As the Colorado Buffaloes’ offense prepares to take on the No. 16 Oregon State Beavers, the unit will have a new voice calling plays. Offensive analyst Pat Shurmur has reportedly been asked to help Sean Lewis restart the Buffs’ once-explosive offense.
After playing a pivotal role on both sides of the ball for the Michigan State Spartans as a player, Shurmur jumped right into coaching in 1988 as a graduate assistant at MSU. He stayed in Lansing, coaching the Spartans’ tight ends, offensive line and special teams at various points until 1997. After spending one year at Stanford as an offensive line coach, Shurmur jumped to the NFL.
The Philadelphia Eagles were his first NFL stop. He coached TEs, the OL and QBs before getting his first crack as an offensive coordinator for the St. Louis Rams in 2009. His work with the Rams helped him get his first head coaching gig with the Cleveland Browns. Shurmur would be a head coach twice more, coaching on an interim basis for the Eagles in 2015 before leading the New York Giants from 2018-19. He also made a stop with the Minnesota Vikings from 2016-17.
His most recent NFL gig was here in the state of Colorado. He was the Denver Broncos offensive coordinator from 2020-21.
Take a photographic look back at Shurmur’s NFL coaching career: