When McVay was hired by the Rams, Washington was not considering making a head coaching change. Question or comment? Sean McVay, who succeeded Kyle as the Redskins offensive coordinator after serving as Washingtons tight ends coach for the previous three years, became the youngest head coach in NFL history when the Rams hired him as a 30-year-old in January 2017. While the Shanahans left, McVay actually remained on Washington's staff. All Rights Reserved. Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees, Injury Reports, Bon Secours Training Center (Richmond, Virginia), Frequently Asked Questions about the NFL and Football, Pro-Football-Reference.com Blog and Articles, Subscribe to Stathead Football: Get your first month FREE. Now its a movement. Perhaps a brain drain among the coaching staff is to blame. 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. SF Phil Dawson 29-yard field goal, 12:14. Following the 2016 season, McVay started to get some looks as a head coach. Within a month, the Redskins hired Gruden and LaFleur accepted a job as the quarterbacks coach at Notre Dame. Here is a profile of the 2009 Washington Redskins staff. Several former Washington Football Team assistant coaches have landed as head coaches with other NFL teams in recent years and most have found success. It kind of just happened, he says. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reported Saturday that the Colorado Rockies are signing veteran left-hander Brad Hand. January 8, 2020 12:50 pm ET. There are only eight teams remaining in the NFL playoffs. That started with Kyle, the prodigal son. Ben Kotwica, Special Teams Coordinator. Washington Redskins Staff Tracker (2019 - 2020) In early October Dan Snyder made the the move to fire head coach Jay Gruden. It would have been nearly impossible to predict that just six years later in 2019, he would be hired by the Packers. They did this, and got the ball back with just under 50 seconds remaining. From those sessions came a simplified scheme designed to capitalize on Griffins strengths. Trailing 27-20 in the 4th quarter late, Cousins led them down the field to score a touchdown, but the Redskins decided to go for 2 for the win instead of the tie. It stalled when it reached the red zone, however, and Washington placekicker John Potter hit a 25-yard chip shot to cut the deficit to 143. MIN Adrian Peterson 1-yard run (Blair Walsh kick), 1:12. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Join our linker program. However, Washington lost to Detroit at home for the first time since 1935, when they were still the Boston Redskins. Jack Del Rio enters his 24th season coaching in the NFL and his third as the Commanders Defensive Coordinator in 2022 after being named to the position on Jan. 2, 2020. Washington got the ball to start the third, and got into field goal range again. SF Phil Dawson 49-yard field goal, 9:08. True Hiring Score (THS) 90 /100. Don Breaux: Offensive Coordinator. The first instance of #FireBruceAllen was tweeted in jest. The current Washington Redskins coaching staff has 24 coaches listed beginning with Head Coach Jay Gruden. Cousins, who was drafted in 2012 and broke several single-season franchise records with McVay calling plays in 2015 and 2016, tweeted his appreciation for LaFleur and the rest of Shanahans coaching staff on Monday. Sean McVay sprang from the NFL's most underrated coaching tree - ESPN.com Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. 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. Well, it's not that simple. 2009 Washington Redskins Coaching Staff Preview Washington Redskins Coaching Staff - Yahoo! Find out more. Needing a spark, Washington switched to a hurry-up offense for their next drive, and sustained one for the first time on the day. Atlanta finished with a better conference record than Tampa Bay. Jim Zorn, Head Coach Originally selected by the Redskins as the offensive coordinator, Daniel Snyder decided that Zorn was best as the head . Do you have a blog? That was never going to happen. WAS Kai Forbath 47-yard field goal, 7:06. Morant made the situation worse for himself early, Jerry Jones has once again tipped his hand when it comes to pursuing one high-profile wide receiver. For more details, review our, Anthony Richardson compares himself to former MVP quarterback. They ran through cut-ups of Tim Tebows time in Denver, Cam Newtons rookie season in Carolina and Griffins career at Baylor. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. They can recite the quarterbacks who compiled their best seasons playing in some version of Shanahans timeless system. He hired Matt LaFleur away from Kyle Shanahan and the Falcons, and together they designed their own version of the offense. Head Coach: Mike Shanahan Offensive Coordinator: Kyle Shanahan Defensive Coordinator: Jim Haslett . Mike Shanahan, a two-time Super Bowl winner and likely future Hall-of-Famer, was Washington's head coach, with Kyle the offensive coordinator. McDaniel joined him at Redskins Park in 2011. Shanahan became Cleveland's offensive coordinator in 2014 before joining the Falcons, while LaFleur left Washington to become Notre Dame's quarterbacks coach that same year. Explaining his philosophies, Shanahan starts with his influences. Great coach, better guy! It finished 27th in points per game. LaFleurs promotion to head coach reminds me how lucky I was to work with Coach Shanahans staff when I first entered the NFL, Cousins wrote. But he knew right away that his co-workers were different. He taught them like Walsh taught him, to read with their feet, to move in rhythm, spin through progressions, limit risk.