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| name = Shaun Nua

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

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

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

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| player_years4draftround = 20087

| coach_team3 =* [[Navy Midshipmen football|Navy]] (DL2012–2017)<Br />Defensive line coach

'''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 [[MichiganUSC WolverinesTrojans football]] team.

==Early yearslife==

Nua first attended [[Eastern Arizona College|Eastern Arizona]], a junior college in [[Graham County, Arizona]]. As a member of the football team, he earned [[National Junior College Athletic Association]] All-American honors. Eastern Arizona assistant football coach and [[Brigham Young University|BYU]] alum (and current BYU head football coach) [[Kalani Sitake]] was instrumental in steering Nua towards a Division 1 scholarship at BYU.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.capitalgazette.com/sports/navy_sports/ac-cs-nua-leaving-navy-20180108-story.html|title=Navy loses defensive line coach Shaun Nua to Arizona State|first=Bill|last=Wagner|website=capitalgazette.com}}</ref>

Nua [[redshirted]] in 2003 before seeingreturning playing time duringin the 2004 season and 2005 seasons, earning second-team All-[[Mountain West Conference]] honors as a senior.<ref>https://byucougars.com/athlete/football/8415/Shaun-Nua</ref> He ultimately appeared in 2322 games, playingposting in54 12tackles contests(30 assolo, a24 juniorassist) and 1110 gamessacks asin ahis seniorcareer 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 26, 2012, Nua joined the coaching staff of [[Ken Niumatalolo]] at [[Navy Midshipmen football|Navy]] as defensive line coach.<ref name="auto"/>

On January 7, 2018, Nua joined the coaching staff of [[Herm Edwards]] at [[Arizona State Sun Devils football|Arizona State]] 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="auto1"/>

On January 17, 2019, Nua joined the coaching staff of [[Jim Harbaugh]] at [[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan]] as defensive line coach.<ref name="mgoblue.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlive.com/wolverines/2019/01/michigan-announces-hire-of-shaun-nua-a-rising-star-in-the-coaching-profession.html|title=Michigan announces hire of Shaun Nua, ‘a'a rising star in the coaching profession’profession'|first=Aaron|last=McMann|date=January 17, 2019|website=mlive.com}}</ref> Nua signed a two-year employment agreement that pays him an annual salary of $400,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlive.com/wolverines/2019/01/dl-coach-shaun-nuas-deal-at-michigan-2-years-400k-salary.html|title=DL coach Shaun Nua’sNua's deal at Michigan: 2 years, $400K salary|first=Aaron|last=McMann|date=January 29, 2019|website=mlive.com}}</ref>

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