Art Shell

Art Shell
refer to caption
Shell in 2006
No. 78
Position:Offensive tackle
Personal information
Born: (1946-11-26) November 26, 1946 (age 78)
Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
Height:6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:265 lb (120 kg)
Career information
High school:Bonds-Wilson
(North Charleston, South Carolina)
College:Maryland State (1964–1967)
NFL draft:1968 / round: 3 / pick: 80
Career history
As a player:
As a coach:
Career highlights and awards
As a player
As a coach
Career AFL/NFL statistics
Games played:207
Games started:169
Fumble recoveries:8
Stats at Pro Football Reference
Head coaching record
Regular season:56–52 (.519)
Postseason:2–3 (.400)
Career:58–55 (.513)
Record at Pro Football Reference
Pro Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame

Arthur Lee Shell Jr.[1][2] (born November 26, 1946) is an American former professional football player and coach. He played as an offensive tackle in the American Football League (AFL) and later in the National Football League (NFL) for the Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders. He played college football at Maryland State College—now University of Maryland Eastern Shore—and was drafted by the Raiders in the third round (80th overall) of the 1968 NFL/AFL draft. He was later a twice head coach for the Raiders. He holds the distinction of becoming the second African American head coach in the history of professional football and the first in the sport's modern era. Shell was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2013 and into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1989.

Early life

Shell was born on November 26, 1946, in Charleston or North Charleston, South Carolina. He was the oldest child of Arthur Lee Shell Sr., a machine set operator, and Gertrude Shell, who died when Shell was 15. After her death, Shell took on added responsibility caring for his siblings. Shell attended the segregated Bonds-Wilson High School, which no longer exists, graduating in 1964. He was coached by James Fields and Eugene Gray. He made all-state teams in both basketball and football.[3][4][5][6]

In 2015, Shell was inducted into the South Carolina Football Hall of Fame.[5]

College

Shell went to college at Maryland State College, now the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), an historically black college in Princess Anne, Maryland. He was coached by Roosevelt "Sandy" Gilliam, and played offensive tackle and defensive tackle on the football team. He was named a Little All-America his senior year in 1967, All Conference in three seasons, and was named All-America by the Pittsburgh Courier and Ebony magazine in 1967. Shell's teams were 20-8-1. Future NFL and College Football Hall of Fame running back Emerson Boozer was one of his teammates. He graduated in 1968 with a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial arts.[3][4][6] Shell is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.[1]

He was inducted into the UMES Hall of Fame in 1984,[4] Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Hall of Fame in 2006,[7] the Black College Hall of Fame in 2011,[8] and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2013.[4] Since 2000, Shell has held the UMES Celebrity Golf Classic, a celebrity golf tournament.[4]

Playing career

Shell was drafted in the third round by the American Football League's Oakland Raiders. Playing offensive tackle, Shell participated in 23 postseason playoff contests in the AFL and NFL,[9] including eight AFC or AFL championship games, a loss in Super Bowl II, and victories in Super Bowls XI and XV. He was a four time All Pro (two times first team and two second team), and was named to eight Pro Bowls.[6][10][9][3]

He played 15 seasons for the Raiders. He was a top special teams player his first two years, and then moved to offensive line in his third year, becoming equally adept at pass and run blocking.[6] Shell played 156 straight games for the Raiders until he suffered a preseason injury in 1979, and after he recovered, Shell played another 51 straight games until he was injured again in 1982, his final season. Shell played next to hall of fame and 100th Anniversary All-Time teammate guard Gene Upshaw in three different decades.[6] He was also offensive linemates with hall of fame and 100th Anniversary All-Time teammate Jim Otto and hall of fame offensive tackle Bob Brown.[11]

Shell was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1989.[6] In 2019, he was named to the NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team.[12] In 1999, he was ranked number 55 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Football Players.[13] In 2021 The Athletic listed Shell as the 76th greatest player ever.[10] He was also a member of the 1970s All-Decade Team and the Super Bowl Silver Anniversary Team (1990).[6]

Coaching career

Shell was an offensive line coach with the Raiders from 1983 to 1988.[14] In 1989, the Raiders owner Al Davis hired Shell as his head coach to replace Mike Shanahan, becoming the first black head coach in modern NFL history, and the first since Fritz Pollard in 1925. In the NFL's early years, Pollard, an African American running back, was a player-coach for the Hammond (Indiana) Pros from 1923-1925. Pollard had earlier been a teammate of Paul Robeson on the Akron Pros of the American Professional Football Association.[15][16]

Los Angeles Raiders

Through Al Davis, Shell is a member of the Sid Gillman coaching tree.[17][18] As coach of the Raiders from 1989 to 1994 (at the time located in Los Angeles), Shell coached 12 games in 1989, and 16 games/year from 1990 to 1994, compiling a record of 54 wins, 38 losses.[19] Shell was named AFC Coach of the Year in 1990, when the Raiders won the AFC West division with a 12–4 record, and advanced to the AFC championship game in the playoffs,[20] becoming the first African-American coach to lead the team to the Conference Championship game.[16][14] Shell also received the Maxwell Club's coach of the year award (the Greasy Neale Award),[21] and Pro Football Weekly's NFL Coach of the Year Award.[22] Al Davis, owner of the Raiders, fired Shell after a 9–7 season in 1994,[23] a move Davis later called "a mistake."[24]

After the Raiders

After leaving the Raiders, Shell went on to coaching positions with the Kansas City Chiefs (offensive line coach 1995-1996) and Atlanta Falcons (offensive line coach for four years before resigning in early 2001),[14] before serving as a senior vice president for the NFL, in charge of football operations. In 2004, Shell became the NFL's Senior Vice President over football operations, supervising all football operations and development.[3][7]

2006 return to Raiders

Shell was working for the NFL when he was officially re-hired by the-then Oakland Raiders as head coach on February 11, 2006.[16] After leading the team to its worst record (2 wins, 14 losses) since 1962, despite having one of the best defenses, Shell was fired for the second time as head coach of the Raiders on January 4, 2007.[25]

Head coaching record

Team Year Regular season Postseason
Won Lost Ties Win % Finish Won Lost Win % Result
RAI 1989 7 5 0 .583 3rd in AFC West — — — —
RAI 1990 12 4 0 .750 1st in AFC West 1 1 .500 Lost to Buffalo Bills in AFC Championship Game
RAI 1991 9 7 0 .563 3rd in AFC West 0 1 .000 Lost to Kansas City Chiefs in AFC wild card game
RAI 1992 7 9 0 .438 4th in AFC West — — — —
RAI 1993 10 6 0 .625 2nd in AFC West 1 1 .500 Lost to Buffalo Bills in AFC Divisional Game
RAI 1994 9 7 0 .563 3rd in AFC West — — — —
OAK 2006 2 14 0 .125 4th in AFC West — — — —
Total[26] 56 52 0 .518 2 3 .400

Personal life

Shell is the father of Billie Dureyea Shell, the author of the Unfaithful book trilogy, and the great uncle of Brandon Shell, an offensive lineman who was drafted in 2016 by the New York Jets.[27][3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Brother Art Shell elected to the NFL Hall of Fame". The Sphinx. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Spring 1989. p. 19. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
  2. ^ Cullen, Rick (January 8, 1977). "The spotlight for Art Shell". Salisbury Daily Times. p. 18.
  3. ^ a b c d e Alexander, Otis (May 22, 2021). "Arthur "Art" Lee Shell, Jr. (1946- ) •". Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Art Shell (2013) - Hall of Fame". National Football Foundation. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Art Shell". SC Football Hall of Fame | Become a life changer for our youth!. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "Art Shell | Pro Football Hall of Fame". pfhof. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Art Shell (2006) - CIAA Hall of Fame Members". theciaa.com. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  8. ^ "ART SHELL ELECTED INTO BLACK COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME". University of Maryland Eastern Shore Athletics. October 21, 2010. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Art Shell Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  10. ^ a b Reed, Tashan. "NFL 100: At No. 76, Art Shell dominated on the field, broke barriers as a coach". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  11. ^ "Behind the Bronze: Willie Lanier | Pro Football Hall of Fame". pfhof. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
  12. ^ "NFL 100". NFL.com. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  13. ^ "The Sporting News 100 Greatest Players of All-Time (1999)". futurefootballlegends.com. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  14. ^ a b c "Art Shell Resigns From the Falcons". New York Times. January 4, 2001.
  15. ^ Janofsky, Michael (October 4, 1989). "Shell Is First Black Coach in N.F.L. Since 20's". New York Times.
  16. ^ a b c "Shell to Return As Raiders Coach". New York Times. February 11, 2006.
  17. ^ "Coaching tree, legacy of Sid Gillman". ESPN.com. May 24, 2013. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  18. ^ "The NFL Coaching Tree 2008 (Pt. 2) - Sports Central". www.sports-central.org. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  19. ^ "Art Shell Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  20. ^ "1990 Los Angeles Raiders Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  21. ^ "Cunningham Is Voted N.F.L. Player of Year". New York Times. January 23, 1991.
  22. ^ "Coach of the Year". PFWA. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  23. ^ Springer, Stever (February 3, 1995). "Silver and Black Turns to White : Davis Pulls Trigger, Finally Fires Shell". Los Angeles Times.
  24. ^ White, David; Gay, Nancy (January 5, 2007). "Shell fired by Raiders again / Davis called coach's '94 dismissal 'a mistake'; apparently thought rehiring was another". SFGATE.
  25. ^ White, David; Gay, Nancy (January 5, 2007). "Shell fired by Raiders again / Davis called coach's '94 dismissal 'a mistake'; apparently thought rehiring was another". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  26. ^ Art Shell NFL Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks - Pro-Football-Reference.com
  27. ^ "Jets Trade Up, Take T Brandon Shell in Round 5". www.newyorkjets.com. Retrieved April 30, 2016.

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