David Shaw Position: Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs Experience: 4th Season Alma Mater (Year): Stanford (1995)

Coaching Career

Former Stanford standout David Shaw enters his fourth season on the Cardinal coaching staff as the team's offensive coordinator and his first as running backs coach. He had previously worked with the wide receivers for the last three seasons.

Since Shaw took over the reigns of Stanford's offense, the Cardinal has dramatically increased its offensive production across the board. Last season, Stanford set a single-season scoring record with 461 points in 13 games and ranked second in the Pac-10 Conference and 11th nationally in scoring average at 35.5 points a game. The Cardinal scored 40 or more points in four games and went over the 50 mark in wins over No. 7 Oregon (51) and No. 11 USC (55).

The Cardinal also led the Pac-10 and ranked 19th nationally in total offense, averaging 427.6 yards a game. The 5,559 yards in total offense established a school single-season record while the average ranked as the sixth best single-season mark in school annals.

Shaw was instrumental in the development of wide receiver Ryan Whalen, a former walk-on who earned second team all-conference honors last year, and Chris Owusu, who led the Cardinal in touchdown receptions in 2009.

Shaw came to Stanford along with current head coach Jim Harbaugh from the University of San Diego, where he spent the 2006 season coaching the nation's top-ranked Division I-AA offense as the passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach. Under his guidance, the high-powered Torero offense helped USD capture the Pioneer League championship and NCAA Division I-AA Mid-Major national title.

The 2006 squad finished 11-1 overall and led all NCAA Division I-AA teams in passing offense (293.3 ypg), total offense (494.25 ypg) and scoring offense (42.83 ppg). Quarterback Josh Johnson was one of four offensive All-Americans on the team and led all NCAA Division I-AA quarterbacks in passing efficiency (169.0 quarterback rating), touchdown passes (34, co-leader), points responsible for (24.33 ppg) and total offense (336.7 ypg), while throwing for 3,320 yards to also lead the country and running for another 721 on the ground. He added 11 rushing touchdowns and even caught one TD pass.


Shaw had coached the previous nine seasons in the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles (1997), Oakland Raiders (1998-2001) and Baltimore Ravens (2002-05).

Shaw's most recent coaching job in the NFL with Baltimore included a stint as the quarterbacks and wide receivers coach from 2002-04 before working solely with the wide receivers in 2005. His tenure included a 2003 campaign that reaped an AFC North title and a 10-6 regular season record. Derrick Mason set a new franchise record with 86 receptions under Shaw's tutelage in 2005 when he also posted the third-biggest season to date in terms of receiving yards with 1,073. Mark Clayton set a franchise rookie record for receptions in 2005 when he caught 44 balls for 471 yards.

After three seasons of quality control with the Oakland Raiders from 1998-2000, Shaw moved into the role of quarterbacks coach in 2001 as the Raiders won a second straight AFC West title and finished the regular season with a 10-6 mark. Quarterback Rich Gannon made the NFL Pro Bowl for the second straight season and ended up as the game's MVP. Gannon had the third-most prolific campaign of his 16-year pro career during the 2001 regular season, throwing for 3,828 yards on 361-of-549 passing (65.8%).

Shaw began his NFL coaching career as the quality control with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1997.

His first two seasons of coaching came in the collegiate ranks at Western Washington, where he coached the outside linebackers in 1995 and the tight ends in 1996.

David's father, Willie, was an assistant coach at Stanford from 1974-76 and again from 1989-91. He coached for a total of 33 seasons, including 15 in the NFL with the Detroit Lions, Kansas City Chiefs, Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, Oakland Raiders, San Diego Chargers and St. Louis Rams.

A four-year letterwinner at Stanford from 1991-94 as a receiver, Shaw was a member of Stanford's 1991 Aloha Bowl team coached by Dennis Green that finished the season with an 8-4 mark and was the third-highest scoring team in school history. He was also on the Cardinal's 1992 Blockbuster Bowl winning squad coached by Bill Walsh that had a 10-3 overall mark. Shaw finished his Stanford career with 57 catches for 664 yards and five touchdowns.

Shaw also competed in a varsity track meet and a varsity basketball game while at Stanford before graduating in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in sociology.

A native of Union City, Calif., David and his wife Kori are the parents of three children, Carter, Keegan and Gavin Dean.


The Shaw File
Full Name: David Shaw
Hometown: Union City, California
High School: James Logan
College: Stanford, 1995
(B.A., Sociology)
Wife: Kori
Children: Keegan, Carter

Playing Experience:
WR, Stanford (1991-94)

Recruiting Areas:
California (Peninsula, South Bay, Monterey/Santa Cruz Coast, San Bernardino County), Virginia, West Virginia, Southern Maryl