Dave Shula

Dave Shula

Personal information
Date of birth	(1959-05-28) May 28, 1959
Place of birth	Lexington, Kentucky
Career information
Position(s)	Wide receiver/ kick returner
College	Dartmouth College
Head coaching record
Regular season	19–52 (.268)
Stats
Playing stats	Pro Football Reference
Coaching stats (NFL)	Pro Football Reference
Team(s) as a player
1981 Baltimore Colts
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1982–1984 Miami Dolphins (WR) 1985–1987 Miami Dolphins (QB/WR) 1988 Miami Dolphins (QB) 1989–1990 Dallas Cowboys (OC/QB) 1991 Cincinnati Bengals (WR) 1992–1996 Cincinnati Bengals (Head Coach)

David Donald Shula (born May 28, 1959) is a former American football player and coach. The son of famed National Football League coach Don Shula and brother of Mike Shula, he now works with his father in the family's restaurant business, Shula's Steak Houses.

Biography

The Shula family moved to Detroit in 1960 and Baltimore in 1963, following Don Shula's career in the NFL. The family settled in Miami Lakes, Florida in 1970, where Dave Shula was a high school football and baseball player at Hollywood Chaminade High School.

NFL career

Shula's career as an NFL player was a brief one-season appearance as a wide receiver and kickoff returner with the Baltimore Colts in 1981. He began his coaching career with the Miami Dolphins in 1982, under his father as head coach. In 1989, Shula was hired by Jimmy Johnson to be his offensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys, a position he held for two seasons. Shula was demoted from that position after the 1990 season, and soon thereafter left the Cowboys to take an assistant coaching position with the Cincinnati Bengals in 1991.

In 1992, Shula was named head coach of the Bengals. At age 32, he was one of the youngest men to achieve such a position with an NFL team. The younger Shula faced off against his father twice, dubbed Shula Bowl I and Shula Bowl II by the media, the first father and son head coaches to face each other in NFL history. Don's Dolphins beat Dave's Bengals in both games, 23-7 in 1994 and 26-23 in 1995. Both games were played in Cincinnati. The younger Shula's stint with the Bengals was unsuccessful and the team was dismal during the 1990s. The team compiled a 19–52 record over Shula's four and a half years at the helm. He was fired after starting the 1996 season 1-6. Shula lost 50 games faster than any NFL coach in history (71 games).

Business career

After leaving football, Shula joined the family steakhouse business in 1997 and has helped expand the franchise internationally. He is an amateur golfer, tennis player and marathon runner.

Head coaching record

NFL

Team	Year	Regular Season					Post Season
		Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
CIN	1992	5	11	0	.313	4th in AFC Central	–	–	–	–
CIN	1993	3	13	0	.188	4th in AFC Central	–	–	–	–
CIN	1994	3	13	0	.188	3rd in AFC Central	–	–	–	–
CIN	1995	7	9	0	.438	3rd in AFC Central	–	–	–	–
CIN	1996	1	6	0	.143	3rd in AFC Central	–	–	–	Fired midseason
CIN Total		19	52	0	.268		–	–	–	–
Total		19	52	0	.268		–	–	–	–

External links

• Biographical note on Dave Shula
• Career NFL statistics for Dave Shula

Sporting positions
Preceded by ???	Miami Dolphins Offensive Coordinator 1986–1988	Succeeded by Gary Stevens