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Shawn Howe

Position: Defensive Line Coach

Shawn Howe is in his second season with the USC football program. He is a graduate assistant working with the defensive line in 2012 after spending 2011 as a defensive administrative assistant.

Howe, 30, was an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Tennessee in 2010. The Vols played in the Music City Bowl.

He spent the previous 3 years (2007-09) as a graduate assistant coach at Memphis. He worked with the defense the first 2 years and spent 2009 handling the tight ends.

He came to Memphis after working as a volunteer assistant at North Carolina State in 2006, helping with the defensive line.

He began his coaching career at Rocky Mountain College, his alma mater, serving as the outside linebackers coach in 2004 and 2005.

Howe played defensive end and linebacker at College of the Redwoods in Eureka (Calif.) in 2000 and 2001, earning All-Mid-Empire Conference first team honors in 2000 when he was the team's Defensive Lineman of the Year. He then transferred to Rocky Mountain College, where he was a 2-year (2002-03) starter at defensive end. He graduated from Rocky Mountain College in 2005 with a bachelor's degree in physical education and health. He is working on his master's degree in communication management at USC.

He prepped at Dallas (Ore.) High.

Born Dec. 13, 1981, he is single.

HOWE SNAPSHOT

BIRTHDAY: Dec. 13, 1981
FAMILY: Single
HIGH SCHOOL: Dallas (Ore.) HS
EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree, physical education and health, Rocky Mountain College, 2005
PLAYING EXPERIENCE: Dallas (Ore.) HS
College of the Redwoods, defensive end/linebacker, 2000-01
Rocky Mountain College, defensive end, 2002-03
COACHING EXPERIENCE: 8 years