Donald Shaw
Biographical details
Bornb. Feb. 9, 1951
Los Angeles, California
Alma materUC Santa Barbara
Playing career
1979United States USA National Team
1979-1980United States San Jose Diablos
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1976UCSB (Asst.)
1980–1983Stanford (Asst., men's/women's)
1984-1985Stanford (Co-HC, men's/women's)
1986–1999Stanford (women's)
2001–2006Stanford (men's)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
4x NCAA Division I Women's National Champions (1992, 1994, 1996, 1997)

8x Pac-10 regular season champions (1987, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999) PacWest regular season champions (1985)

WCAA regular season champions (1984)
Awards
AVCA Division I Women's National Coach of the Year (1991)

AVCA Hall of Fame induction (2008)[1]
Volleyball Magazine Coach of the Year (1997)
AVCA Regional Coach of the Year (1992, 1994, 1997)

Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame induction (2011)
USAV All-time Great Coach Award (2014)

Donald Shaw (born 1951[2]) is a retired American volleyball coach and player.

Over a combined 27 years, he coached for the men and women's volleyball teams at Stanford, winning NCAA titles with the women's team four times: in 1992, 1994, 1996, and 1997. Shaw was inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame in 2011.[3]

Shaw is considered to be one of the most successful volleyball coaches in NCAA history, and his .863 winning percentage is the best in NCAA women's collegiate volleyball history.[4]

Personal life

Shaw is from Pacific Palisades, California and he graduated from Palisades High School. In high school, he excelled in baseball and basketball, was a member of the 1969 LA City Basketball Champions and was selected by the Kansas City Royals in the 1969 Major League Baseball draft.[5] Shaw played basketball Santa Monica College from 1969-71 (where he was All-Conference both years and 1970-71 SMC Athlete of the Year) and at Loyola Marymount at the forward position from 1971-73, and led the West Coast Athletic Conference in free throw percentage (85.3) in 1971-72. Shaw continued his basketball career playing in Europe and South America from 1973-74.[6][7]

Don Shaw was married to Carolyn Walker Shaw from 1988-2001. He received a bachelor's degree in sociology with an athletic coaching minor from UC Santa Barbara in 1977.

Shaw has two children, both of whom went on to have successful volleyball careers. His son, James Shaw, is a member of the United States men's national volleyball team and played volleyball at Stanford, where he was an AVCA First Team All-American.[8] His daughter, Jordan Shaw, played volleyball for the USA A2 Junior National Team that won gold at the 2011 European Global Challenge and collegiately for St. Mary's, where she earned honorable mention All-America honors.[9]

Playing career

Shaw was a member of the indoor U.S. National Team in 1979 and played professionally for the San Jose Diablos in 1979 and 1980.

Shaw also played beach volleyball, notably with fellow Hall of Fame player Karch Kiraly. They placed third in the ‘78 World Championship volleyball tournament.[1] Shaw earned the highest beach rating possible (AAA) and competed in the World Beach Championships.[10]

Coaching career

After beginning his career as an assistant coach at UC Santa Barbara, Shaw began his Stanford coaching career in 1980 when he was an assistant on both the men and women's teams until 1983, under Fred Sturm. He head coached both the men’s and women’s teams at Stanford for a combined 27 years starting in 1984. In 1984 and 1985, he was the co-head coach with Sturm for both programs before becoming the solo head coach for the women's team from 1986 to 1999. Shaw took a leave of absence in 2000 and in 2001, he announced that he was leaving the women's program to take over the men's team for the second time, a position he would hold until retiring from collegiate coaching in 2006.[1]

Shaw is regarded as one of the best NCAA volleyball coaches of all time as he shaped the Stanford women's team into a national powerhouse.[11] Shaw led the team to its first NCAA championship in 1992 and through present-day, Stanford is the record holder for most NCAA championships amongst Division I programs (9).[12]

Stanford (women)

Shaw was the co-head coach with Sturm in the 1984 and 1985 seasons with the women's volleyball team, before being the sole head coach beginning in 1986. In his sixteen seasons with the Stanford women's volleyball team, Shaw had a record of 440-70. He led Stanford to the NCAA Championship match eight times, winning the NCAA national championships in 1992, 1994, 1996, and 1996. In addition to four NCAA titles, he also led Stanford to 10 conference titles, including six Pac-10 Championships in a row from 1994-1999.

Seven of his Stanford players have earned AVCA National Player of the Year honors, including Kim Oden Bev Oden, Kristin Klein, Cary Wendell and Kerri Walsh.

Stanford (men)

Shaw was the co-head coach with Sturm in the 1984 and 1985 seasons with the men's volleyball team and returned to coach from 2002-2006. Throughout all seasons, he holds a record of 122–128.

Notable men's players that Shaw coached at Stanford was ‘88 Gold Medalist Scott Fortune who was the captain of the 1992 men's Olympic team, ‘88 Gold Medalist Jon Root and ‘08 Gold Medalist Kevin Hansen.[11]

Other coaching works

Shaw served as an assistant coach for the gold medal-winning United States Men's Team at the 1982 National Sports Festival as well as the assistant for the U.S. Women's Team at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba.[13]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Stanford Cardinal (men's) (Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) (1984–1985)
1984 Stanford 13–156–128thdid not qualify
1985 Stanford 23–1010–85thdid not qualify
Stanford: 36–25 (.590)16–20 (.444)
Stanford Cardinal (men's) (MPSF) (2002–2002)
2002 Stanford 17–915–75thdid not qualify
2003 Stanford 17–1214–84thdid not qualify
2004 Stanford 9–186–1610thdid not qualify
2005 Stanford 11–2510–128thdid not qualify
2006 Stanford 4–242–2011thdid not qualify
Stanford: 86–103 (.455)63–83 (.432)
Stanford Cardinal (women's) (WCAA) (1984–1984)
1984 Stanford 20–512–21stNCAA National runner-up
Stanford: 20–5 (.800)12–2 (.857)
Stanford Cardinal (women's) (PacWest) (1985–1985)
1985 Stanford 28–37–11stNCAA National runner-up
Stanford: 28–3 (.903)7–1 (.875)
Stanford Cardinal (women's) (Pac-10) (1986–1999)
1986 Stanford 24–1016–22ndNCAA Final Four
1987 Stanford 29–717–11stNCAA National runner-up
1988 Stanford 28–316–22ndNCAA regional semifinal
1989 Stanford 18–1213–5T–2ndNCAA regional semifinal
1990 Stanford 27–416–22ndNCAA Regional final
1991 Stanford 30–218–01stNCAA Regional final
1992 Stanford 31–216–22ndNCAA Champions
1993 Stanford 22–713–5T–2ndNCAA regional semifinals
1994 Stanford 32–117–11stNCAA Champions
1995 Stanford 29–318–01stNCAA Final Four
1996 Stanford 31–217–11stNCAA Champions
1997 Stanford 33–218–01stNCAA Champions
1998 Stanford 27–417–11stNCAA regional semifinals
1999 Stanford 31–317–1T–1stNCAA National runner-up
Stanford: 392–62 (.863)229–23 (.909)
Total:562–198 (.739)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Stanford 2009 Media Guide" (PDF). sidearmsports.com.
  2. ↑ "KC Royals Draft Class 1969". thebaseballcube.com.
  3. ↑ "Don Shaw - Stanford Hall of Fame". gocardinal.com.
  4. ↑ "Women's Volleyball Coaching Records - NCAA" (PDF). NCAA.com.
  5. ↑ "1969 BASEBALL DRAFT". baseball-almanac.com.
  6. ↑ "Player Bio - Don Shaw". gostanford.com.
  7. ↑ "Player Bio - Don Shaw". sports-reference.com.
  8. ↑ "James Shaw - Team USA profile". usavolleyball.org.
  9. ↑ "Jordan Shaw - St. Mary's Bio". usavolleyball.org.
  10. ↑ "Shaw takes over Stanford men's team". paloaltoonline.com.
  11. 1 2 "Stanford volleyball veteran Don Shaw headed for Hall of Fame". paloaltoonline.com.
  12. ↑ "These 9 NCAA women's volleyball programs have won the most national championships". NCAA.com.
  13. ↑ "Stanford 2006 Women's Volleyball Media Guide" (PDF). sidearmsports.com.
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