The Here & Now: Shaffer's time at Syracuse (via cuse.com & sports-reference.com)  Head coach for the Orange since 2013  Record at School: 13-15 (1-0 Bowl game record); debut game vs LSU Saturday  Coaching Awards      -2010 AFCA National Assistant Coach of the Year nominee      -2006 Broyles Award finalist (awarded to the nationís top assistant coach)

Heading Toward The Helm: Before the Syracuse Head Coaching Days (via cuse.com)

• Ohio University (played quarterback in 1985)
• Baldwin-Wallace (played quarterback from 1986-1990)
• Indiana (Graduate Assistant, 1991-1992)
• Rhode Island (Defensive Backs Coach, 1993-1995)
• Northern Illinois (Defensive Backs Coach, 1996-1999; Defensive Coordinator, 2000-2003)
• Illinois (Defensive Backs Coach, 2004)
• Western Michigan (Defensive Coordinator and Defensive Backs Coach, 2005-2006)
• Stanford (Assistant Head Coach and Defensive Backs Coach, 2007)
• Michigan (Defensive Coordinator, 2008)
• Syracuse (Defensive Coordinator and Defensive Backs Coach, 2011; Defensive Coordinator, 2009-2012)

X-tra’s and O’s: Bonus Facts about Shaffer (via cuse.com) *Shaffer was the team captain for his Baldwin-Wallace college team, a squad that ranked 17th in the country in passing efficiency. *While at Syracuse, he has coached 15 players who have combined to receive all-conference honors 19 times. *Shafer help engineered one of the biggest turnarounds in Western Michigan history, as the team went from 1-11 in 2004 to 7-4 in 2005 and 8-4 in 2006. *Western Michigan, Stanford and Syracuse all achieved immense improvements under the mentorship of Shaffer. *Has won a New England Divsion championship (1995), two MAC West division championships (2001-2002), a BIG EAST Co-Championship (2012) and three Bowl championships in four apperances as a coach. Mentoring Monsters – Notable Players under Shaffer’s Tutelage (via cuse.com, pro-football-reference.com & rotoworld.com) Kelvin Hayden -NFL Free Agent cornerback -Played at Illinois in 2004 when Shaffer was the Defensive Backs coach -Drafted in the second round (No. 60 overall) by the Indianapolis Colts in the 2005 NFL Draft -He returned an interception for a touchdown in Super Bowl XLI to secure a 29-17 Colts victory over the Chicago Bears. It was his first career interception. -He has tallied 281 tackles and 12 in 10 NFL seasons Chandler Jones -Defensive End for the New England Patriots -Played at Syracuse from 2009-2011 when Shaffer was the Defensive Coordinator -Contribited to the 2009 Orange defense which improving in the national statistical rankings in third-down defense (28th from 117th), first downs allowed (27th from 104th), total defense (37th from 114th) and sacks (6th from 100th). -Helped the 2010 team improve in almost every major defesnive statisticqal category defense that ó total defense (7th from 37th), first downs allowed (12th from 27th), pass defense (10th from 85th), pass efficiency defense (14th from 113th) and scoring defense (13th from 81st). -Drafted No. 21 overall by the New England Patriots in the 2012 NFL Draft -Won last season’s Super Bowl with the Patriots Arthur Jones -Defensive Tackle for the Indianapolis Colts -Played at Syracuse from 2009 when Shaffer was the Defensive Coordinator -Along with teammate and brother Chandler, Arthur contributed to the 2009 Orange defense which improved in the national statistical rankings in third-down defense (28th from 117th), first downs allowed (27th from 104th), total defense (37th from 114th) and sacks (6th from 100th). -Drafted in the fifth round (157th overall) by the Baltimore Ravens in the 2010 NFL Draft -Won a Super Bowl with the Ravens in 2012 -Signed a 5-year/$33 million contract with the Colts in March 2014 Talk on the Tigers – Shaffer’s thoughts on LSU (quotes via syracuse.com) On playing against an upper-tier school like LSU: “Even the questions I get from (reporters), which are anticipated, are, hey, this is something special. It is something special. We got a great football team coming to town. Those qualities that say you can win the game are we’re men, they’re men. We’re all trying to do the same thing: Win a football game. We’ve seen it happen over the years. That’s why people go to these games. That’s why people love to root for underdogs even though they carry the overdogs week to week when they make their predictions.” On stopping LSU’s running back, Leonard Fournette: “We have to do a good job gang-tackling,” Shafer said. “The difference is the guy we’re trying to bring down is probably bigger, faster, stronger than anyone we tackled in a long time.” On the possibility of pulling an upset against LSU: “The obvious I would say is if you upset a team that is top 10 in the country with a bunch of young guys, a quarterback you didn’t think was going to be playing much more than scout team, then that’d be one hell of a deal…People would be real excited about what’s going on.” Scott Shaffer References “The Here & Now” : http://cuse.com/coaches.aspx?rc=714&path=football “Heading Toward The Helm” : http://cuse.com/coaches.aspx?rc=714&path=football “X-tra’s and O’s” : http://cuse.com/coaches.aspx?rc=714&path=football “Mentoring Monsters” – Kelvin Hayden : http://cuse.com/coaches.aspx?rc=714&path=football ; http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HaydKe20.htm “Mentoring Monsters” – Chandler Jones : http://cuse.com/coaches.aspx?rc=714&path=football ; http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HaydKe20.htm “Mentoring Monsters” – Arthur Jones : http://cuse.com/coaches.aspx?rc=714&path=football ; http://cuse.com/coaches.aspx?rc=714&path=football ; http://www.rotoworld.com/recent/nfl/5828/arthur-jones “Talk on the Tigers” – http://www.syracuse.com/orangefootball/index.ssf/2015/09/syracuse-lsu_special_game_3_things_scott_shafer_said.html