Full Text of HR0063 097th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Coach Mike | 4 | | Shanahan, a two-time graduate of Eastern Illinois University, | 5 | | on completing his first season as Executive Vice President/Head | 6 | | Coach of the Washington Redskins; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Mike Shanahan was born on August 24, 1952 in Oak | 8 | | Park; he is a 1970 graduate of East Leyden High School in | 9 | | Franklin Park; he attended Eastern Illinois University and | 10 | | earned his Bachelor of Science degree in 1974 and his Master of | 11 | | Science degree in 1975; he played quarterback until his junior | 12 | | season when his career was cut short due to an injury; he was | 13 | | inducted into the Eastern Illinois University Hall of Fame in | 14 | | 1990; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, He served as an assistant coach at Eastern | 16 | | Illinois University for his final two seasons in Charleston | 17 | | before serving on the coaching staff at the University of | 18 | | Oklahoma in 1975, going on to win the NCAA Division I national | 19 | | championship; after spending the 1977 season at Northern | 20 | | Arizona University, he returned to Eastern Illinois University | 21 | | to serve as the offensive coordinator for the 1978 squad that | 22 | | captured the NCAA Division II national crown and set 25 school | 23 | | records; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Mike Shanahan's collegiate coaching career | 2 | | includes coaching with the University of Minnesota as offensive | 3 | | coordinator in 1979, and from 1980 to 1984 he served at the | 4 | | University of Florida as the offensive coordinator; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, His NFL assistant coaching career includes | 6 | | serving as the Denver Broncos' wide receiver coach in 1984 and | 7 | | offensive coordinator from 1985 to 1987; from 1992 to 1994 he | 8 | | served as the offensive coordinator for the San Francisco | 9 | | 49ers, where he coached NFL Hall of Famer Steve Young in | 10 | | addition to helping the 49ers win Super Bowl XXIX; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, His NFL head coaching career includes serving as | 12 | | the head coach of the Los Angeles Raiders from 1988 to 1989; | 13 | | from 1995 to 2008 he served as the head coach of the Denver | 14 | | Broncos; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Mike Shanahan, as the head coach of the Denver | 16 | | Broncos, guided the franchise to two Super Bowl victories in | 17 | | 1997 and 1998, in addition to making three conference | 18 | | championship game appearances and leading the Broncos to seven | 19 | | postseason berths and nine winning seasons; he also posted the | 20 | | most wins in pro football history in a three-year period (46 | 21 | | from 1996 to 1998) and won the most playoff games in pro | 22 | | football history over a two-year period with seven from 1997 to |
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| 1 | | 1998; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Mike Shanahan started his third head coaching job | 3 | | in the NFL on January 6, 2010, assuming the position of | 4 | | Executive Vice President/Head Coach of the Washington | 5 | | Redskins; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Mike Shanahan is married to Peggy, and they have | 7 | | two children, son Kyle, and daughter Krystal; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 9 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 10 | | we congratulate Mike Shanahan and wish him continued success | 11 | | for years to come; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to Washington Redskins Executive Vice President/Head | 14 | | Coach Mike Shanahan as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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