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The Los Angeles Rams have one of the most well-respected head coaches in the league in Sean McVay. As one of the youngest head coaches in National Football League history, McVay has already helped several other coaches gain prominent roles around the league.<\/p>\n
He has another up-and-coming coach in defensive coordinator Chris Shula. Although relatively inexperienced, Shula comes from a legendary pedigree and has already demonstrated improvement in a short time on the job. <\/p>\n It is Shula’s first time serving as an NFL defensive coordinator, but he is already producing a defense that most consider on the rise. Jacob Infante of the Pro Football Network recently ranked all of the defensive coordinators in the league. He ranked Shula the 26th-best.<\/p>\n “The\u00a0Los Angeles Rams\u00a0<\/u><\/a>have some enticing young talents on their roster, but it hasn\u2019t all come together for them as a unit on defense yet. Higher expectations should come for Chris Shula in his second year as their defensive coordinator,” Infante said<\/a>.<\/p>\n “The grandson of legendary [Miami] Dolphins head coach Don Shula climbed up the ranks of the Rams\u2019 organization for seven seasons before becoming defensive coordinator. They placed 24th in Defense+ last year, and they made no significant offseason additions to their defense. If the Rams improve their defense in 2025, it\u2019ll be a credit to Shula\u2019s coaching.”<\/p>\n Earlier this offseason, Shula shared some of the memories he has with his legendary grandfather, as well as some of the lessons he learned from one of the greatest NFL coaches ever. <\/p>\n “Definitely. It\u2019s a lot of the stuff you hear stories about almost every single day, especially coaching in the NFL. It\u2019s one of my favorite parts\u2014playing a road game, someone grabbing you and saying, \u2018Hey, you know I coached against your grandpa,\u2019 or \u2018I worked for your grandpa,\u2019 or things like that. He was a grandfather to me. Obviously, a ton of interaction\u2014not necessarily while he was coaching,” Shula said.<\/p>\n “When he was coaching the Dolphins and retired, I was living in Cincinnati still. So obviously not as much. Then we moved to South Florida, and he was living in Miami. So, I obviously got pretty close with him, and he\u2019s the best guy. My uncle and my dad always kind of said about him, \u2018Hey, you could set your watch on where he was going to be on a certain day.\u2019 You knew exactly… he was so disciplined, you knew exactly what he was going to be doing every single day. I tried to model myself [after him.]”<\/p>\n Go and like our Facebook page today and give us your thoughts,\u00a0WHEN YOU CLICK RIGHT HERE<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n Also, make sure you follow along right now on X (Twitter)\u00a0@RamsInsideronSI<\/u><\/a>,\u00a0and you will never miss any Rams content this season!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n