Isaac Shewmaker enters his first season as a defensive quality control coach for the Denver Broncos in 2023. He was hired by the club on March 25.

Shewmaker, who has seven cumulative years of coaching experience, has spent the previous two seasons with the L.A. Chargers as a defensive quality control coach. While with the Chargers, Shewmaker helped the defensive coaching staff transition to a 3-4 base front scheme while focusing primarily on the secondary (2021) and inside/outside linebackers (2022).

Isaac Shewmaker enters his first season as a defensive quality control coach for the Denver Broncos in 2023. He was hired by the club on March 25.

Shewmaker, who has seven cumulative years of coaching experience, has spent the previous two seasons with the L.A. Chargers as a defensive quality control coach. While with the Chargers, Shewmaker helped the defensive coaching staff transition to a 3-4 base front scheme while focusing primarily on the secondary (2021) and inside/outside linebackers (2022).

In Shewmaker's two seasons with the Chargers, the club posted the third-most forced fumbles (32) and third-fewest completions against (667) while ranking seventh in completion percentage against (62.7) and ninth in passing yards allowed per game (210.8). While on staff, Shewmaker helped safety Derwin James earn Associated Press second-team All-Pro honors (2022) and Pro Bowl nods in 2021 and '22.

In 2022, the Chargers' defense ranked seventh in passing defense (200.4 ypg) while allowing 300 passing yards or fewer in 16 of 17 games played. The club also allowed the second-fewest completions (310), seventh-lowest completion percentage (61.4) and the eighth-fewest passing first downs (175) in the league.

Prior to entering the NFL, Shewmaker spent five years at the collegiate level, most recently with the University of Tennessee in 2020 as a defensive graduate assistant. He began his coaching career at the University of Alabama, serving as a defensive analyst (2019) and defensive assistant (2016-18) for the Crimson Tide.

While in Tuscaloosa, Shewmaker was part of a coaching staff that helped lead the team to a 52-5 (.912) regular-season record from 2016-19 and three consecutive College Football Playoff appearances. The Crimson Tide captured the 2018 CFP National Championship after defeating University of Georgia, 26-23. He began his coaching career as a student defensive assistant at the University of Kentucky in 2015.

A native of Lexington, Ky., Isaac Shewmaker graduated from Alabama in 2019 with a bachelor's degree in education.

COACHING EXPERIENCE

Denver Broncos

Defensive Quality Control                                  2023

Los Angeles Chargers

Defensive Quality Control                                  2021-22

University of Tennessee

Defensive Graduate Assistant                           2020

University of Alabama

Defensive Analyst                                             2019

Defensive Assistant                                           2016-18

University of Kentucky

Student Defensive Assistant                              2015