Two-time Super Bowl champion head coach Mike Shanahan has agreed to a five-year contract to become the next head coach as well as the executive vice president of football operations of the Washington Redskins.
Shanahan will share front office duties with new executive vice president and general manager Bruce Allen, however Shanahan will have the final say on all football decisions and will be introduced at a 2 pm news conference Wednesday.
The Denver Post reported today that the deal is worth about $7 million per year.á Shanahan was aggressively pursued by team owner Daniel Snyder just hours after former coach Jim Zorn was released on Monday as the Redskins finished a 4-12 campaign in 2009, going 12-20 under Zorn.
Shanahan will become the seventh head coach since 1999 when Snyder b ...
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Mike Shanahan Agrees To Five-Year Deal With Washington Redskins
Posted: 5th January 2010 by Vincent Jackson in NFLComments Off on Mike Shanahan Agrees To Five-Year Deal With Washington Redskins