Shepherd Skanes
{{short description|American football coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Shepherd Skanes
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| current_title = Head coach
| current_team = Fairfield Prep (AL)
| current_conference =
| current_record = 7–15
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| birth_place = Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
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| coach_years1 = ?–2003
| coach_team1 = Huffman HS (AL) (OC)
| coach_years2 = 2004
| coach_team2 = Concordia (AL) (OC)
| coach_years3 = 2005–2012
| coach_team3 = Concordia (AL)
| coach_years4 = 2013–2015
| coach_team4 = Morehouse (DL)
| coach_years5 = 2016–2020
| coach_team5 = Lane (OC/QB)
| coach_years6 = 2021
| coach_team6 = Miles (TE)
| coach_years7 = 2022–present
| coach_team7 = Fairfield Prep (AL)
| overall_record = 33–40 (college)
7–15 (high school)
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Shepherd Skanes is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Fairfield College Preparatory School, a position he has held since 2022.{{Cite news |last=Holloway |first=Seth |date=June 25, 2022 |title=Meet Coach Shep Skanes, The New Head Football Coach Of The Fairfield High Preparatory School Tigers |url=https://www.thecutoffnews.com/sports/meet-coach-shep-skanes-the-new-head-football-coach-of-the-fairfield-high-preparatory-school/article_92eeb520-f4de-11ec-87e3-6322eea83334.html |access-date=August 22, 2024 |work=The Cutoff News}} Skanes was the head coach at Concordia–Selma from 2005 to 2012 where he compiled an overall record of 33–40. He previously coached for Morehouse, Lane, and Miles.
Coaching career
Skanes served as the first head football coach for the Concordia Hornets located in Selma, Alabama (sometimes called "Concordia–Alabama") and held that position from when the program began in 2005 through the third game of their 2012 season.{{cite news|last=Hudson|first=Robert|title=Concordia cuts staff and coaches|url=http://www.selmatimesjournal.com/2012/09/25/concordia-cuts-staff-and-coaches/|accessdate=January 19, 2014|newspaper=Selma Times-Journal|date=September 25, 2012}} His coaching record at Concordia was 33 wins and 40 losses.{{Cite web|last = DeLassus|first= David|title=Concordia Coaching Records|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/naia/independents/concordia/coaching_records.php|accessdate=October 25, 2010}} As coach, Skanes gained respect of other regional coaches for his ability to work and build a program with comparatively less resources than his peers.{{Citation
| last = Lamar
| first = Hal
| title = Inside Hotlanta and The SIAC
| newspaper = Onnidan Online
| date = November 3, 2008
| url = http://onnidan.com/08-09/blogs/inside1103.htm
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101129181542/http://onnidan.com/08-09/blogs/inside1103.htm
| url-status = usurped
| archive-date = November 29, 2010
| accessdate = October 25, 2010}}
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Concordia Hornets
| conf = NAIA independent
| startyear = 2005
| endyear = single
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 2005
| name = Concordia
| overall = 6–4
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Concordia Hornets
| conf = South East Atlantic Conference
| startyear = 2006
| endyear = 2008
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2006
| name = Concordia
| overall = 2–8
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 2007
| name = Concordia
| overall = 2–9
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 2008
| name = Concordia
| overall = 5–6
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Concordia Hornets
| conf = NAIA independent
| startyear = 2009
| endyear = 2012
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 2009
| name = Concordia
| overall = 5–5
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 2010
| name = Concordia
| overall = 4–4
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 2011
| name = Concordia
| overall = 5–4
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 2012
| name = Concordia
| overall = 2–1
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| name = Concordia
| overall = 33–40
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 33–40
| bowls = no
| poll = no
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| legend = no
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=High school=
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Fairfield Prep Tigers
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| startyear = 2022
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2022
| name = Fairfield Prep
| overall = 3–8
| conference = 3–4
| confstanding = 4th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2023
| name = Fairfield Prep
| overall = 4–7
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = 4th
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| ranking = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2024
| name = Fairfield Prep
| overall = 0–0
| conference = 0–0
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Fairfield Prep
| overall = 7–15
| confrecord = 7–7
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 7–15
| bowls = no
| poll = no
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| legend = no
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References
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External links
- [https://milesgoldenbears.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/shepherd-skanes/1367 Miles profile]
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Category:High school football coaches in Alabama
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