Sam Shade
Samuel Richard Shade is the head football coach for Pinson Valley High School and a former American football safety. He played eight seasons in the National Football League from 1995–2002. He played for the Cincinnati Bengals and the Washington Redskins. Shade played college football at the University of Alabama and was drafted in the fourth round of the 1995 NFL Draft.Coaching career
Shade was the Special teams and defensive passing game coordinator at Samford, where he helped mentor current NFL defensive backs Corey White, Jaquiski Tartt, and James Bradberry.On December 15, 2016, Shade was added to the staff at Georgia State as the cornerbacks coach.On February 7, 2018, it was announced that Shade had joined the Cleveland Browns' as an assistant special teams coach.In February of 2020, Pinson Valley High School named Shade as the replacement for Patrick Nix.
