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He is best known for coaching the <a href="/wiki/East_St._Louis_Flyers" class="mw-redirect" title="East St. Louis Flyers">East St. Louis Flyers</a> to six Illinois and two national championships.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Shannon_(American_football)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Robert Lavern Shannon was born 1945 in <a href="/wiki/Port_Gibson,_Mississippi" title="Port Gibson, Mississippi">Port Gibson, Mississippi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Shannon_(American_football)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shannon achieved a record of 192-34 in 20 seasons at East St. Louis.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1985 he was selected as the <a href="/wiki/USA_Today_High_School_Football_Coach_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="USA Today High School Football Coach of the Year">USA Today High School Football Coach of the Year</a> along with taking the <a href="/wiki/High_School_Football_National_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="High School Football National Championship">High School Football National Championship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shannon accused the school district of condoning corruption. He claimed the athletic director stole from the district. He left in 1995 after the school board backed the athletic director, who later pleaded guilty to stealing $90,000 from athletic accounts. <a href="/wiki/Janet_Reno" title="Janet Reno">Janet Reno</a> awarded Shannon the United States Attorney General Award, an award rarely given outside of law enforcement, for his efforts to fight corruption.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He coached <a href="/wiki/Alton_Community_Unit_School_District_11" title="Alton Community Unit School District 11">Alton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christian_Brothers_College_High_School" title="Christian Brothers College High School">Christian Brothers College High School</a> before retiring from coaching in 2007 at the age of 63.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-New_Hope_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_Hope-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shannon and the East St. Louis Flyers were the subject of the book <i>The Right Kind of Heroes</i>, by newspaper reporter Kevin Horrigan, who is now a columnist with the <i><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Post-Dispatch" title="St. Louis Post-Dispatch">St. Louis Post-Dispatch</a></i>. The book chronicles the Flyers' 1990 and 1991 seasons, during which they lost the state championship and then won it back. Shannon coached pro football players <a href="/wiki/Dana_Howard_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dana Howard (American football)">Dana Howard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Cox" title="Bryan Cox">Bryan Cox</a> and <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a> player <a href="/wiki/Homer_Bush" title="Homer Bush">Homer Bush</a>, then a high school football star during his tenure at East St. Louis.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two years after retiring, Shannon was inducted into the St. Louis Metro Football Coaches Association hall of fame.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a> recognized Shannon as "a beacon of hope in a sea of despair."<sup id="cite_ref-New_Hope_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_Hope-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> named Shannon one of his 53 faces of hope during his 1992 presidential campaign. Shannon was selected for overcoming difficulties and leading his team to success. 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