Last on staff as Scout, Denver Broncos, through 1999.
Not on a staff this seasonHead coach highest tier reachedMike Shanahan mentor2 other mentors19 protégés
Drawing the tree…
| Coach | Where | Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Jim Sweeney | Washington State | 1972–1975 |
| Jack Swarthout | Montana | 1967–1971 |
| Coach | Where | Seasons |
|---|
| Coach | Where | Seasons |
|---|
| Jack Swarthout | Frankfurt Galaxy | 1992 |
| Claude Gilbert | Frankfurt Galaxy | 1991–1992 |
| Chris Foerster | Stanford | 1988 |
| Jack Gilmete | Stanford | 1988 |
| Gary Gagnon | Stanford | 1987–1988 |
| Gary Gilmete | Stanford | 1987 |
| Jack Gilmete | Stanford | 1986 |
| Steve Axman | Stanford | 1986 |
| Otto Kofler | Stanford | 1985–1988 |
| Sonny Lubick | Stanford | 1985–1988 |
| Dave Baldwin | Stanford | 1984–1988 |
| Dick Mannini | Stanford | 1984–1988 |
| Greg McMackin | Stanford | 1984 |
| Jimmy Walsh | Stanford | 1984–1987 |
| Larry Kerr | Stanford | 1984–1988 |
| Tony Samuel | Stanford | 1984–1985 |
| Tony Yelovich | Stanford | 1984–1985 |
| Claude Gilbert | San José State | 1981–1983 |
| Rick Rasnick | San José State | 1981–1983 |
| Dave Baldwin | San José State | 1980–1983 |
| Dennis Erickson | San José State | 1979–1981 |
| Greg McMackin | San José State | 1979–1983 |
| Willy Robinson | San José State | 1979 |
| Dave Baldwin | Cal State Northridge | 1978 |
| Coach | Where | Seasons |
|---|
| Paul Wiggin | Stanford | 1984 |
| Lynn Stiles | San José State | 1979 |
| Joe Tiller | Washington State | 1974 |
| Keith Lincoln | Washington State | 1973 |
| Coach | Where | Seasons |
|---|
| Dennis Green | Stanford | 1989 |
| Claude Gilbert | San José State | 1984 |
| Tom Keele | Cal State Northridge | 1979 |
| Bob Leahy | Washington State | 1976 |
| Mike Shanahan | Denver Broncos | 1995–1999 |