Shea Tierney

American football coach (born 1986)

American football player
Shea Tierney
New York Giants
Position:Quarterbacks coach
Personal information
Born: (1986-10-19) October 19, 1986 (age 37)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Career information
High school:Neshaminy (Langhorne, Pennsylvania)
College:NC State
Career history
As a coach:
  • NC State (2011–2012)
    Graduate assistant
  • Philadelphia Eagles (2013–2015)
    Football analyst & coaching intern
  • Alabama (20162017)
    Offensive analyst
  • Buffalo Bills (2018–2019)
    Offensive assistant
  • Buffalo Bills (2020–2021)
    Assistant quarterbacks coach
  • New York Giants (2022–present)
    Quarterbacks coach
Career highlights and awards
  • CFP national champion (2017)

Shea Tierney (born October 19, 1986) is an American football coach who is the quarterbacks coach for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). Shea was hired by the Buffalo Bills in 2018 as an offensive assistant and was promoted to assistant quarterbacks coach in 2020. Previously, Tierney spent three seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles as an analyst and coaching intern. He also worked for Alabama as an offensive analyst.

Coaching career

N.C. State

Beginning in 2011, Tierney spent three seasons with the NC State Wolfpack as an offensive graduate assistant.

Philadelphia Eagles

In 2013, Tierney was hired by the Philadelphia Eagles as an analyst and coaching intern. He spent 3 seasons with the team.

Alabama

In 2016, Tierney acted as an offensive analyst under Coach Nick Saban and current New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll. Tierney assisted in leading the 2016 team to a 14–1 season, ending in an SEC Championship. He worked closely with Mike Locksley, former wide-receivers coach and current head coach at Maryland.[1]

Buffalo Bills

In 2018, Tierney was hired by the Buffalo Bills as an offensive analyst, and was promoted to Assistant Quarterbacks Coach for the 2020 season. During his tenure with the Bills, Tierney helped to guide quarterback Josh Allen to finish second in the 2020 MVP voting and set single season franchise records for passing touchdowns (37), completions (396), 300 yard games (8), passer rating (107.2), completion percentage (69.2), passing yards (4,544) and total touchdowns (46). During the 2021 season, Allen had a career-high 409 pass completions, completing 63.3 percent of his passes for 4,407 passing yards, 36 passing touchdowns and a 92.2 passer rating. He also had 763 rushing yards and another six touchdowns on the ground, leading the league in yards per carry at 6.3 [2]

New York Giants

On February 2, 2022, Tierney was hired by the New York Giants as their Quarterbacks Coach. He follows Daboll, who was named head coach of the Giants on January 28, 2022.[3]

Personal life

In July 2021, Shea married Emily Seng in Raleigh, North Carolina.[4]

References

  1. ^ Potter, Charlie (March 15, 2016). "Alabama adds former NFL analyst to support staff". 247sports.com. Retrieved July 15, 2023.[dead link]
  2. ^ https://bufbills.com/player-bios/shea_tierney.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ Traina, Patricia (February 2, 2022). "Giants Hire Shea Tierney as Quarterbacks Coach". SI.com. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  4. ^ "Simone McAdams Photography - Raleigh Wedding Photographer on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on April 30, 2022.[user-generated source]
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National Football League quarterbacks coaches
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2017 Alabama Crimson Tide football—consensus national champions
Head coach
Nick Saban
Assistant coaches
Derrick Ansley
Burton Burns
Scott Cochran
Brian Daboll
Karl Dunbar
Rob Ezell
Brent Key
Mike Locksley
Tosh Lupoi
Mike Miller
Alex Mortensen
Brian Niedermeyer
Joe Pannunzio
Nick Perry
Jeremy Pruitt
Shea Tierney
William Vlachos
Chris Weinke
Bobby Williams
Jody Wright