Kenneth Allen Shipp (February 3, 1929 – March 5, 2012) was an American college and professional football coach.
[2] He had stints at Trinity, Florida State, Tulsa, South Carolina and Miami before entering the NFL, where he had positions with St. Louis and New Orleans.
"[4] A 1947 graduate of Middle Tennessee State University, he is the namesake of the Ken Shipp Endowed Scholarship at his alma mater[3] as well as the Ken Shipp Scholarship Fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.
Shipp had been the team’s offensive coordinator since replacing King Hill in 1977, and he had butted heads with his starting quarterback Dan Pastorini during that time.
Despite having running back Earl Campbell at his disposal, who Pastorini wanted to keep giving the ball to as he had been producing well, the quarterback chose not to overrule the coach and called the pass.