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Casey Shaw
Grand Canyon Antelopes
PositionAssistant coach
League Western Athletic Conference
Personal information
Born (1975-07-20) July 20, 1975 (age 48)
Lebanon, Ohio, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight255 lb (116 kg)
Career information
High school Lebanon (Lebanon, Ohio)
College Toledo (1994–1998)
NBA draft 1998: 2nd round, 37th overall pick
Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers
Playing career1998–2010
Position Center
Number30
Coaching career2016–present
Career history
As player:
1998–1999 Philadelphia 76ers
1999–2000 Canturina Cantù
2000–2001 Telit Trieste
2001 Würth Roma
2001–2002 Adecco Milano
2003 Anwil Włocławek
2003 Ventspils
2003–2004 Melilla Baloncesto
2004–2005 Eurofiditalia Calabria
2005–2006 CB Gran Canaria
2006–2007 Tisettanta Cantù
2007–2008 Armani Jeans Milano
2008–2010 Scavolini Spar Pesaro
2010 Bancatercas Teramo
As coach:
2016–2019 Vanderbilt (assistant)
2019–2020 Davidson Academy
2020–present Grand Canyon (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× Second-team All- MAC (1997, 1998)
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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. 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

He is the brother-in-law of former Valparaiso University star and NBA player Bryce 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 14.2ppg and 10rpg 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 9 games for the 76ers, scoring a total of two points.

He then moved to Italy in 2000, he would spend 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 as an assistant coach at Vanderbilt University. After Bryce Drew was fired, Shaw was hired as the boys varsity basketball head coach at Davidson Academy. [3]

References

  1. ^ "Casey Shaw, brother-in-law of Bryce Drew, named next Davidson Academy boys basketball coach". The Tennessean.
  2. ^ "AJ Milano signs big man Casey Shaw".
  3. ^ "Casey Shaw, brother-in-law of Bryce Drew, named next Davidson Academy boys basketball coach". The Tennessean.

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