Editing Art Shell (section)

==Coaching career==
Shell was an offensive line coach with the Raiders from 1983 to 1988.<ref name=":7">{{Cite news |date=January 4, 2001 |title=Art Shell Resigns From the Falcons |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/04/sports/plus-pro-football-art-shell-resigns-from-the-falcons.html |work=New York Times}}</ref> In 1989, the Raiders owner [[Al Davis]] hired Shell as his head coach to replace [[Mike Shanahan]], becoming the first black head coach in modern NFL history, and the first since [[Fritz Pollard]] in 1925. In the NFL's early years, Pollard, an African American running back, was a player-coach for the [[Hammond Pros|Hammond (Indiana) Pros]] from 1923-1925. Pollard had earlier been a teammate of [[Paul Robeson]] on the [[Akron Pros]] of the [[American Professional Football Association]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Janofsky |first=Michael |date=October 4, 1989 |title=Shell Is First Black Coach in N.F.L. Since 20's |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/04/sports/shell-is-first-black-coach-in-nfl-since-20-s.html |work=New York Times}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite news |date=February 11, 2006 |title=Shell to Return As Raiders Coach |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/11/sports/shell-to-return-as-raiders-coach.html |work=New York Times}}</ref> 

===Los Angeles Raiders===
Through [[Al Davis]], Shell is a member of the [[Sid Gillman]] [[coaching tree]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-05-24 |title=Coaching tree, legacy of Sid Gillman |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/page/coachingtreegillman130524/greatest-nfl-coaches-sid-gillman-coaching-tree |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The NFL Coaching Tree 2008 (Pt. 2) - Sports Central |url=https://www.sports-central.org/sports/2008/02/29/the_nfl_coaching_tree_2008_pt_2.php |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=www.sports-central.org}}</ref> As coach of the Raiders from 1989 to 1994 (at the time located in Los Angeles), Shell coached 12 games in 1989, and 16 games/year from 1990 to 1994, compiling a record of 54 wins and 38 losses.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Art Shell Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/ShelAr0.htm |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> Shell was named [[American Football Conference|AFC]] [[NFL Coach of the Year Award|Coach of the Year]] in 1990, when the Raiders won the [[AFC West]] division with a 12–4 record, and advanced to the [[1990–91 NFL playoffs#AFC Championship: Buffalo Bills 51, Los Angeles Raiders 3|AFC championship game]] in the playoffs,<ref>{{Cite web |title=1990 Los Angeles Raiders Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/rai/1990.htm |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> becoming the first African-American coach to lead the team to the Conference Championship game.<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":7" /> Shell also received the [[Maxwell Football Club|Maxwell Club]]'s coach of the year award (the [[Greasy Neale Award]]),<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 23, 1991 |title=Cunningham Is Voted N.F.L. Player of Year |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/23/sports/sports-people-pro-football-cunningham-is-voted-nfl-player-of-year.html |work=New York Times}}</ref> and ''[[Pro Football Weekly]]'s'' NFL Coach of the Year Award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coach of the Year |url=https://www.profootballwriters.org/on-field-awards/pfwa-coach-of-the-year/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=PFWA |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Al Davis]], owner of the Raiders, fired Shell after a 9–7 season in 1994,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Springer |first=Stever |date=February 3, 1995 |title=Silver and Black Turns to White : Davis Pulls Trigger, Finally Fires Shell |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-02-03-sp-27738-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> a move Davis later called "a mistake."<ref>{{Cite web |last=White |first=David |last2=Gay |first2=Nancy |date=January 5, 2007 |title=Shell fired by Raiders again / Davis called coach's '94 dismissal 'a mistake'; apparently thought rehiring was another |url=https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Shell-fired-by-Raiders-again-Davis-called-2659515.php |website=SFGATE}}</ref>

===After the Raiders===
After leaving the Raiders, Shell went on to coaching positions with the [[Kansas City Chiefs]] (offensive line coach 1995-1996) and [[Atlanta Falcons]] (offensive line coach for four years before resigning in early 2001),<ref name=":7" /> before serving as a senior vice president for the NFL, in charge of football operations. In 2004, Shell became the NFL's Senior Vice President over football operations, supervising all football operations and development.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4" />

===2006 return to Raiders===
Shell was working for the NFL when he was officially re-hired by the-then Oakland Raiders as head coach on February 11, 2006.<ref name=":8" /> After leading the team to its worst record (2 wins, 14 losses) since 1962, despite having one of the best defenses, Shell was fired for the second time as head coach of the Raiders on January 4, 2007.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Shell-fired-by-Raiders-again-Davis-called-2659515.php#photo-2136197 | title=Shell fired by Raiders again / Davis called coach's '94 dismissal 'a mistake'; apparently thought rehiring was another | first1=David | last1=White | first2=Nancy | last2=Gay | date=January 5, 2007 | work=San Francisco Chronicle | access-date=October 31, 2018}}</ref>

===Head coaching record===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
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! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="5"|Regular season !! colspan="4"|Postseason
|-
! Won !! Lost !! Ties !! Win % !! Finish !! Won !! Lost !! Win % !! Result
|-
! [[1989 Los Angeles Raiders season|RAI]] || [[1989 NFL season|1989]]
| 7 || 5 || 0 || .583 || 3rd in AFC West || — || — || — || —
|- style="background:#fdd;"
! [[1990 Los Angeles Raiders season|RAI]] || [[1990 NFL season|1990]]
| 12 || 4 || 0 || .750 || '''1st in AFC West''' || 1 || 1 || .500 || <Small>'''Lost to [[Buffalo Bills]] in [[1990–91 NFL playoffs|AFC Championship Game]]'''</Small>
|- style="background:#fdd;"
! [[1991 Los Angeles Raiders season|RAI]] || [[1991 NFL season|1991]]
| 9 || 7 || 0 || .563 || '''3rd in AFC West''' || 0 || 1 || .000 || <Small>'''Lost to [[Kansas City Chiefs]] in [[1991–92 NFL playoffs|AFC wild card game]]'''</Small>
|-
! [[1992 Los Angeles Raiders season|RAI]] || [[1992 NFL season|1992]]
| 7 || 9 || 0 || .438 || 4th in AFC West || — || — || — || —
|- style="background:#fdd;"
! [[1993 Los Angeles Raiders season|RAI]] || [[1993 NFL season|1993]]
| 10 || 6 || 0 || .625 || '''2nd in AFC West''' || 1 || 1 || .500 || <Small>'''Lost to [[Buffalo Bills]] in [[1993–94 NFL playoffs|AFC Divisional Game]]'''</Small>
|-
! [[1994 Los Angeles Raiders season|RAI]] || [[1994 NFL season|1994]]
| 9 || 7 || 0 || .563 || 3rd in AFC West || — || — || — || —
|-
! [[2006 Oakland Raiders season|OAK]] || [[2006 NFL season|2006]]
| 2 || 14 || 0 || .125 || 4th in AFC West || — || — || — || —
|-
! colspan="2"|Total<ref>[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/ShelAr0.htm Art Shell NFL Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks - Pro-Football-Reference.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> || 56 || 52 || 0 || .518 || || 2 || 3 || .400 ||
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