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Shawn Slocum

Special Teams Coordinator

Biography

Joined Packers Feb. 6, 2006, as assistant special teams coach. Was promoted to special teams coordinator on Feb. 3, 2009.
Possesses 20 years of coaching experience, the first 15 at the college level.
Played linebacker at Texas A&M.
Holder of a B.S. degree in construction management, Slocum took a two-year coaching hiatus to run Slocum Development Group, a custom home building and commercial development company.

Entering his sixth year in the NFL, Shawn Slocum begins his third season as the Green Bay Packers’ special teams coordinator after joining the club in 2006 as assistant special teams coach. Elevated to his current position by Head Coach Mike McCarthy on Feb. 3, 2009, following the retirement of Mike Stock, Slocum brings a total of 20 years of coaching experience to his post, the first 15 at the college level.

Having originally joined the Packers on Feb. 6, 2006, Slocum’s background in the college ranks has proven valuable in working with young players at the pro level.

In 2010, Slocum guided first-year man Tim Masthay to one of the finest seasons ever by a Green Bay punter. He finished the season with a 37.6-yard net average, which matched the best mark by a Packers punter since 1976 (Jon Ryan, 2007). Masthay placed 25 punts inside the 20 during the regular season, the most by a Packers punter since Josh Bidwell recorded 26 in 2002.

Masthay earned NFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors for his performance at the N.Y. Jets in Week 8 as he became just the second punter in franchise history to win the award (Craig Hentrich, Week 11, 1994). Masthay became the first Green Bay punter (since 1976) to place four-plus punts inside the 20 in two games in a season, and his five placed inside the 20 in the NFC Championship Game at Chicago tied Hentrich for the franchise playoff record.

Slocum also oversaw the development of several young special teams contributors, including first-year TE Tom Crabtree and second-year CB Brandon Underwood, who finished tied for second and third on the team, respectively, in special teams tackles with 12 and 11.

In 2009, Slocum’s first year as coordinator, LB Desmond Bishop emerged as the team’s leading tackler on special teams after two straight years ranking third in the category. Meanwhile, S Derrick Martin, a newcomer in ’09, and TE Spencer Havner, a late-season signee in 2008, grew into reliable coverage players, finishing second and third on the team, respectively. Each of the three recorded at least 20 special teams stops, the first Green Bay trio to accomplish that since 1984.

In his three seasons as Green Bay’s special teams assistant, Slocum helped mold young cornerbacks Will Blackmon, Jarrett Bush and Tramon Williams into special-teams assets in their early NFL years. Blackmon tied the franchise record with three punt returns for touchdowns, accomplishing that feat over a two-year span (2007-08).

The continued development of those young special teamers, many of whom were in their second year in Green Bay’s system in 2007, helped produce a rise from the bottom to seventh in the Dallas Morning News’ annual special teams rankings for that season.

Along with his special teams duties, Slocum also previously assisted Winston Moss in coaching the linebackers.

Slocum joined the Packers from the University of Mississippi, where he served one year as assistant head coach and linebackers coach. Under Slocum’s tutelage, LB Patrick Willis led the nation by averaging nine solo tackles per game as a junior, garnered first-team All-America honors from CollegeFootballNews.com and The Associated Press, and was a semifinalist for the Chuck Bednarik Award, given annually to the nation’s outstanding defensive player. One year later, Willis was drafted in the first round by the San Francisco 49ers.

Prior to Ole Miss, Slocum took a two-year hiatus from coaching, as owner and president of Slocum Development Group, Inc., a custom home building and commercial development company in Texas.

Slocum was the special teams coordinator and secondary coach at Texas A&M (2000-02) in his third stint with the Aggies. Slocum’s units contributed to a team that appeared in two bowl games during that time.

Before returning to his alma mater, Slocum spent two seasons (1998-99) with the University of Southern California as the special teams coordinator and linebackers coach. During his tenure, Slocum worked with future NFL players Chris Claiborne, David Gibson, Marcus Steele and Zeke Moreno. In 1998, Claiborne earned both All-America recognition and the Butkus Award as the nation’s top linebacker in leading the Trojans to the Sun Bowl.

Earlier, Slocum spent seven seasons at Texas A&M (1991-97), and assisted the Aggies to five bowl games, including four Cotton Bowl appearances. During that seven-year term, in which the school was 94-28-2, he coached 14 players who went on to play in the NFL. The 94 wins were sixth in the country and marked the most wins by any Texas Division I school in any decade.

While at Texas A&M as special teams and tight ends coach (1991-93), he helped the Aggies to three straight Southwest Conference championships. The following year, he transitioned from coaching tight ends to linebackers while maintaining his special- teams responsibilities. In that role (1994-97), he recruited and coached All-American LB, Lombardi Award winner and future Dallas Cowboy Dat Nguyen. On special teams, Slocum helped mold eventual Pro Bowl punter Shane Lechler, a two-time All-American and three-time All-Big 12 selection in college. Along with numerous school and conference records, Lechler finished his A&M career with NCAA marks for career punting average (44.7) and career games averaging at least 40 yards (37).

Slocum began his coaching career as a volunteer assistant at Texas A&M in 1989. He moved on to the University of Pittsburgh the following season (1990) as a graduate-assistant defensive coach, serving on a Paul Hackett staff that included McCarthy, then a graduate assistant helping with the Panthers’ quarterbacks.

A linebacker in college, Slocum earned one letter from Texas A&M in 1984 and was a member of the 12th Man kickoff squad from 1983-84. He earned a B.S. degree in construction management from the school in 1988.

Born in Bryan, Texas, Slocum is married to the former Michelle Biehl. He has four children: daughters Tayler, 18, who will be a freshman at Texas A&M in the fall, Jordyn, 16, and Haley, 13, and son Jaxon, 8. His father, R.C., is the winningest head coach in Texas A&M history, having guided the program for 14 years (1989-2002). In his spare time, Slocum enjoys golfing, hunting, fishing and spending time with his family.

Joined Packers Feb. 6, 2006, as assistant special teams coach. Was promoted to special teams coordinator on Feb. 3, 2009.
Possesses 20 years of coaching experience, the first 15 at the college level.
Played linebacker at Texas A&M.
Holder of a B.S. degree in construction management, Slocum took a two-year coaching hiatus to run Slocum Development Group, a custom home building and commercial development company.

Having originally joined the Packers on Feb. 6, 2006, Slocum’s background in the college ranks has proven valuable in working with young players at the pro level.

Along with his special teams duties, Slocum also previously assisted Winston Moss in coaching the linebackers.

Prior to Ole Miss, Slocum took a two-year hiatus from coaching, as owner and president of Slocum Development Group, Inc., a custom home building and commercial development company in Texas.