Shaw spent a lot of his early coaching career as an assistant in the NFL.
Following two seasons at Western Washington University, Shaw began his NFL coaching career with the Eagles as a quality control coach in 1997.
He would then move on to Oakland, where he spent three seasons as a quality control coach before becoming their quarterbacks coach for the 2001 season.
Shaw’s final NFL stop came in Baltimore, first as their quarterbacks and wide receivers coach from 2002 to 2004 and then strictly the wide receivers coach in 2005.
Before Shaw became Stanford’s head coach, he was a former player at the school.
A four-year letterwinner at Stanford, Shaw played as a wide receiver for the Cardinal from 1991 to 1994. He was a part of two bowl games during his four seasons and was a member of the 1992 team that would finish the year ranked No. 9 in the AP Poll.
Shaw also got an opportunity to play under a pair of Super Bowl winning head coaches during his time at Stanford, Bill Walsh and Dennis Green.
He would finish his Stanford career with 57 catches for 664 yards and five touchdowns in 45 games played.
Coaching runs in the family.
His father, Willie, had a 33-year career as a coach across college and the NFL, including two different stints at Stanford as a defensive coordinator and other positions.
And in the NFL the father spent time as a coach for seven different franchises, including the Chargers as their defensive backs coach in 1994.
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