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| Mike Sheppard '73 |
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As a Kingsmen player, he was a member of CLU’s 1971 NAIA National Championship Team and was chosen “Outstanding Lineman” in the championship game. He had 60 catches for 956 yards and seven touchdowns his final two years, earned 1971 and 1972 All District III honors and was named to the 1972 All-Lutheran College Team. He was elected to Cal Lutheran’s Hall of Fame in 2008.
Mike has spent 38 years in coaching since leaving Cal Lutheran, 19 years in colleges and another 19 years in the National Football League. His college assignments included Kansas, Long Beach State, University of New Mexico and California. His professional coaching career has included offensive coordinator of the San Diego Chargers, the Buffalo Bills and the New Orleans Saints in 2005. He was the wide receivers coach of the Cincinnati Bengals from 2007 to 2010, was hired by the Jacksonville Jaguars to replace Mike Shula as quarterbacks coach in 2011 and then was moved to wide receivers coach to replace fired coach Johnny Cox, retiring from the Jacksonville Jaguars just this last year.
During all of these years of coaching football, his wife Cathy has been by his side. He is presently a Vice President of the 5th Quarter. |
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