Art Shell
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| Art Shell | |
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| Date of birth | November 26, 1946 (age 60) |
| Place of birth |  Charleston, South Carolina |
| Position(s) | Left tackle Head Coach |
| College | Maryland Eastern Shore |
| AFL Draft | 1968 / Round 3/ Pick 80 |
| Career Highlights | |
| Pro Bowls | 8 |
| Awards | 1990 Pro Football Weekly Coach of Year 1990 Maxwell Football Club Coach of Year 1990 UPI Coach of Year |
| Honors | NFL 1970s All-Decade Team South Carolina Sports Hall of Fame |
| Career Record | 56-52-0 (Including 2-3 in the Postseason) |
| Stats | |
| Playing Stats | DatabaseFootball |
| Coaching Stats | Pro Football Reference |
| Coaching Stats | DatabaseFootball |
| Team(s) as a player | |
| 1968-1981 1982 |
Oakland Raiders Los Angeles Raiders |
| Team(s) as a coach/administrator | |
| 1983-1989 - 1990-1994 - 1995-1996 - 1997-2000 - 2006 |
Los Angeles Raiders (Offensive line coach) Los Angeles Raiders (Head coach) Kansas City Chiefs (Offensive line coach) Atlanta Falcons (Offensive line coach) Oakland Raiders (Head coach) |
| Pro Football Hall of Fame, 1989 | |
Arthur "Art" Shell (born November 26, 1946 in Charleston, South Carolina, USA) is a former American football player in the National Football League (NFL) and two-time former head coach of the Oakland Raiders. He also holds the distinction of becoming the second-ever African American head coach (after Fritz Pollard) in the history of the NFL, and the first in the league's modern era.
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[edit] Playing career
Shell was drafted by the Oakland Raiders from Maryland State College. Playing offensive tackle, Shell participated in 24 playoff contests, including Super Bowls XI and XV, and was named to eight Pro Bowls.
Shell was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1989. In 1999, he was ranked number 55 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Football Players.
[edit] Coaching career
[edit] Los Angeles Raiders
As coach of the Raiders (at the time located in Los Angeles), Shell compiled a record of 54 wins, 38 losses, and was named AFC Coach of the Year in 1990, when the Raiders won the AFC West division with a 12-4 record, and advanced to the AFC championship game in the playoffs. Al Davis, owner of the Raiders, fired Shell after a 9-7 season in 1994, a move Davis later said he regretted.
[edit] After the Raiders
After leaving the Raiders, Shell went on to coaching positions with the Kansas City Chiefs and Atlanta Falcons, before serving as a senior vice president for the NFL, in charge of football operations.
[edit] 2006 return to Raiders
Shell was officially re-hired by the Raiders as head coach on February 11, 2006. After leading the team to its worst record (2 wins, 14 losses) since 1963, Shell was fired once again by the Raiders on January 4th, 2007[1]. Although the Raiders' defense was one of the best in the league, its anemic offense, along with a season long feud with wide reciever Jerry Porter led to the team's downfall and Shell's dismissal.
[edit] Personal
Shell is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans.
Shell attended Bonds-Wilson High School in North Charleston, SC. The school is no longer in existence.
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| Preceded by Mike Shanahan |
Los Angeles Raiders Head Coaches 1989–1994 |
Succeeded by Mike White |
| Preceded by Norv Turner |
Oakland Raiders Head Coaches 2006 |
Succeeded by Lane Kiffin |
| Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders Head Coaches |
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| Erdelatz • Feldman • Conkright • Davis • Rauch • Madden • Flores • Shanahan • Shell • White • Bugel • Gruden • Callahan • Turner • Shell • Kiffin |
| National Football League | NFL's 1970s All-Decade Team |
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Terry Bradshaw | Ken Stabler | Roger Staubach | Earl Campbell | Franco Harris | Walter Payton | O.J. Simpson | Harold Carmichael | |
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