Don Shula biography
Don Shula, byname of Donald Francis Shula, (born January 4, 1930, Grand River, Ohio, U.S.—died May 4, 2020, Indian Creek, Florida), American skilled gridiron soccer participant and coach, notably of the National Football League (NFL) Miami Dolphins (1970–95), who gained extra video games (347) than some other NFL coach.
At Harvey High School (Painesville, Ohio) he was an all-around athlete, enjoying baseball and basketball in addition to soccer, and at John Carroll University (JCU; Cleveland, Ohio) he performed halfback and defensive again. He acquired a B.S. diploma in 1951 from JCU and an M.A. in bodily schooling in 1953 from Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland).
Shula performed professionally for the Cleveland Browns (1951–52), the Baltimore Colts (1953–56), and the Washington Redskins (1957). He started teaching in 1958 as an assistant on the University of Virginia and the next yr on the University of Kentucky. He was defensive backfield coach for the Detroit Lions (1960–62) earlier than turning into head coach of the Baltimore Colts in 1963. His Baltimore groups gained division championships in 1964 and 1968; the 1968 workforce went on to seize the NFL championship however misplaced the Super Bowl. Overall, the Colts beneath Shula gained 71 video games, misplaced 23, and tied 4 in seven common seasons.
After turning into coach of the Miami Dolphins in 1970, he turned the primary NFL coach to win 100 regular-season video games in 10 seasons (1963–72). In 1971 Miami gained the convention championship however misplaced the Super Bowl. The Dolphins within the 1972 season turned the primary workforce to go undefeated via their whole schedule and the playoffs, culminating with a win within the Super Bowl. The workforce gained a second Super Bowl the next season. Shula once more guided the Dolphins to the Super Bowl within the 1982 and 1984 seasons, however the workforce misplaced each occasions. On November 14, 1993, Shula scored his 325th profession victory, breaking George Halas’s file. He retired after the 1995 season with a file of 347–173–6 (.665), together with playoff video games, and he was enshrined within the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1997.