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- Joined Packers Feb. 6, 2006, as assistant special teams coach. Was promoted to special teams coordinator on Feb. 3, 2009.
- Possesses 18 years of coaching experience, the first 15 at the college level.
- Played linebacker at Texas A&M.
- Holder of a B.S. degree in construction management, Slocum took a two-year coaching hiatus to run Slocum Development Group, a custom home building and commercial development company.
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Shawn Slocum
Special Teams Coordinator
Fourth NFL Season
Fourth Packers Season
Entering his fourth year in the NFL, Shawn Slocum begins his first season as the Green Bay Packers' special teams coordinator after joining the club in 2006 as assistant special teams coach. Elevated to his new position by Head Coach Mike McCarthy on Feb. 3, 2009, following the retirement of Mike Stock, Slocum brings a total of 18 years of coaching experience to his new post, the first 15 at the college level.
Having originally joined the Packers on Feb. 6, 2006, the 44-year-old Slocum's background in the college ranks has proven valuable in working with young players at the pro level. In his three seasons as Green Bay's special teams assistant, he helped mold young players like Will Blackmon, Jarrett Bush and Tramon Williams into special teams assets in their early NFL years. Blackmon already has tied the franchise record with three punt returns for touchdowns in just the last two seasons.
The continued development of those young special teamers, many of whom were in their second year in Green Bay's system in 2007, helped produce a rise from the bottom to seventh in the Dallas Morning News' annual special teams rankings for that season.
Along with his special teams duties, Slocum also previously assisted Winston Moss in coaching the linebackers.
Slocum joined the Packers from the University of Mississippi, where he served one year as assistant head coach and linebackers coach. Under Slocum's tutelage, linebacker Patrick Willis led the nation by averaging nine solo tackles per game as a junior; Willis also ranked fifth in the country by averaging 12.8 total tackles per contest, garnered first-team All-America honors from CollegeFootballNews.com and the Associated Press, and was a semifinalist for the Chuck Bednarik Award, given annually to the nation's outstanding defensive player. One year later, Willis was drafted in the first round, 11th overall, by the San Francisco 49ers.
Prior to Ole Miss, Slocum took a two-year hiatus from coaching, as owner and president of Slocum Development Group, Inc., a custom home building and commercial development company in Texas.
Slocum was the special teams coordinator and secondary coach at Texas A&M (2000-02) in his third stint with the Aggies. Slocum's units contributed to a team that appeared in two bowl games during that time.
Before returning to his alma mater, Slocum spent two seasons (1998-99) with the University of Southern California as the special teams coordinator and linebackers coach. During his tenure, Slocum worked with future NFL players Chris Claiborne, David Gibson, Marcus Steele and Zeke Moreno. In 1998, Claiborne earned both All-America recognition and the Butkus Award as the nation's top linebacker in leading the Trojans to the Sun Bowl.
Earlier, Slocum spent seven seasons at Texas A&M, and assisted the Aggies to five bowl games, including four Cotton Bowl appearances. During that seven-year term, in which the school was 94-28-2, he coached 14 players who subsequently played in the NFL. The 94 wins were sixth in the country and marked the most wins by any Texas Division I school in any decade.
While at Texas A&M as special teams and tight ends coach (1991-93), he helped the Aggies to three straight Southwest Conference championships. The following year, he transitioned from coaching tight ends to linebackers while maintaining his special teams responsibilities. In that role (1994-97), he recruited and coached All-American linebacker, Lombardi Award winner and future Dallas Cowboy Dat Nguyen. On special teams, Slocum helped mold eventual Pro Bowl punter Shane Lechler, a two-time All-American and three-time All-Big 12 selection in college. Along with numerous school and conference records, Lechler finished his A&M career with NCAA marks for career punting average (44.7) and career games with averaging at least 40 yards (37). Texas A&M won the Big 12 South Division in 1997.
Slocum began his coaching career as a volunteer assistant at Texas A&M in 1989. He moved on to the University of Pittsburgh the following season (1990) as a graduate assistant defensive coach, serving on a Paul Hackett staff that included McCarthy, then a graduate assistant helping with the Panthers' quarterbacks.
A linebacker in college, Slocum earned one letter from Texas A&M in 1984 and was a member of the 12th Man kickoff squad from 1983-84. He earned a B.S. degree in construction management from the school in 1988.
Born in Bryan, Texas, Slocum has four children: daughters Tayler, 16, Jordyn, 14, and Haley, 11, and son Jaxon, 6. His father, R.C., is the winningest head coach in Texas A&M history, having guided the program for 14 years (1989-2002). In his spare time, Slocum enjoys playing golf, hunting, fishing and spending time with his family.
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