Casey Shaw
PositionAssistant coach
Height6 ft
Height in11
Weight lb255
LeagueMountain West Conference
TeamGrand Canyon Antelopes
Birth dateJuly 20, 1975 (age 51)
Birth placeLebanon, Ohio, U.S.
High schoolLebanon (Lebanon, Ohio)
CollegeToledo (1994–1998)
Draft year1998
Draft round2
Draft pick37
Draft teamPhiladelphia 76ers
Career start1998
Career end2011
Career number30
Team 1Philadelphia 76ers
Years 21999–2000
Team 2Canturina Cantù
Years 32000–2001
Team 3Telit Trieste
Years 42001
Team 4Würth Roma
Years 52001–2002
Team 5Adecco Milano
Years 62003
Team 6Anwil Włocławek
Years 72003
Team 7Ventspils
Years 82003–2004
Team 8Melilla Baloncesto
Years 92004–2005
Team 9Eurofiditalia Calabria
Years 102005–2006
Team 10CB Gran Canaria
Years 112006–2007
Team 11Tisettanta Cantù
Years 122007–2008
Team 12Armani Jeans Milano
Years 132008–2010
Team 13Scavolini Spar Pesaro
Years 142010
Team 14Bancatercas Teramo
Cyears 12016–2019
Cteam 1Vanderbilt (assistant)
Cyears 22019–2020
Cteam 2Davidson Academy
Cyears 32020–present
Cteam 3Grand Canyon (assistant)
Highlights
  • 2× Second-team All-MAC (1997, 1998)

Joseph Casey Shaw (born July 20, 1975) is an American former basketball player who is an assistant coach for the Grand Canyon Antelopes of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). Prior to this he was the head coach of the boys' varsity basketball team at Davidson Academy[1] and before that an assistant coach for the Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team. Shaw played the center position. After a collegiate career at the University of Toledo, he was drafted 37th overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1998 NBA draft.

Early life

Shaw is the brother-in-law of current coach and former Valparaiso and NBA player Bryce Drew, and college coach Scott Drew. Shaw is also the son-in-law of former coach Homer Drew.

College career

In college, Shaw starred for the Toledo Rockets, averaging 13.8 points and 7.7 rebounds per game for his career, including 14.2 ppg and 10 rpg his senior year.

Professional career

Shaw was drafted as a 37th pick in the second round of the 1998 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers. He appeared in nine games for the 76ers, scoring a total of two points.

He then moved to Italy in 2000, spending the majority of his career there, leading the league in rebounding in 2005. Shaw turned up for Olimpia Milano (two stints in 2002 and 2007),[2] Cantù, Trieste, Virtus Roma, Reggio Calabria, Pesaro and Teramo in the Serie A.

He also played for Anwil Wloclawek in Poland, Gran Canaria and Melilla in Spain and Ventspils in Latvia.

On April 19, 2016, it was reported that Shaw would join his brother-in-law Bryce Drew as an assistant coach at Vanderbilt University. After Drew was fired, Shaw was hired as the boys' varsity basketball head coach at Davidson Academy.[1]

References

  1. ^ Kreager, Tom (2019-04-02). "Casey Shaw, brother-in-law of Bryce Drew, named next Davidson Academy boys basketball coach". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
  2. ^ "AJ Milano signs big man Casey Shaw". Archived from the original on November 21, 2008. Retrieved December 15, 2009.