Casey Shaw

Biography

Road to GCU YEAR SCHOOL POSITION 1994-98 Toledo Student-Athlete 1998-99 Philadelphia 76ers Pro Player 1999-11 Italy / Spain Pro Player 2003-10 Athletes in Action Director / Coach 2016-19 Vanderbilt Asst. Coach 2019-20 Davidson Academy (Tenn.) Head Coach 2020-pres GCU Asst. Coach Casey Shaw is in his sixth season as an assistant coach with the Grand Canyon men's basketball program for the 2025-26 season. Shaw has been by head coach Bryce Drew's side since he took over as GCU's head coach in 2020-21. In that five-year span, the Lopes have made four NCAA Tournament appearances by winning the 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025 WAC Tournaments. The 2023-24 was the best in program history. The Lopes won an NCAA tournament game for the first time by defeating fifth-seeded Saint Mary's. GCU finished the season with a top-50 NET ranking and had the program's first WAC Player of the Year in Tyon Grant-Foster. In his first season with the Lopes, Shaw helped lead GCU to its first WAC regular-season championship, first WAC tournament championship and first trip to the NCAA tournament. Shaw and the Lopes coaching staff inherited a 13-17 squad and went 17-7 in 2020-21. The Lopes staff was charged with replacing GCU's two leading scorers heading into their second season. Behind the development of Jovan Blacksher Jr. and the addition of Holland Woods II, the Lopes posted a 23-8 mark in 2021-22. GCU's best win by metrics in its D-I program history came on Dec. 18 in the Colangelo Classic as GCU topped

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