Shane Steichen

Shane Steichen (born May 11, 1985) is an American football and head coach for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL).

Steichen was a four-year letterman as quarterback at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) from 2003 to 2006.

His best performance was during his senior year when he came off the bench at the end of the first quarter and tied a UNLV record by throwing five touchdown passes in regulation time in a 39–36 overtime loss to New Mexico at Sam Boyd Stadium on October 14, 2006.

Steichen finished his collegiate career with 2,755 yards and 22 touchdowns.

He registered 399 rushing yards and five touchdowns.

He finished in the top 10 in the league in completions (fourth), passing yards (sixth) and passing touchdowns (10th).

Additionally, wide receiver Keenan Allen caught 100 passes for 992 yards and eight touchdowns en route to Pro Bowl honors.

In Steichen's first full season as the Chargers' offensive coordinator, Los Angeles finished in the top 10 in yards per game (382.1 – ninth), passing yards per game (270.6 – sixth), first downs per game (23.3 – sixth), third down percentage (44.2 percent – ninth) and fewest turnovers (16 – tied-fourth).

On January 25, 2021, Steichen was hired by the Philadelphia Eagles as their offensive coordinator under head coach Nick Sirianni.

Steichen was instrumental in the development of QB Jalen Hurts, who completed 265-of-432 passes for 3,144 yards with 16 touchdowns and nine interceptions for an 87.2 passer rating in his first season as a starter.

Hurts also registered 784 rushing yards and 10 rushing touchdowns.

He became just the eighth quarterback in NFL history to register 3,000 passing yards and 750 rushing yards in a season.

Hurts also became the youngest Eagles quarterback to ever start in a playoff game.

DeVonta Smith, whom the team selected with the 10th overall pick of the 2021 NFL Draft, registered 64 receptions for 916 yards and five touchdowns.

He set the franchise rookie record in receiving yards.

Tight end Dallas Goedert totaled 56 receptions for 830 yards and four touchdowns.

Goedert's 830 receiving yards were a single-season career high and ranked fifth in the league among tight ends.

Steichen also helped Jason Kelce (First Team) and Lane Johnson (Second Team) each earn Associated Press All-Pro recognition.

Kelce was also selected to the Pro Bowl.

In his first season in Philadelphia, Steichen orchestrated the NFL's most productive rushing offense, as the Eagles led the league with a franchise-record 2,715 rushing yards.

In 2011, Steichen was hired by the San Diego Chargers as a defensive assistant.

In 2013, Steichen was hired by the Cleveland Browns as an offensive quality control coach under head coach Rob Chudzinski.

He assisted the quarterbacks as an offensive quality control coach with the Cleveland Browns.

Despite multiple injuries at the position, the Browns had three starting quarterbacks (Jason Campbell, Brian Hoyer and Brandon Weeden) each post 300-yard passing performances for the first time in franchise history (sixth instance in NFL history).

He previously served as an assistant coach for the San Diego / Los Angeles Chargers from 2014 to 2020 and offensive coordinator in 2020, and offensive coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles in 2021 and 2022.

Steichen also previously served previously as an assistant coach for the Cleveland Browns.

From 2014 to 2015, Steichen served as an offensive quality control coach for the Chargers and worked primarily with the wide receivers.

In 2014, San Diego had four players, including three wide receivers (Keenan Allen, Eddie Royal and Malcom Floyd), reach 50+ receptions for just the fourth time in team history.

In 2015, Keenan Allen played in the first eight games of the season and caught 67 passes for 725 yards and four touchdowns before being placed on the team's season-ending Injured Reserve list.

In 2016, he was promoted to quarterbacks coach.

Over the next four seasons, Philip Rivers ranked second in passing yards (17,824), fourth in completions (1,446) and fourth in touchdown passes (116).

He was selected to three consecutive Pro Bowls from 2016 to 2018.

In 2016, Rivers registered the second-most passing touchdowns of his career (33) while completing 349-of-578 passes for 4,386 yards.

As the league's top ranked passing offense in 2017 (276.9 yards per game), Rivers completed 360-of-575 passes for 4,515 yards with 28 touchdowns and 10 interceptions for a 96.0 passer rating.

On October 30, 2019, Steichen was promoted to interim offensive coordinator by the Los Angeles Chargers after the team fired Ken Whisenhunt.

During his tenure as play caller, the unit ranked fifth in the league in total yards per game (384.3), sixth in passing yards per game (272.1) and seventh in third down percentage (42.7 percent).

In 2020, Steichen was promoted to full-time offensive coordinator.

Steichen worked with quarterback Justin Herbert, whom the team selected with the sixth overall pick of the 2020 NFL Draft.

The 2020 Associated Press Offensive Rookie of the Year completed 396-of-595 passes for 4,336 yards with 31 touchdowns with 10 interceptions for a 98.3 passer rating.

Herbert set NFL rookie records in completions and passing touchdowns, while registering the second-most passing yards by a rookie in league history (Andrew Luck – 4,374).