David Cobb of CBS Sports named Shannon Dawson in his article “Clemson’s Garrett Riley leads 2023 college football coordinators poised to emerge as head coaching candidates.” Mario Cristobal hired Dawson to be the offensive coordinator for the Miami football program in February.
Dawson joins the Miami football program after spending the last three seasons at Houston. Dawson was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Houston in the last two seasons. Also making the list by Cobb was former Miami offensive coordinator Josh Gattis who was Dawson’s predecessor.
Dawson is the third offensive coordinator for Tyler Van Dyke in as many seasons as the starting QB.