Steve Shimko - Football Coach - Boston College Athletics

Steve Shimko

Title:
Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Email:
shimkos@bc.edu
Phone:
552-3010

Steve Shimko enters his fourth season at Boston College and first as offensive coordinator. Shimko coached tight ends in his first two seasons with the Eagles before serving as quarterbacks coach in 2022.

In the final four weeks of the 2022 season, redshirt freshman quarterback Emmett Morehead made the first starts of his career. Having been elevated to second-string under Shimko’s direction, Morehead stepped in and threw for four touchdowns and 330 yards in his first start. Morehead went on to record two games of 325-plus yards and three-plus touchdowns as he became one of just two freshmen (true or redshirt) QBs in the country to reach those marks in multiple games.

During the 2021 season, Shimko helped mentor transfer Trae Barry into an All-ACC tight end. Barry earned Honorable Mention honors after ranking sixth in the ACC with 17.2 yards per reception while adding four receiving touchdowns. He earned a rookie mini-camp invite from the Arizona Cardinals.

In his first season at the Heights, Shimko made an immediate impact as he helped develop tight end Hunter Long into one of the leading tight ends in college football in 2020.

Long became the highest drafted Boston College tight end in school history after the Miami Dolphins selected him in the third round of the 2021 NFL Draft.

He was named a Second Team All-American by the Football Writers Association of America, AP, Sporting News, CBS Sports and The Athletic in 2020.

Long was the top receiving tight end in the nation in 2020. The New Hampshire native led all tight ends nationally in receptions (57) and ranked second in receiving yards (685) behind Florida's Kyle Pitts.

Prior to BC, the New Jersey native helped tutor Russell Wilson as he was named to the Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL team for the first time in 2019. Wilson finished the season throwing for 4,110 yards and 31 touchdowns with just five interceptions. He had a passer rating of 106.3 in leading the Seahawks to the NFL Divisional Playoffs.

Shimko joined Seattle after two seasons (2016-17) as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Garden City (Kan.) Community College where he won the NJACC National Championship in his first season.

Prior to Garden City, he spent one season each at the University of Georgia (2015), Western Michigan (2014) and his alma mater, Rutgers (2013).

Shimko played quarterback at Rutgers but a shoulder injury cut short his career. Under NCAA rules, he became a student assistant under head coach Greg Schiano until graduating with a degree in criminal justice & labor relations.

The Shimko File
Birthday: Jan. 31, 1990
Hometown: Ewing, N.J.
High School: Ewing
Alma Mater: Rutgers, 2012
Degree: Criminal Justice & Labor Relations

Coaching Career
2023: Boston College (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks)
2022: Boston College (Quarterbacks)
2020-21: Boston College (Tight Ends)
2018-19: Seattle Seahawks (Assistant Quarterbacks)
2016-17: Garden City Community College (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks)
2015: Georgia (Graduate Assistant)
2014: Western Michigan (Recruiting Operations)
2013: Rutgers (Graduate Assistant)