After a two-month whirlwind of changes and firings, the dust has settled on the Broncos’ defensive staff for 2025 — with one young coach earning a big promotion.
It’s been six years since Isaac Shewmaker graduated from Alabama. It’s been four years since he joined the NFL ranks, first spending a couple years as a defensive quality-control coach with the Chargers before being hired in the same role by Broncos head coach Sean Payton in 2023.
Now, he’s getting elevated to a general linebackers role, the team announced amid a wave of staff updates Thursday.
He sits in the spot of two vacant jobs after inside linebackers coach Greg Manusky was fired in January and outside linebackers coach Michael Wilhoite was let go Wednesday amid allegations of assaulting a police officer.