Steve Shafer

{{short description|American gridiron football player and coach (born 1940)}}

{{for|the soccer player also known as Steve Shafer|Stefan Szefer}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Steve Shafer

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|12|8|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Burbank, California, U.S.

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| height_ft = 6

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| weight_lbs = 190

| high_school = Burbank {{nowrap|(Burbank, California)}}

| college = Utah State

| draftyear = 1963

| draftround = 11

| draftpick = 148

| pastteams =

• BC Lions ({{CFL Year|1963|1967}})

| pastcoaching =

• San Mateo (1968–1972)
  Defensive coordinator
• San Mateo (1973–1974)
  Head coach
• San Diego State (1975–1982)
  Defensive backs coach
• Los Angeles Rams (1983–1990)
  Defensive backs coach
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1991–1993)
  Defensive backs coach
• San Diego State (1994)
  Defensive coordinator
• Oakland Raiders (1995–1997)
  Defensive backs coach
• Carolina Panthers (1998)
  Defensive backs coach
• Baltimore Ravens (1999)
  Defensive backs coach
• Baltimore Ravens (2000–2001)
  Assistant head coach & secondary coach
• Jacksonville Jaguars (2003–2004)
  Assistant head coach

| highlights =

• Grey Cup champion ({{CFL Year|1964}})
• Super Bowl champion (XXXV)

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Stephen Edward Shafer (born December 8, 1940) is an American former professional football player and coach who played for the BC Lions, winning the Grey Cup with them in 1964.{{cite web| url = http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=shafeste001| title = Shafer football statistics on StatsCrew.com}} He played college football at Utah State University and was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the 1963 NFL draft. He was later a football coach in the National Football League (NFL), over the span of 1983 to 2003 serving on the staffs of the Los Angeles Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Oakland Raiders, Carolina Panthers, Baltimore Ravens, and Jacksonville Jaguars.{{Cite web|url=https://collegeofsanmateo.edu/news/index.php/2007/06/07/local-coach-steve-shafers-long-journey-to-a-super-bowl-ring/|title = Local coach Steve Shafer's long journey to a Super Bowl ring}}{{cite web |url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/shaf00100coach.html |title=Steve Shafer - The Pro Football Archives |website=www.profootballarchives.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914091435/http://www.profootballarchives.com/shaf00100coach.html |archive-date=2014-09-14}} He lives in Lincoln, California.