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Even before Kyle Shanahan was a hot coordinator, Bears special teams coordinator Richard Hightower knew Shanahan had what it took to become a successful head coach.
“I saw head-coaching qualities in Kyle my senior year in college,” said Hightower, a fellow walk-on at Texas with Shanahan in 1999. “He was just so detailed and disciplined in the way he ran his routes as a wide receiver. He was really personable in terms of dealing with everybody in the locker room.