Richard Shawn Slocum (born February 21, 1965) is an

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coach who was the

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for the

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of the

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(NFL) and most recently was the associate head coach, special teams coordinator and outside linebackers coach at

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Early life and college career

Born in

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, Slocum graduated from Bryan High School in

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in 1983 and attended

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, where he played

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as a

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and was a member of the 12th Man Kickoff Team under coach

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. Slocum earned one

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with the team in 1984. He graduated with a B.S. in

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in 1987 from the Texas A&M College of Architecture.

Coaching career

Slocum started his coaching career as a volunteer assistant at

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, under his father

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. In 1990, Shawn served as a graduate assistant at the

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, coaching the defense. He returned to coaching at Texas A&M, coaching tight ends, linebackers, and special teams from 1991 to 1997. From 1991 to 1993, Slocum helped the Aggies win three straight

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championships. During the years 1994–97, he coached two

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and

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winner

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, who both went on to play for the

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. During his seven-season coaching tenure at A&M, he assisted the Aggies to five bowl games, including four

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appearances. The Aggie team record was 94-28-2 from 1991 to 1997. The 94 wins were the sixth in the country and also the greatest wins by any Texas Division I school in any decade. From 1998 to 1999, Slocum coached at the

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, where he coached

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winner Chris Claiborne,

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, and

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. He returned to A&M again and coached the Secondary and special teams from 2000 to 2002. In 2005, he became assistant head coach and linebacker coach at

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, where he coached star linebacker

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. On February 6, 2006, Slocum joined the Packers, becoming the assistant special teams coach. He got promoted to special teams coordinator on January 14, 2009. The Dallas Morning News ranked the Packers special teams units 29th in 2010 and 31st in 2011. The Packers' special teams units were ranked 12th in 2012 and 20th in 2013 by the Dallas Morning News. On January 30, 2015, the Packers fired Slocum. On March 2, 2015, Slocum joined

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's coaching staff at

as associate head coach, special teams coordinator, and outside linebackers coach. On January 9, 2018, Slocum was retained as Sun Devils special teams coordinator and associate head coach.

Personal life

His father

was head coach for

from 1989 to 2002 and is the winningest coach in Texas A&M football history. R. C. Slocum was a

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at McNeese State when Shawn was born. Shawn Slocum has been an assistant coach at Texas A&M under R. C. Slocum. Shawn Slocum is currently married to the former Michelle Biehl and has four children (daughters, Tayler, Jordyn, Haley and son Jaxon).

References

External links

Packers' bio
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