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Frank Sheehan begins his fourth season as offensive coordinator
of the Bears, 9th season as offensive line coach, and his 13th
season on college hill. He was previously Brown¹s recruiting
coordinator.
On the way to the Ivy Championship in 2008, Sheehan¹s
offensive unit led the Ivy League in scoring with 29.3 points per
game and ranked second in total offense. The Bears¹ offensive
line featured three all-conference players including two first-team
All-Ivy tackles in¬ Paul Jasinowski ¹10 and Shane Kelley
¹09 - and allowed a league-best seven sacks all year, ranking
sixth best in the nation, while passing 384 times.
Sheehan¹s 2007 offensive unit featured the nation¹s
fourth-leading passing offense (310 yards per game), and the Ivy
League¹s top passing offense, total offense (424.2 yards per
game) and scoring offense (31.2 points per game).
As offensive line coach, Sheehan completely rebuilt the offensive
line in 2005 after graduating four starters. The result was
an Outright Ivy League Championship, three All-Ivy players, and an
offense that led the Ivy League in scoring with 36.8 ppg (ranked
9th nationally), rushing offense (248.6 yards per game), total
offense (409.2 yards per game) and surrendered a league-best 5
sacks (ranked 2nd nationally). The unit also blocked for national
rushing leader Nick Hartigan (172.7 yards per game). Overall,
Sheehan¹s offensive line blocked for Hartigan¹s five Ivy
League and 22 Brown records.
In 2003, Sheehan completely revamped Brown¹s offensive line,
molding a young senior-less group, and guiding them to block for
Nick Hartigan¹s school-record and nation-leading 1,498 yards
on the ground, the fourth best rushing performance in Brown
football history.
Under Sheehan¹s direction, the offensive line finished first
in the league in pass offense 2001, and second in rushing offense
in 2001 and 2004. His line cleared the way for Brown¹s
leading rusher, Michael Malan, to run for 117.7 yards per game with
a league-high 6.2 yards per carry. As the running backs coach
in 2000, Sheehan coached Malan to a then record 1,213 yards
rushing, including a then school-record-tying 90 points on the
season.
Before he began his responsibilities with the offensive line in
2001, Sheehan coached the running backs in 2000 and tight ends in
1999. Prior to that, he assisted the offensive line for two
years.
In addition to his responsibilities with Brown¹s talented
offensive line, Sheehan also handled the recruiting coordinator
duties from 2000-2005, serving as liaison to admissions and
financial aid as well as overseeing the staff’s national
recruiting efforts.
Sheehan came to Brown from the University of New Haven, where he
coached for two seasons as assistant offensive line and tight ends
coach. At New Haven, he helped to design and implement all phases
of the coaching plan for the offensive line and tight ends while
also handling recruiting responsibilities.
A 1996 graduate of the University of New Haven with a Criminal
Justice degree, Sheehan was a four-year offensive lineman, starting
his last three years at center. He was tri-captain his senior year,
earning CoSIDA All-Northeast Region, All-ECAC and All-New England
honors.
Sheehan and his wife Christina recently celebrated the birth of
their first child Ryanne Elizabeth. They reside in Providence,
Rhode Island.
All-Ivy
Players Coached by Sheehan
2000 Mike Malan (First Team RB), Mike Borgonzi (Second Team FB)
2001 Nick Bardo (Second Team OL), Daniel Startsman (Second Team
OL)
2004 Will Burroughs (First Team OL), Alex Jury (Second Team OL)
2005 Alex Jury (First Team OL), Alex Doty (Second Team OL), Noori
Abdul-Ghani (Second Team OL)
2006 Michael DiBartolo (Second Team OL)
2007 Paul Jasinowksi (Second Team OL), James Tull (Second Team
OL)
2008 Shane Kelley (First Team OL), Paul Jasinowski (First Team OL),
Matt Adkins (Second Team OL)
