Shane Waldron
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Offensive Line |
| Team | UMass |
| Conference | MAC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
August 17, 1979 Portland, Oregon |
| Alma mater | Tufts |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2005–2007 | Notre Dame (GA) |
| 2008 | New England Patriots (OCA) |
| 2009 | New England Patriots (TE) |
| 2010 | Hartford Colonials (WR) |
| 2012–present | UMass (RC/TE/OL) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2002–2004 | New England Patriots (assistant) |
Shane Waldron (born August 17, 1979 in Portland, Oregon)[1] is an American football coach who is the offensive line coach for the Massachusetts Minutemen football team. He used to be the tight ends coach for the New England Patriots of the National Football League.[2]
Waldron attended La Salle High School in Portland, Oregon. After a year at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, he played football at Tufts University as a tight end and long snapper from 1999 through 2002. Waldron then was hired by the New England Patriots and worked for head coach Bill Belichick, also a Phillips Academy alumnus, as a football operations assistant. In 2005, Waldron followed Patriots offensive coordinator Charlie Weis to the University of Notre Dame as an offensive graduate assistant, but returned to the Patriots in 2008 as an offensive coaching assistant. He was promoted to tight ends coach following the 2008 season. He left the team after the 2009 and later joined the Hartford Colonials of the United Football League.
Notes and references
- ↑ Shane Waldron bio University of Notre Dame. Accessed 15 August 2008.
- ↑ Reiss, Mike (2009-02-12). "Patriots coaching, scouting moves". Boston.com Reiss' Pieces. Retrieved 2010-01-29.