After graduating, he married Olympian and popular American gymnast Mary Lou Retton and after pursuing a business career, went into college coaching.

He last served as the assistant head football coach at Houston Christian University, before returning to the business world working for NETSYNC.

Up at the time Stafford went down, the Longhorns blew a 14-point third-quarter lead and gave up 31 points in the fourth quarter to lose by 20.

In the game against Arkansas, Kelley was again pulled in favor of Murdock, who nearly led the team back from a 24–3 deficit.

[4] One of Shannon's daughters is McKenna Kelley, Level 10 gymnast who won the 2014 Nastia Liukin Cup.

In 2012, he was hired as the assistant coach, primarily working with running backs, at Division I FCS Houston Baptist University for the Huskies' first season of collegiate football.