Shaq Vann

Biography

Shaq Vann joined Ball State's coaching staff on Feb. 14, 2024, as wide receivers coach. In his first full-time coaching position last season, he guided a pair of Cardinals wide receivers, Malcolm Gillie and Cam Pickett, who earned all-conference recognition. Vann is a former running back at Eastern Michigan who now leads the Cardinals' receiving unit after working in 2023 as a graduate assistant with national championship runner-up Washington. He was a three-time team captain with the Eagles while helping EMU to bowl games in 2016, 2018 and 2019. A native of South Bend, Indiana, Vann earned a master's degree at EMU while serving as a graduate assistant for two seasons before landing at Washington. With the Huskies, Vann coached receivers and scout teams and oversaw their signaling operation on game days. He coached three of the top receivers in college football last season, with each of them scheduled to attend the NFL Combine. Vann ranks sixth in the EMU record book with 24 career touchdowns and finished his EMU career seventh with a career 2,577 rushing yards.