When Kyle Shanahan interviewed Sean McVay to be an offensive quality control coach for Washington several years ago, the two hadn’t previously met.
Shanahan said he was familiar with McVay’s background because it was similar to his own. Jon Gruden had hired Shanahan as an offensive quality control coach for the Buccaneers in 2004, and he’d spent two years in the role. Fresh out of college at Miami of Ohio, McVay spent the 2008 season under Gruden as an offensive quality control coach in Tampa Bay.
And while McVay was young, it didn’t take long for him to impress a fellow young, bright offensive mind in Shanahan.