Friday, April 12, 2019
At Washington State, Shaw will serve under newly-appointed head coach Kyle Smith.
"This was the best four years of my career professionally," Shaw said. "Being able to reconnect with the people that have made an impact on my life and work with those groups again was truly special. This was a tremendous opportunity to pay it forward and I wouldn't have traded it for anything."
Shaw and Smith share a background working under longtime Saint Mary's College head coach Randy Bennett. Smith was an assistant for Bennett from 2001-10 while Shaw worked with the NCAA Division I Gaels from 2013-15.
In four seasons as the head coach at Western Oregon, Shaw accumulated a 102-30 (.772) overall record and a 63-17 (.787) mark in GNAC games.
In his initial season at the helm, Shaw led the Wolves to a regular-season GNAC title and went on to capture the GNAC Tournament title and the West Region crown before bowing out in the NCAA Division II national semifinals. Shaw's teams reached the GNAC title game in all four seasons with titles in 2015-16 and 2017-18.
Finishing the year with a 31-2 overall record, Shaw's 2017-18 team set a GNAC record for conference wins (19) and conference winning percentage (.950).