Miami Redhawks

Twitter: @CoachDShearer

Doug Shearer is in his third year as Miami's Special Teams Coordinator.

Shearer's first year (2019) could not have gone much better with the Red and White. Placekicker Sam Sloman was named second team All-America by The Athletic after making a school record 26 field goals (on 30 attempts). Punter Kyle Kramer earned first-team All-MAC honors and Maurice Thomas was named second team All-MAC as a punt returner. Thomas added a 97-yard kick return to help the RedHawks capture the 2019 MAC Championship as well.
 
Prior to Miami, Shearer had been a member of the NC State football staff since 2014. Since 2015 he served as the Wolfpack’s quality control assistant for special teams. Shearer helped coach a special teams unit that finished in the top 20 nationally in both kickoff return and punt return average in 2015. NC State’s placekicker also broke the single season school record for field goals made and points scored in 2018.

Shearer came to NC State as a graduate assistant, working with the wide receivers and specialists.  In 2013, he served as an offensive/special teams graduate assistant at his alma mater: the University of Connecticut.

He earned his B.A. degree in coaching and sports psychology from UConn in 2013. He has coached in five bowl games: the 2014 Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl, the 2015 Belk Bowl, the 2016 Independence Bowl, the 2017 Hyundai Sun Bowl and the 2018 Taxslayer Gator Bowl.