David Shaw (American football)

David Lorenzo Shaw (born July 31, 1972) is an American football coach who is currently the passing game specialist for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. Quotes First of all, make sure this is what you want to do. If you’re sure, double check it again and make sure this is what you want to do. If you answered yes twice, go talk to your family, and make sure they understand what you’re about to get yourself into, Is it too big? Too a certain degree, yes. Sports in our country are huge, monstrous. Coaching college football, we’re second only to the NFL in terms of how much money there is, how much pressure there is. You have to love it, spend time in it, understand it. The people in your life have to understand this takes over your life. It does. It didn’t deter me, but what it did was kept my feet on the ground, I think a lot of guys get into the profession with the pie in the sky. ‘I’m going to be a GA for two years, full-time coach for two years, coordinator for two years and then a head coach.’ Sometimes, the world doesn’t agree with that. My dad was one of the best defensive coordinators in the nation, was outstanding and was this close multiple times to becoming a head coach. What that taught me was you can’t earn a head coaching job. Someone has to choose you. Realize it’s not in your hands. All you can do is do the best you can at the job you have. If someone picks you and says you’re their guy, great. If they don’t, great. I’m going to do the best I can in any job I have. That mentality is what some of the younger coaches need to understand. Some guys rise fast, some guys don’t. There’s no rhyme or reason to it. It’s just how this profession works. You have to find ways to craft normalcy into your day-to-day world. It can be difficult, because there’s always that feeling that someone is out-working you. ‘We have to try this, have to try that.’ You have to have a certain confidence and belief in what you do and realize that, at some point, I have to go home. At some point, I have to go to sleep, I have to stop and eat and be a normal person. I have to make sure my kids don’t forget what I look like. You have to trust your process. It’s an exciting role. I enjoy it. I love it. Much is said about my expressionless expression on game day, but I’m in the moment and love it and enjoy it. I don’t feel that pressure as much as I feel the passion and energy in what I’m doing. If you don’t love it, the time, energy, pain and difficulties are not worth it. You Want To Be A Coach? – Advice from David Shaw, Stanford Football Head Coach, May 27 2016 External links Category:1972 births Category:American football coaches Category:Living people Category:People from San Diego