Shane Waldron

Shane Waldron (born August 17, 1979)[1] is an American football coach who is the quarterbacks coach for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL).

Shane Waldron
Los Angeles Rams
Position:Pass Game Coordinator
Personal information
Born: (1979-08-17) August 17, 1979
Portland, Oregon
Career information
High school:Milwaukie (OR) La Salle
College:Tufts
Career history
As coach:
As executive:

Early years

Waldron attended La Salle High School in Portland, 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, 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]

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References
  1. "Shane Waldron bio". University of Notre Dame. Retrieved August 15, 2008.
  2. "Former Pats TE coach lands in UFL". espn.com. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  3. "Shane Waldron". therams.com. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  4. Reiss, Mike (February 12, 2009). "Patriots coaching, scouting moves". Boston.com Reiss' Pieces. Retrieved January 29, 2010.
  5. "UFL's Hartford Colonials Announce Assistant Coaches". courant.com. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  6. "Shane Waldron". umassathletics.com. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  7. "Redskins Add Kevin Carberry, Shane Waldron To Coaching Staff". redskins.com. Retrieved February 3, 2020.


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