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Mike Shanahan is currently the head coach of the Denver Broncos of the NFL.

Shanahan formerly served as Offensive Coordinator for the Broncos under Dan Reeves and had a brief stint as the coach of the Los Angeles Raiders going 8-12 before being fired and returning to the Broncos as offensive coordinator again under Reeves. Thereafter, he fell in with football's greatest offensive mind, Bill Walsh.

Shahanan was promoted to offensive coordinator with the San Francisco 49ers on George Seifert's staff, capping his rise with a Super Bowl win in January 1995. The 49ers offense that year has been hailed as one of the greatest of all time, with the likes of Steve Young, Jerry Rice, and Ricky Watters scoring points in flurries

Shanahan's tremendous success under Walsh earned him a head coaching spot once more, this time with the Broncos beginning in the 1995 campaign. There, Shanahan coached the Broncos to back to back Super Bowl Championships and was the last coach to do so until New England's Bill Belichick did so in 2004 and 2005.

He is known for scooping running backs from all rounds of the draft, and then turning them into bruising league-leading rushers. Of late, he has faced criticism and was on the hot seat for not delivering playoff success since John Elway's retirement, and Terrell Davis's career-ending injuries. This all changed on January 14, 2006 when he defeated the two time defending Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots in the AFC Divisional Playoffs, at Invesco Field.

Shanahan's first coaching job was at his alma mater, Eastern Illinois University (also the college of current NFL coaches Sean Payton and Brad Childress). He also coached at Northern Arizona University, the University of Florida, and the University of Minnesota.

With the assistance of writer Adam Schefter, Shanahan penned "Think Like a Champion" in 1999, a motivational book about leadership. It was published by Harper Collins.

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