Craig Shaw transitions to Associate AD for Business Operations in February, 2024 after leading the Islanders Women's Soccer program for the past seven years. He steps away after becoming the winningest coach in Islanders soccer history with a total of 46 wins at the helm as well as amassing over 150 victories in his 16 seasons as a collegiate soccer coach.
 
Shaw assumed his new role immediately to oversee the business operations of the athletic department that has seen record success over the past two years. The Islanders have won 16 Southland Conference Championships, two Southland Conference Women's All-Sports Awards and two Academic Performance Awards. The department has also had record breaking revenue generation in corporate partnerships and ticket sales.

Shaw, a proven winner and a 14-year veteran of the coaching ranks, was named the head coach of the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi women’s soccer team in December of 2016.

The Islanders recorded their best season in program history during Shaw's third season in 2019, setting program records in single season wins (9) and conference wins (6). In addition, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi advanced to the Southland Conference Tournament semifinals for the first time ever and junior goalkeeper Kyleigh Hall was named Southland Goalkeeper of the Year. Along with goalkeeper of the year honors, Hall and fellow junior Abby Deakin were named to the Southland All-Conference First Team. Freshman Alana Mangan earned second team all-conference honors and senior defender Shayla Spearman landed on the third team, marking the most All-Southland Conference selections in school history.

The following year in 2020-21, Shaw guided the Islanders to the SLC Tournament for the second year in a row. It marked the first time in program history that A&M-Corpus Christi reached the conference tournament in back-to-back years.

In Shaw's first two seasons on the Island, the Islanders had already set a program-record six victories (2017) and had the program's first two CoSIDA Academic All-District performers in Kaitlyn Joy (2017) and Ashley Hamilton (2018). During his first season, the team qualified for the Southland Conference Tournament.

Over the 2022 season, Shaw helped the team to breaking numerous records including the most goals scored on the season with 37, averaging 2.06 per game. He oversaw three members of the team earn SLC All-Conference honors and three others earn SLC All-Academic recognition.

He has a career record of 145-118-28 spread across NCAA Division I, Division II and NAIA.
 
Shaw made the transition to NCAA Division I after starting the women’s soccer program at Fort Hays State (NCAA DII) in 2011. In six years with the Tigers, the Australian international amassed a record of 66-44-11, including a pair of Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Tournament titles.
 
Under Shaw, the Tigers eclipsed the 10-win plateau four times in six seasons, had 40 players named All-MIAA and saw five players earn NSCAA All-Region laurels, including two in 2016.
 
His 2016 FHSU squad tied a program record with 44 goals in a season en route to a 15-5-3 record, a MIAA championship and an appearance in the NCAA Regional Finals. Shaw was named MIAA Coach of the Year.
 
In just their second year of existence, the Tigers won the MIAA tournament title and a bid to the NCAA tournament with a 14-7-1 record.
 
Prior to his time in Hays, Kan., Shaw served as the head coach at Ottawa University for three seasons. Shaw was named the NSCAA NAIA Regional Coach of the Year in 2009, after leading the Braves to a conference championship.
 
Shaw has made stops at St. Ambrose University as the assistant men’s soccer coach and Assumption High School in Davenport, Iowa. During his playing days, he guided Carson Newman College to back-to-back conference titles and led the Eagles to an Elite 8 appearance in 2003.
 
Before he came to America, Shaw was a starter for Nerang Soccer Club of the Gold Coast Premier League in Australia.
 
He and his wife, Alexandra, have two daughters, Torey and Bella, and a son, Harry.

Shaw Year-by-Year
2007 - Ottawa University; 8-10-2, 5-3-1 KCAC
2008 - Ottawa University; 15-5-0, 7-2-0 KCAC
2009 - Ottawa University; 17-4-0, 9-0-0 KCAC
2010 - Starting a Program at FHSU
2011 - Fort Hays State; 6-11-1, 2-6-0 MIAA
2012 - Fort Hays State; 14-7-1, 6-5-1 MIAA
2013 - Fort Hays State; 7-8-3, 3-5-3 MIAA
2014 - Fort Hays State; 13-5-2, 10-2-2 MIAA
2015 - Fort Hays State; 11-8-1, 7-4-0 MIAA
2016 - Fort Hays State; 15-5-3, 10-1-0 MIAA
2017 - Texas A&M-Corpus Christi; 6-9-3, 3-6-2 SLC
2018 - Texas A&M-Corpus Christi; 5-9-3, 2-7-2 SLC
2019 - Texas A&M-Corpus Christi; 9-9-2, 6-4-1 SLC
2020-21 - Texas A&M-Corpus Christi; 4-8-5, 3-5-3 SLC
2021 - Texas A&M-Corpus Christi; 7-11-1, 5-6-1 SLC
2022 - Texas A&M-Corpus Christi; 8-9-1, 5-6-1 SLC
Total: 145-118-28 Overall