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impressed with Eric from the start. “Eric

is the kind of employee that you find once

during your career,” Donahue proudly
SERVING UP MORE THAN states.“He started here as a breakfast server
arriving early every day for an entire year on
the 5 a.m. shift, he worked lunch, and would
JUST AWARD WINNING STEAKS! volunteer to work at any special event.”
It soon became apparent that Eric’s

ERIC BOYCEEmployee abilities were not being utilized to their
fullest. In 2011, Eric was promoted as

embodies restaurant’s winning team philosophy. a dinner server and then as a weekend
bartender. “He brought a totally new

W hen Don Shula opened his first steak house back element to our bar that combined with his
in 1989 to honor his 1972 perfect 17-0 winning professionalism and salesmanship, helped
Super Bowl season, he purposely incorporated create a more memorable experience for all
the same coaching principles and traditions into of our guests,” Donahue said. “Eric was our
diamond in the rough. He’s now a seasoned,
polished, flawless employee that I am proud
to say I work with!”

his restaurant that propelled him to eventually Born and raised in Naples, Eric usually

become the NFL’s all-time winningest coach. And then he can be found on the floor serving Monday

empowered the future leaders of this new family endeavor to inspire thru Thursday, and behind the bar on most

their teams as he once did during his Hall of Fame coaching career. Friday and Saturday nights. “What I really

That tradition is alive and well today at Shula’s Steak House like most about Shula’s is that I get to meet

Naples, as eight-year employee Eric Boyce has embraced and different people from around the world

thrived in the winning system set up for him by the Shula family so staying on business or vacationing here

many years ago. at The Hilton Naples,” Boyce explains. “I

Head Coach and General Manager, Tom Donahue has been also love to serve the locals that I see on

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