Shane Matthews Michael Shane Matthews ( born June 1 , 1970 ) is a former American college and professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League ( NFL ) for all or part of fourteen seasons during the 1990s and 2000s . He played college football for the University of Florida , and thereafter , he played professionally for the Chicago Bears and five other NFL teams . Since retiring as a player , Matthews has become the head coach of the Allen D . Nease Senior High School football team . Early life . Matthews was born in Cleveland , Mississippi in 1970 . He attended Cleveland High School in Cleveland through his sophomore year , before transferring to Pascagoula High School in Pascagoula , Mississippi , where he played high school football for the Pascagoula Panthers . Matthews was a stand - out high school quarterback and was named the Mississippi Player of the Year as a senior . College career . Matthews received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville , Florida , and was the starting quarterback for the Florida Gators football team under coach Steve Spurrier from 1990 to 1992 . In Matthews ' first season as a starter in 1990 , the Gators finished 9 – 2 overall and a league best record of 6 – 1 in the Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) ; in his second season in 1991 , the Gators finished 10 – 2 overall and 7 – 0 in the SEC , winning their first official SEC football championship . Matthews set a new Gators team record for career passing yards ( later surpassed ) , finished fifth in the 1991 Heisman Trophy voting as a junior , and was a first - team All - SEC selection in 1990 , 1991 and 1992 . He finished his college career having completed 722 of 1 , 202 attempts for 9 , 287 yards and seventy - four touchdown s , and was a team captain and the Gators ' most valuable player during his final season . He led the SEC in passing for three consecutive years ( 1990 – 1992 ) , and finished with a career efficiency rating of 137 . 6 . Matthews graduated from Florida with a bachelor ' s degree in business administration in 1997 , and he was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a " Gator Great " in 2002 . In a 2006 article series regarding the top 100 Florida Gators from the first 100 years of Florida football , " The Gainesville Sun " recognized him as the No . 9 all - time Gator player . Professional career . 1993 – 2001 . After finishing his college career , Matthews was signed by the Chicago Bears in . He remained the Bears ' back - up and third - string quarterback for four seasons . Matthews did not appear in a regular season game with the Bears until . Matthews spent two years with the Carolina Panthers , but remained a seldom - used back - up . The Bears brought Matthews back for the 1999 season and in his second stint with the team he played a much bigger role . Matthews had his best season in the NFL in 1999 , starting seven games , throwing for 1 , 645 yards and ten touchdowns . Matthews played the next two season with the Bears , starting a total of eight games in that span . He also relieved starter Jim Miller in the 2002 ( 2001 NFL season ) playoff game against the Philadelphia Eagles , after Miller separated his shoulder and could not continue . 2002 – 2006 . In 2002 , Matthews signed with the Washington Redskins , where he played for his former college coach Steve Spurrier . Matthews started seven games for the Redskins , throwing for 1 , 251 yards and eleven touchdowns . After 2002 , Matthews returned to his back - up role with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2003 ( no appearances ) and the Buffalo Bills in 2004 and 2005 ( three appearances , no starts ) . In 2005 , he was on the roster of the Bills , but was the third - string quarterback behind J . P . Losman and Kelly Holcomb . Matthews did not appear in a regular season game during the 2005 NFL season , and retired after the end of the 2005 season . In December 2006 , Matthews was signed as the third - string quarterback for the Dolphins . He was brought in to replace the former starter Daunte Culpepper , who was placed on injured reserve for knee rehab . On March 2 , 2007 , Matthews again retired from the NFL . In his fourteen NFL seasons , Matthews played in thirty - two regular season games , started twenty - two of them , and completed 492 of 839 passing attempts for 4 , 756 yards and thirty - one touchdowns . Coaching . Matthews was hired as the head coach of the Panthers football team of Allen D . Nease Senior High School on January 16 , 2012 . He previously served as the quarterbacks coach for the Purple Hurricanes of Gainesville High School .