Shankweiler Named Offensive Line Coach
December 08, 2004 | Football
GREENVILLE, N.C. - Steve Shankweiler has been named offensive line coach at East Carolina University according to an announcement from head football coach Skip Holtz Wednesday.
Shankweiler is the second official hire for the newly-appointed Holtz, joining defensive line coach Donnie Thompson on the Pirates' staff.
His new assignment at East Carolina will mark his third stint with the Pirate program after a pair of earlier tenures under head coaches Art Baker and Bill Lewis (1987-1991), and Steve Logan (1998-2002).
Most recently, Shankweiler served as offensive line coach at South Carolina in 2004 after spending the previous season in the same capacity at the University of Cincinnati.
After Shankweiler joined the ECU staff in 1998 as offensive line coach, he immediately helped the Pirates to three consecutive winning seasons and bowl appearances in 1999 (Mobile Alabama Bowl), 2000 (galleryfurniture.com Bowl) and 2001 (GMAC Bowl). He coached a pair of first-team All-Conference USA performers in center Sherwin Lacewell (1999-2000) and tackle Brian Rimpf (2001-2002), who later went on to earn a Senior Bowl invitation and was selected in the seventh round of the 2004 National Football League Draft by the Baltimore Ravens.
Prior to a pair of high school head coaching positions in the state of Georgia from 1995 to 1997, Shankweiler was Lewis' offensive coordinator at Georgia Tech for three seasons beginning in 1992, where he guided the Yellow Jackets' to their second-highest rated offense in school history.
Shankweiler first joined the East Carolina program in 1987 as offensive line coach and offensive coordinator, and played a key role in one of the most successful seasons in Pirate history in 1991. After falling to Illinois 38-31 in the opener, ECU ran of 11 consecutive wins and capped the campaign with a 37-34 win against North Carolina State in the Peach Bowl to earn a final No. 9 national rank.
Shankweiler began his collegiate coaching career at The Citadel in 1980, leading the Bulldogs to a top Southern Conference ranking in total defense and passing offense as defensive and offensive line coach before moving on to accept the offensive coordinator's position at Western Kentucky in 1984.
A seven-time football and track letterman at Davidson, Shankweiler earned All-SoCon honors and served as captain of the Wildcats' track program in 1974.
Shankweiler earned a bachelor's degree in history from Davidson in 1974 before following with a master's degree in physical education and education administration from Georgia State in 1980.
Shankweiler and wife Patti are the parents of two daughters (Lori and Jennifer) and one son (Kort, a junior fullback at ECU).
