Victor Dalmuth Shealy (born July 14, 1961) is an

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coach and former player. He was most recently the head coach at

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. He was previously the

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and

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at the

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. From 1995 to 1998, Shealy served as the head football coach at

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, compiling a record of 27–14–1. In 1998, he coached the team to the NAIA Football National Championship. For his efforts that season, Shealy was named the NAIA Coach of the Year and the American Football Quarterly Schutt National Coach of the Year.

Early career

Shealy was born in

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in 1961, the son of football coach Dal Shealy. He attended Auburn High School in

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, playing quarterback for the Auburn High Tigers before playing for Liberty Baptist College, now

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, in 1979. After a year at Liberty, Shealy transferred to the

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, from where he graduated in 1984. Shealy immediately entered the coaching profession as a graduate assistant at

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—receiving a

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from that institution in 1986—before being appointed secondary coach at

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in 1986. Shealy became

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from 1988 to 1990, when he briefly left the coaching ranks. He returned to Mars Hill as offensive coordinator in 1992, and in 1993 left again for Austin Peay where he was secondary coach and, in 1994,

Azusa Pacific

In 1995, Shealy was named head coach of the Azusa Pacific Cougars football team. In his first year, he led the team to a 4–4–1 record, followed by a 7–3 season in 1996, the first winning season for Azusa Pacific since 1990. Shealy's Cougars fell to 4–5 in 1997, but in 1998 Azusa Pacific went 12–2, winning the NAIA national championship over Olivet Nazarene, 17–14. He was named the NAIA Coach of the Year and received the Shutt Coach of the Year Award from the American Football Quarterly. Shealy left Azusa Pacific after that season to take a defensive coaching position at the

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. His overall record at Azusa Pacific was 27–14–1.

Division I FBS coaching positions

At the Air Force Academy, Shealy coached the defensive secondary from 1999 through 2004. In 2005, Shealy left to become defensive coordinator at the

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, where he also served as assistant head coach and safeties coach. In 2009, he began serving as the University of Richmond defensive coordinator. In 2010, he took the role of cornerbacks coach with the University of Kansas.

Houston Baptist

Shealy was named

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's first head football coach on April 9, 2012. In HBU's first official season in 2014, the Huskies registered their first Southland Conference win on Homecoming, defeating Nicholls, 31–21, on October 25. Five student-athletes earned all-conference honors, including two second-team selections, one academic all-conference honoree and one tabbed Freshman All-America. In Shealy’s second year, two more Huskies earned all-conference honors and one was named to the academic all-conference team. Linebacker Garrett Dolan ranked among the top 10 nationally in tackles per game and punter Christian Guzman ranked among the top 10 nationally in yards per punt. On November 21, 2022, Shealy resigned his position as HCU Head Coach. He finished his coaching tenure at HCU with a record of 21-79 in ten seasons.

Head coaching record

References

External links

Houston Christian profile
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