Our Staff
Matt Shaw
Owner/Director of Sports Performance
Bio
Matt Shaw is in his 13th year at the University of Denver in 2024-25 and was promoted to his current position as Senior Associate Athletic Director of Sports Performance in 2021.
In his role, Shaw oversees the athletic department’s strength and conditioning program with an emphasis on men’s hockey and men's soccer, while also managing team monitoring and the department’s staff education. Since his arrival in 2012, he has trained and consulted with athletes from the NHL, KHL, MLS, MLL and PLL.
Shaw has helped the Pioneers hockey team to three NCAA National Championships (2017, 2022, 2024), five Frozen Four appearances, 10 NCAA Tournament appearances, three NCHC Frozen Faceoff titles and three NCHC regular-season championships. With Shaw’s assistance, men’s soccer went undefeated in Summit League play in 2016 and 2017 and reached the NCAA College Cup in 2016. He has also previously worked with DU’s men’s and women’s golf and swimming and diving teams.
Prior to coming to Denver, Shaw was an assistant strength coach responsible for men's basketball, wrestling and men's soccer at Boston University. He started his tenure at BU as a graduate assistant, managing the strength and conditioning for men's soccer, wrestling and golf, and assisted with men's basketball and men's and women's swimming and diving.
Before his graduate assistantship, Shaw interned with University of South Carolina football, Boston University, Harvard University, Boston University’s Athletic Enhancement Center and Boston University men’s ice hockey under the mentorship of Mike Boyle during the 2006-07 season. Shaw has earned certifications from the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association, National Strength and Conditioning Association and the National Association of Speed and Explosion. In 2016, he was named the NSCA Assistant Coach of the Year.
Shaw has presented at numerous symposiums and clinics including the NSCA’s State Clinic (CO), the NSCA’s Hockey Training Clinic and DU’s Strength and Conditioning Clinic. He has also been published in Training and Conditioning Magazine.
The St. Louis, Missouri, native earned his bachelor's degree in health sciences from BU's Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation with a minor in human physiology in January 2010. He also completed his master's in physical education, specializing in coaching from BU's School of Education in May 2011. He holds certifications through the NSCA (CSCS, RSCC), CSCCa (RSCC) and 3DMAPS.
In his role, Shaw oversees the athletic department’s strength and conditioning program with an emphasis on men’s hockey and men's soccer, while also managing team monitoring and the department’s staff education. Since his arrival in 2012, he has trained and consulted with athletes from the NHL, KHL, MLS, MLL and PLL.
Shaw has helped the Pioneers hockey team to three NCAA National Championships (2017, 2022, 2024), five Frozen Four appearances, 10 NCAA Tournament appearances, three NCHC Frozen Faceoff titles and three NCHC regular-season championships. With Shaw’s assistance, men’s soccer went undefeated in Summit League play in 2016 and 2017 and reached the NCAA College Cup in 2016. He has also previously worked with DU’s men’s and women’s golf and swimming and diving teams.
Prior to coming to Denver, Shaw was an assistant strength coach responsible for men's basketball, wrestling and men's soccer at Boston University. He started his tenure at BU as a graduate assistant, managing the strength and conditioning for men's soccer, wrestling and golf, and assisted with men's basketball and men's and women's swimming and diving.
Before his graduate assistantship, Shaw interned with University of South Carolina football, Boston University, Harvard University, Boston University’s Athletic Enhancement Center and Boston University men’s ice hockey under the mentorship of Mike Boyle during the 2006-07 season. Shaw has earned certifications from the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association, National Strength and Conditioning Association and the National Association of Speed and Explosion. In 2016, he was named the NSCA Assistant Coach of the Year.
Shaw has presented at numerous symposiums and clinics including the NSCA’s State Clinic (CO), the NSCA’s Hockey Training Clinic and DU’s Strength and Conditioning Clinic. He has also been published in Training and Conditioning Magazine.
The St. Louis, Missouri, native earned his bachelor's degree in health sciences from BU's Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation with a minor in human physiology in January 2010. He also completed his master's in physical education, specializing in coaching from BU's School of Education in May 2011. He holds certifications through the NSCA (CSCS, RSCC), CSCCa (RSCC) and 3DMAPS.