Simply put, Shanahan's tenure in Denver as head coach is unparalleled.
The Super Bowls speak for themselves, as do the overall regular-season and postseason win totals, which rank tops in franchise history.
But Shanahan's reach was felt far beyond just the walls at team headquarters, particularly because of the offense that he led. During his 14 seasons from 1995-2008, the Broncos totaled more than 81,000 yards; the closest franchise was more than 2,000 yards behind Shanahan's Broncos teams.
So while Shanahan hasn't coached in the NFL for nearly a decade, his influence is widespread across the league today as teams hope to emulate that level of success and the style of offense that proved so effective.
His disciples stretch across the league now. Sean McVay, head coach of the Rams, was an offensive assistant and position coach under Shanahan in Washington; Matt LaFleur, head coach of the Packers, was Shanahan's quarterbacks coach in Washington during that same span from 2010-13; Kyle Shanahan, Mike's son, is head coach of the 49ers and spent four years on his father's staff during that Washington stint; former Broncos running back Anthony Lynn worked with Shanahan for three seasons as an assistant coach and later became head coach of the Chargers before taking his current position as offensive coordinator of the Lions in 2021.
And, of course, there's Gary Kubiak, who later followed in Shanahan's footsteps as a Super Bowl-winning head coach in Denver. The former quarterback played for Shanahan and later became an apprentice under him as his offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach before becoming a head coach with Houston and then Denver.
"His contributions are immense," Broncos Head Coach Vic Fangio says. "There's plenty of guys that coach in this league — both as head coaches and assistant coaches — that somehow came through Mike. Obviously with his son, Sean McVay, LaFleur in Green Bay and others. Mike's system that he evolved to over the years — when Mike was the coordinator with the Niners, that's not actually the system he became really famous for. He incorporated some of that with what he thought. That's what these guys are running now. Mike has had a great impact on the game and was a great head coach."
Shanahan shrugs off legacy talk, but the truth of that is beyond his control at this point. The West Coast offense he developed for his Broncos teams affects the way the game is played today
"I think your legacy is kind of like everything you've done throughout your life, the process of being part of it," Shanahan says. "That's one thing about the journey: If you're in coaching, the journey is never easy, but you have to fight through it. You're going to have the highest highs and the lowest lows, and tough times don't last — tough people do. If you've got that type of mindset, then good things will happen to you."
Good things happened to Shanahan, and great things happened to the Broncos. The team's first Super Bowl victories, of course, are a large part of that, but so is the standard of success that's followed the team and the expectations that have made Denver a destination for players, coaches and staff members hoping to find success of their own.
For many of the people that came before him in Denver, success at a championship level eluded them, but as Shanahan recognizes, that doesn't make them any less important than him to the team's history. Without them — and perhaps especially Joe Collier — it's entirely possible that Shanahan would not have been the kind of coach he became.
"I'll be honest with you: It's truly a process," Shanahan says. "Me, but how about all these guys from 1960 to 1973 — how long it took to have that first winning season — and then all the success they had before the Super Bowl. You take a look at '75 and '76, those defensive teams. And then the Super Bowl, even though we came up a game short playing those Cowboys, we set a standard to get there. And then it took us a while to win it. But everybody was part of that process."
After being elected to the Broncos Ring of Fame in 2020, Shanahan will soon finally be enshrined. His pillar on the Ring of Fame plaza and his name on the façade at Empower Field at Mile High will be unveiled, and at long last, Mike Shanahan's place in Broncos history will be cemented.
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