Rams DC Chris Shula: Being a head coach is the goal, but has to be right opportunity
January 8, 2026
Rams DC Chris Shula: Being a head coach is the goal, but has to be right opportunity
7 comments
He is trying to coach his way out of a head coaching job.
Yea buddy how about focus on your current position and being successful in it
I would think he’s mostly coached his way out of a hc position
I’m not a Shula doomer like many here. I think he is a good defensive mind, who has been coming along nicely and building his expertise in a steady fashion as his career goes on. He’s still very young and inexperienced relatively. I think he’s right to look around at recent coaching tenures by young defensive coaches and realize he should keep building on what he has here.
My take is that the Rams D was the 2nd cheapest unit going into the season and the team was bottom 25% in experience overall. With that context, our defense did fine this season, it over performed against good teams through the first 13 weeks and is probably suffering from lack of experience and depth in the final stretch of the season. How this defense comes out in the playoffs will say a lot about his ability to coach a full season. If they don’t come out well, well because of their age, lack of experience and true star power, I think he’s deserves more chances to prove himself and to develop his coaching skills.
If the rams move on from Stafford this offseason and opt to go young, I’d like to see them spend at the corners and o-line. Corners because if our defense had 0.5 extra seconds to get home to the qb this year we might actually have 3x the sacks. O-line for obvious reasons.
Well Miami just became open…
I like him as a DC and I think the players respond really well to him, but he has a long way to go. He should get a couple more years under his belt before he thinks about being a HC. Don’t be another Brandon Staley. Become great at your current role before you try to expand into something bigger.
Honestly fine if he stays and fine if he goes it’s on Snead and McVay to get better CB talent but they just refuse to address it
7 comments
He is trying to coach his way out of a head coaching job.
Yea buddy how about focus on your current position and being successful in it
I would think he’s mostly coached his way out of a hc position
I’m not a Shula doomer like many here. I think he is a good defensive mind, who has been coming along nicely and building his expertise in a steady fashion as his career goes on. He’s still very young and inexperienced relatively. I think he’s right to look around at recent coaching tenures by young defensive coaches and realize he should keep building on what he has here.
My take is that the Rams D was the 2nd cheapest unit going into the season and the team was bottom 25% in experience overall. With that context, our defense did fine this season, it over performed against good teams through the first 13 weeks and is probably suffering from lack of experience and depth in the final stretch of the season. How this defense comes out in the playoffs will say a lot about his ability to coach a full season. If they don’t come out well, well because of their age, lack of experience and true star power, I think he’s deserves more chances to prove himself and to develop his coaching skills.
If the rams move on from Stafford this offseason and opt to go young, I’d like to see them spend at the corners and o-line. Corners because if our defense had 0.5 extra seconds to get home to the qb this year we might actually have 3x the sacks. O-line for obvious reasons.
Well Miami just became open…
I like him as a DC and I think the players respond really well to him, but he has a long way to go. He should get a couple more years under his belt before he thinks about being a HC. Don’t be another Brandon Staley. Become great at your current role before you try to expand into something bigger.
Honestly fine if he stays and fine if he goes it’s on Snead and McVay to get better CB talent but they just refuse to address it