Kyle Shanahan’s stint with the Washington Redskins ended rather unceremoniously. After being hired in 2010 with his father, the younger Shanahan spent four seasons as the team’s offensive coordinator. He helped bring about impressive rookie returns from Robert Griffin III in 2012, assisting the Redskins en route to an NFC East championship. Just one year later, however, Washington went 3-13, and Shanahan was fired with the rest of his father’s staff.
Shanahan’s ouster from Washington would not be the end of his young career, however; in fact, it would free him to show his true potential elsewhere, out of the shadow of an ineffective front office structure.