Cleveland Browns Head Coach Hue Jackson announced today that the team has named Sam Shade as assistant special teams coach.
Sam Shade
Shade has coached on the college and high school level for 13 years following an eight-year NFL playing career as a defensive back.
Shade spent 2017 coaching the cornerbacks at Georgia State following an eight year (2009-16) stint at Samford. He began his Samford tenure as the secondary coach and was promoted to special teams and defensive pass game coordinator in 2014.
A fourth-round pick by the Bengals in 1995, Shade appeared in 117 games for Cincinnati (1995-98) and Washington (1999-02).