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COACH ASTON ON
SHAUN McPHERSON
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"Shaun has a wealth of Big 12 Conference experience, in particular with women's athletic teams. I expect to see significant change in our players when I see them again this fall. Shaun shares my passion for excellence and hard work, and he has a drive that I know will carry over to the court with our team."
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THE SHAUN McPHERSON FILE
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Full Name: Shaun McPherson
Education: North Carolina, 1999
EXPERIENCE:
TRACK & FIELD
KANSAS
• Coached a 2011 100m / 200m Pan Am Games and Olympic Trials Amputee Participant
• Coached 2011 Women's Midwest Track Athlete of the Year & 2011 Women's 400m USA Junior
Champion Diamond Dixon
BAYLOR
• Worked with 2004 Olympic Gold Medalists in Jeremy Wariner (400m / 400m Relay) and Darold
Williamson (400m Relay)
• Strength Coach for the 2002 (4 x 400m Relay) NCAA Champions
EXPERIENCE: TENNIS
BAYLOR
• Assisted the Men's and Women's Tennis program in winning eight Big 12 Regular Season and
Tournament titles over three years
• Strength and Conditioning Coach for three current ATP tour player
• Coached Women's Tennis to its only NCAA Semifinalist appearance in 2008
• Strength Coach for the 2008 NCAA Women's Singles Finalist (runner-up)
EXPERIENCE: WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
BAYLOR
• Strength and Conditioning Coach for the 2005 NCAA Champions
• Assisted the program in reaching four-of-seven possible NCAA Sweet 16's
• Participated in the NCAA Tournament for seven consecutive years
• Produced two WNBA Draft First Round picks in Sophia Young and Bernice Mosby, and numerous
additional overseas players in a seven-year stint at Baylor
EXPERIENCE: BASEBALL
BAYLOR
• Strength Coach for the 2005 World Series Semifinalists
• Coached the 2000 Johnny Bench Award Winner (nation's top catcher)
• Coached the 2000 Freshman National Player of the Year
• Worked with three Team USA selections
• In six years with the program, had three players selected in the first round of the MLB Draft
EXPERIENCE: FOOTBALL
BAYLOR
• Worked with the 2004 and 2006 Ray Guy Award winner (nation's top punter)
PUBLICATIONS
• Appeared in "Stack" magazine for women's basketball, January 2009.
• January 2006 "Stack" magazine article, Big Game Preparation with the Baylor Bears, highlighting the
baseball pitching staff's off-season metabolic conditioning program
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Shaun McPherson joins the Texas Women's Basketball staff after spending the past two seasons as an
assistant sports performance coach for the football and track and field programs at Kansas. Prior to his
stint with the Jayhawks, McPherson spent 10 years as the strength and conditioning coach at Baylor
where he oversaw the efforts for 15 Big 12 Conference regular season and tournament championship
teams in four sports, including the 2005 NCAA Champion women's basketball team.
Throughout his seven-year stint at Baylor, McPherson was directly responsible for the Lady Bears
basketball program where he designed and implemented the speed, strength, agility, flexibility and
nutritional programs. He was named the Director of Strength and Conditioning for women's basketball
at Baylor in 2007 and served in that capacity until his departure.
McPherson -- who holds memberships and certifications from the National Strength and Conditioning
Association (Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist), United States Weight Lifting Association
(Level One Club Coach Certification) and Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Association -- reports to
Basketball Strength Coach Todd Wright in his appointment at Texas.
A 1999 graduate of the University of North Carolina where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in
Exercise and Sport Science, McPherson also served as an undergraduate strength and conditioning
coach for the Tarheels.
He and his wife, Becca, reside in Austin, Texas, with their two dogs.
