Scott Shafer (born January 6, 1967) is an
American football coach and former player. He served as the head coach at
Syracuse University until November 2015. He was a high school and college quarterback in Ohio at
Riverside High School,
Ohio University, and
Baldwin-Wallace College. He has held various positions including defensive coordinator, assistant head coach, and secondary coach at major universities such as the
University of Rhode Island,
Northern Illinois University, the
University of Illinois,
Western Michigan University,
Stanford University,
University of Michigan, and Syracuse University. He was officially named the head coach of Syracuse on January 9, 2013.