Steve Shimko

Steve Shimko (born January 31, 1990) is an American football coach and former player who is currently the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Boston College Eagles football team.

Steve Shimko
Current position
TitleOffensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach
TeamBoston College
ConferenceACC
Biographical details
Born (1990-01-31) January 31, 1990
Ewing Township, New Jersey
Playing career
2008–2010Rutgers
Position(s)Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2011–2013Rutgers (GA)
2014Western Michigan (Recruiting Operations)
2015Georgia (GA)
2016–2017Garden City (OC/QB)
2018Seattle Seahawks (OA)
2019Seattle Seahawks (Assistant QB)
2020–2021Boston College (TE)
2022Boston College (QB)
2023–presentBoston College (OC/QB)

Early life

Shimko grew up in Ewing Township, New Jersey and attended Ewing High School. Shimko chose to play college football at Rutgers.[1][2]

College career

Shimko played at Rutgers for three years, appearing in one game and not recording any statistics.[3] Shimko's career would end early as he injured his shoulder, which required surgery and forced him to miss his senior season.[4]

Coaching career

However Shimko would still be a part of the Rutgers football program as he would become a graduate assistant.[4] After three years with Rutgers, Shimko would be hired as the recruiting operator for Western Michigan.[5] The next stop for Shimko would come as a graduate assistant for Georgia where he would coach for one year.[6][7] Shimko would the be hired as the offensive coordinator and quarterback coach at Garden City.[8][9] After two season with Garden City, Shimko would receive his first NFL coaching job, being hired by the Seattle Seahawks as their assistant quarterback coach.[10][11] After two season with the Seahawk, Shimko would leave to become the tight ends coach at Boston College.[12][13] After two years as tight ends coach for Boston College, he would become their QB coach for the 2022 season.[14] Then after three seasons for Boston College, two as their tight ends coach, and one as their quarterbacks coach, Shimko was promoted to be the Eagles offensive coordinator.[15][16]

References
  1. "Steve Shimko". ESPN. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  2. "Rutgers Football Adds Three Early Enrollees to Squad". Rutgers Athletics. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  3. "Steve Shimko". Football Database. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  4. Condit, Nick (14 August 2011). "Former Ewing football standout Steve Shimko still involved in Rutgers program despite career-ending surgery". NJ.com. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  5. "Steve Shimko". Boston College Athletics. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  6. Weiszer, Marc. "A look at recent Georgia football support staff hires". Online Athens. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  7. Samuels, Doug. "Thursday February 19, 2015". Footballscoop. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  8. Samuels, Doug. "Wednesday January 20, 2016". Footballscoop. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  9. Weiszler, Marc. "Georgia high on list of prized football recruit Ben Davis of Alabama". Savannah Morning News. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  10. Shawn-Duger, Michael (8 February 2018). "Seahawks complete assistant coach overhaul". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  11. "GCCC's Shimko heading to NFL". The Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  12. Crabtree, Curtis (23 January 2020). "Steve Shimko leaves Seahawks for Boston College tight ends coaching job". NBC Sports. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  13. "Boston College Names Steve Shimko Tight Ends Coach". Sports Illustrated. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  14. Backstrom, Andy (25 August 2022). "Shimko's Unorthodox Coaching Journey Has Led Him Back to the QB Room". Rivals.com. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  15. Flannery, Curtis (6 March 2023). "Opinion: Boston College Football is Spiraling". BC Interruption. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  16. Black, AJ. "Boston College announce new roles for Steve Shimko and Rob Chudzinski". 247Sports. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
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