Vic Shealy

College coach infobox


Name = Vic Shealy
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DateOfBirth = birth date and age|1961|07|14
Birthplace = Nashville, Tennessee
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Sport = Football
College = University of Nevada Las Vegas
Conference = MWC
Title = Defensive coordinator
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OverallRecord = 27-14-1 (at Azusa Pacific)
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Awards = 1998 NAIA Coach of the Year Award
1998 Shutt Coach of the Year
Championships = NAIA national championship "(1998)"
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CoachYears = 1986-1987
1988-1989
1992
1993-1994
1995-1998
1999-2004
2005-"present"
CoachTeams = Mars Hill (Secondary)
Austin Peay (OC)
Mars Hill (OC)
Austin Peay (Secondary/DC)
Azusa Pacific (Head coach)
Air Force (Secondary)
UNLV (DC)
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Victor Dalmuth "Vic" Shealy (b. July 14, 1961 in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American football coach and is co-defensive coordinator of the UNLV Rebels. Shealy was previously head football coach at Azusa Pacific University, where in 1998 he coached the team to the NAIA national championship. That same year, Shealy was named the NAIA Coach of the Year and the American Football Quarterly Schutt National Coach of the Year. [ [http://unlvrebels.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/shealy_vic00.html Vic Shealy] , retrieved March 1, 2008; "Sanford hires defensive coordinator", "Las Vegas Sun" December 23, 2004.]

Early career

Shealy was born in Nashville, Tennessee in 1961, the son of football coach Dal Shealy. He attended Auburn High School in Auburn, Alabama, playing quarterback for the Auburn High Tigers before playing for Liberty University in 1979. After a year at Liberty, Shealy transferred to the University of Richmond, from where he graduated in 1984. Shealy immediately entered the coaching profession as a graduate assistant at Baylor—receiving a master's degree from that institution in 1986—before being appointed secondary coach at Mars Hill College in 1986. Shealy became offensive coordinator at Austin Peay from 1988 to 1990, when he briefly left the coaching ranks. He returned to Mars Hill as offensive coordinator in 1992, and in 1993 left again for Austin Peay where he was secondary coach and, in 1994, defensive coordinator. [Azusa Pacific University, [http://home.apu.edu/~gpine/shealy.htm Head Coach Vic Shealy] , retrieved March 1, 2008; [http://unlvrebels.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/shealy_vic00.html Vic Shealy] .]

Azusa Pacific

In 1995, Shealy was named head coach of the Azusa Pacific Cougars football team. In his first year, he lead the team to a 4-4-1 record, followed by a 7-3 season in 1996, the first winning season for Azusa Pacific since 1990. Shealy's Cougars fell to 4-5 in 1997, but in 1998 Azusa Pacific went 12-2, winning the NAIA national championship over Olivet Nazarene 17-14. He was named the NAIA Coach of the Year and received the Shutt Coach of the Year Award from the American Football Quarterly. Shealy left Azusa Pacific after that season to take a defensive coaching position at the United States Air Force Academy. His overall record at Azusa Pacific was 27-14-1. [ [http://unlvrebels.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/shealy_vic00.html Vic Shealy] ; "COLLEGES: FOOTBALL -- OHIO STATE; Katzenmoyer To Enter Pro Draft", "New York Times", January 9, 1999; "Coach of the Year", "American Football Monthly", January 1999.]

Division I FBS coaching positions

At the Air Force Academy, Shealy coached the defensive secondary from 1999 through 2004. In 2005, Shealy left to become defensive coordinator at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, where he currently also serves as assistant head coach and safeties coach. [ [http://unlvrebels.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/shealy_vic00.html Vic Shealy] .]

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