Shaun Nua: Difference between revisions

| name = Shaun Nua

| image = Shaun Nua XL media day = 2024-0901 Shaun Nua.jpg|

| caption = Nua onleading warm-ups ahead of the 2024 [[SuperVegas BowlKickoff XLClassic]] media day

| position = Interim co-[[defensive coordinator]]<br/>Defensive line coach]]

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|5|22}}

| birth_place = [[Pago Pago]], [[American Samoa]]

| death_date = =

| death_place =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 5

| weight_lb = 280

| high_school = [[Tafuna High School|Tafuna]] {{nowrap|([[Tafuna, American Samoa]])}}

| college = [[Brigham Young Cougars football|BYU]]

| draftyear = 2005

| draftround = 7

| draftpick = 228

| pastteams =

* [[Buffalo Bills]] ({{NFL Year|2007|2008}})*

* BYU (20092010–2011)<Br />InternGraduate assistant

* [[NavyArizona MidshipmenState Sun Devils football|NavyArizona State]] (2012–20172018)<Br />Defensive line coach

* [[ArizonaMichigan State Sun DevilsWolverines football|Arizona StateMichigan]] (20182019–2021)<Br />Defensive line coach

* [[MichiganUSC WolverinesTrojans football|MichiganUSC]] (2019–20212022–2023)<Br />Defensive line coach

*[[USC Trojans football|USC]] (2022–present2023)<Br />DefensiveInterim co-defensive coordinator & defensive line coach

| highlights = '''As player:'''

* [[Super Bowl]] champion]] ([[Super Bowl XL|XL]])

* Second-team All-[[Mountain West Conference|MWCMW]] (2003[[2004 Mountain West Conference football season|2004]])

*2× [[Military Bowl]] champion ([[2015 Military Bowl|2015]], [[2017 Military Bowl|2017]])

'''Shaun C. Nua''' (born May 22, 1981) is a former [[American football]] [[defensive end]] and current football coach. He played [[college football]] at [[Brigham Young University Cougars football|Brigham Young University]] and was draftedselected by the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] in the seventh round of the [[2005 NFL Draftdraft]]. Nua is currently the defensive line coach for the [[USC Trojans football]] team.

==Early yearslife==

Nua [[redshirted]] in 2003 before returning in the 2004 season and earning second-team All-[[Mountain West Conference]] honors as a senior. He ultimately appeared in 22 games, posting 54 tackles (30 solo, 24 assist) and 10 sacks in his career at BYU.<ref name="BYU">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060502022431/http://www.byucougars.com:80/football/profiles/00000000931_ftb.html|archive-date=May 2, 2006|title=Shaun Nua|publisher=BYU|url=https://byucougars.com/athlete/football/8415/Shaun-Nua|access-date=October 21, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Nua graduated from BYU in 2005 with a [[bachelor’sbachelor's degree]] in youth and family recreation, and later earned his [[master’smaster's degree]] from BYU in recreation management in 2013.<ref name="mgoblue.com">{{cite web|url=http://mgoblue.com/news/2019/1/17/football-nua-named-michigans-defensive-line-coach.aspx|title=Nua Named Michigan's Defensive Line Coach|website=University of Michigan Athletics}}</ref>

==ProProfessional career==

Nua was selected by the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] in the seventh round of the [[2005 NFL Draftdraft]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2005 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2005/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He would spend the next three seasons on the Steelers offseason roster and [[practice squad]], earning a [[Super Bowl]] ring with the [[Super Bowl XL|Steelers championship in 2006]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolverines/2019/01/16/michigan-football-defensive-line-coach-shaun-nua/2596929002/|title=Michigan football plans to hire Arizona State DL coach Shaun Nua|website=Detroit Free Press}}</ref> In 2008, Nua was signed to a future/reserve contract with the [[Buffalo Bills]], however he was released before the season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.in/nfl/team/transactions/_/name/buf/season/2008|title=2008 Buffalo Bills Transactions Stats|website=ESPN}}</ref>

Following his stint in the NFL, Nua returned to his alma mater as a defensive [[graduate assistant]] on the staff of BYU head coach [[Bronco Mendenhall]] from 2009- to 2011. Nua helped the Cougars achieve the nation's 24th-best total defense in 2010 and the 13th-ranked defense in 2011. BYU won its bowl games both years while finishing the 2011 season ranked No. 25 in the final USA Today Coaches Poll with a 10-310–3 record.

On January 726, 20182012, Nua joined the coaching staff of [[HermKen EdwardsNiumatalolo]] at [[ArizonaNavy State Sun DevilsMidshipmen football|Arizona StateNavy]] as defensive line coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thesundevils.com/news/2018/1/7/sun-devi-football-adds-shaun-nua-as-defensive-line-coach.aspx?path=football|title=Sun Devil Football Adds Shaun Nua as Defensive Line Coach|website=Arizona State University Athletics}}</ref><ref name="auto1auto"/>