Art Shell

Art Shell

Shell in 2006
No. 78
Position:	Offensive tackle
Personal information
Born:	(1946-11-26) November 26, 1946 (age 77) Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:	265 lb (120 kg)
Career information
High school:	Bonds-Wilson (North Charleston, South Carolina)
College:	Maryland State (1964–1967)
NFL draft:	1968 / Round: 3 / Pick: 80
Career history
As a player:
Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders (1968–1982)
As a coach:
Los Angeles Raiders (1983–1989) Offensive line coach Los Angeles Raiders (1989) Interim head coach Los Angeles Raiders (1990–1994) Head coach Kansas City Chiefs (1995–1996) Offensive line coach Atlanta Falcons (1997–2000) Offensive line coach Oakland Raiders (2006) Head coach
Career highlights and awards
As a player 3× Super Bowl champion (XI, XV, XVIII) 2× First-team All-Pro (1974, 1977) 2× Second-team All-Pro (1975, 1978) 8× Pro Bowl (1972–1978, 1980) NFL 1970s All-Decade Team NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team Second-team Little All-American (1967) 3× First-team All-CIAA (1965–1967) South Carolina Sports Hall of Fame As a coach UPI NFL Coach of Year (1990)
Career AFL/NFL statistics
Games played: 207 Games started: 169 Fumble recoveries: 8
Head coaching record
Regular season:	56–52 (.519)
Postseason:	2–3 (.400)
Career:	58–55 (.513)
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR
Coaching stats at PFR
Pro Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame

Arthur Lee Shell Jr.^[1][2] (born November 26, 1946) is an American former professional football player and coach. He played as an offensive tackle in the American Football League (AFL) and later in the National Football League (NFL) for the Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders. He played college football at Maryland State College—now University of Maryland Eastern Shore—and was drafted by the Raiders in the third round (80th overall) of the 1968 NFL/AFL draft. He was later a twice head coach for the Raiders. He holds the distinction of becoming the second African American head coach in the history of professional football and the first in the sport's modern era. Shell was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2013 and into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1989.

Playing career

Shell was drafted by the American Football League's Oakland Raiders from Maryland State College (now known as the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore). 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.

Coaching career

Los Angeles Raiders

Through Al Davis, Shell is a member of the Sid Gillman coaching tree. 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, becoming the first African-American coach to lead the team to the Conference Championship game. Al Davis, owner of the Raiders, fired Shell after a 9–7 season in 1994, a move Davis later called "a mistake."

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.

2006 return to Raiders

Shell was officially re-hired by the-then Oakland Raiders as head coach on February 11, 2006. After leading the team to its worst record (2 wins, 14 losses) since 1962, despite having one of the best defenses, Shell was fired for the second time as head coach of the Raiders on January 4, 2007.^[3]

Head coaching record

Personal life

Shell attended Bonds-Wilson High School in North Charleston, South Carolina. The school is no longer in existence. Shell is an alumnus of Maryland State College, now known as the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, located in Princess Anne, Maryland. Shell is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. In 2013, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He hosts an annual celebrity golf tournament.

Shell is the father of Billie Dureyea Shell, the author of the Unfaithful book trilogy, and the great uncle of Brandon Shell, an offensive lineman who was drafted in 2016 by the New York Jets.^[5]

See also

• List of American Football League players
• Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
• Art Shell at the Pro Football Hall of Fame
• Art Shell at the College Football Hall of Fame

This page was last edited on 23 January 2024, at 23:29