DENVER (KDVR) — The careers of some athletes and coaches become so famous that a team's name can't be uttered without the thought of them. • Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls • Bill Belichick, Tom Brady and the New England Patriots • Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees • Mike Krzyzewski "Coach K" and the Duke Blue Devils • Joe Sakic and the Colorado Avalanche

For a generation of Denver Broncos fans, the name Mike Shanahan can't be mentioned without memories flooding back from the team's first era of dominance.

John Elway was the face of the team, but Shanahan was the brain of the operation.

He took the reins of the Broncos in 1995, going 8-8 in his debut season. What would happen in the next couple of years would cement his status as a legend of Denver football.

In his soph

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