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Don Shula Life
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January 4, 1930
Don Shula was born in January 4, 1930 in Grand River, OH. -
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Don Shula played highschool football but didnt start and barely played. He adapted to the enviornment and got traded to the Baltimore Colts which was the biggest trade at the time and went from not playing in highschool to being on one of the best teams in the NFL at the time. -
Technical
Don Shula got expirience in the NFL by being a self player in the game and knowing how the game was played. He used these early years of his playing career into his coaching years which make his the best coach in NFL history to this day. -
Staffing
Don Shula was a part of the staff at the 1960 Detroit Lions and last coached at 1995 Miami Dolphins. -
Planning
Don Shula joined the Miami Dolphins and right away he started planning for his team and what to do. Then he started winning games and his planning was working. -
Conceptual
Shula's Miami teams were known for great offensive lines (led by Larry Little, Jim Langer and Bob Kuechenberg), strong running games (featuring Larry Csonka, Jim Kiick, and Mercury Morris), solid quarterbacking (by Bob Griese and Earl Morrall), excellent receivers (in Paul Warfield, Howard Twilley and TE Jim Mandich) and a defense that worked well as a cohesive unit. The Dolphins were known as "The No-Name Defense" with great players. Finished season with 17-0-0 record. -
Resource allocator
Don Shula created his own schedule and training days for his team to be as sucessful as possible which led them to many trophies and achievements. -
Organizing
Don Shula organized his team to win 2 super bowls, multiple trophies, and many more achievements that make him a famous coach. -
Controlling
Don shula controlled his team to all of these awards and acheivements,
2× Super Bowl champion (VII, VIII)
5× AFC Championship winner (1971, 1972, 1973, 1982, 1984)
1× NFL Championship winner (1968)
14× Division title winner
Most regular-season wins (328)
Most Super Bowl appearance as Head coach (6)
328–156–6 (Regular season)
19–17 (Post season)
347–173–6 (Overall)
4× NFL Coach of the Year
NFL 1970s All-Decade Team -
Leading
Shula's Miami teams were known for great offensive lines (led by Larry Little, Jim Langer and Bob Kuechenberg), strong running games (featuring Larry Csonka, Jim Kiick, and Mercury Morris), solid quarterbacking (by Bob Griese and Earl Morrall), excellent receivers (in Paul Warfield, Howard Twilley and TE Jim Mandich) and a defense that worked well as a cohesive unit. The Dolphins were known as "The No-Name Defense" and were unbeaten after 14 games. -
Leader
Don Shula was a leader by leading his team as the head coach and winning all these titles in his career such as
2× Super Bowl champion (VII, VIII)
5× AFC Championship winner (1971, 1972, 1973, 1982, 1984)
1× NFL Championship winner (1968)
14× Division title winner
Most regular-season wins (328)
Most Super Bowl appearance as Head coach (6)
328–156–6 (Regular season)
19–17 (Post season)
347–173–6 (Overall)
4× NFL Coach of the Year
NFL 1970s All-Decade Team -
Human
Don Shula had a lot of enthusiasm with his players and had a really good relationship with them. That way the players wanted to play for him and wanted to win as much as possible. The result of this was a 13-0-0 season and made Don Shula the coach with the most wins in NFL history. -
Entrepreneur
In retirement, Shula has lent his name to a chain of steakhouses, Shula's Steakhouse and a line of condiments.He appeared in NutriSystem commercials with Dan Marino and other former NFL players. -
Monitor
Don Shula not only monitored his team he also monitored his own steakhouses that he owns. -
Spokesperson
As part of a government public awareness campaign he was the first American to sign up for Medicare Part D prescription drug plan benefits, enrolling just after midnight on November 15, 2005. -
Still Alive
Don Shula is still alive till this day and his current age is 82 years old.
