| DC Defenders | |
|---|---|
| Position: | Head coach |
| Career information | |
| College: | Tennessee State (2001–2002) |
| Career history | |
As a coach: | |
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| Head coaching record | |
| Regular season: | 3–0 (1.000) |
Shannon Harris is anAmerican football coach, currently the head coach of theDC Defenders of theUFL and pending quarterbacks coach atTennessee State University. He has previously served as offensive coordinator atVirginia State, and also coached atAlcorn State University, Tennessee State University andAlabama State.
Harris began his coaching career in 2003, after playing two season withTennessee State Tigers.[1] Between 2004 and 2009, Harris was moved through various roles with the team. From 2010 to 2014, he was the wide receivers coach at Alabama State. From 2015 to 2017, he served as the wide receivers coach at Alcorn State. He returned back to Tennessee State for two seasons before being hired as the offensive coordinator at Virginia State.[2] He was named the Interim head coach in late March 2022,[3] a perfunctory promotion that lasted less than six weeks beforeHenry Frazier III was permanently hired in early May.[4]
Shannon was hired by the DC Defenders in 2023, where he served as the quarterbacks coach for the next two seasons.[5]
On March 22, 2025,Reggie Barlow departed the Defenders, and Harris was named the head coach for the 2025 season.[6] Three days later, Barlow stated that Harris would be among the Defenders coaching staff joining him at Tennessee State.[7] He clarified the next day that Harris would finish out the 2025 season in DC before he and the rest of the Defenders staff joined Barlow at Tennessee State.
| Team | Year | Regular Season | Postseason | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won | Lost | Ties | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | ||
| DC | 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | TBD | -- | -- | -- | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | ||