Shane Heirman

Shane Heirman (born May 24, 1988)

Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Incarnate Word Cardinals
Current conference: Southland Conference
Incarnate Word record: 8-23 (.258)
Overall record: 8-23 (.258)

Career Accomplishments:

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

2023-present Incarnate Word
2021-2023 Central Michigan (assoc. HC)
2017-2021 DePaul (asst)

Shane Heirman Facts

  • Shane Heirman
  • Born May 24, 1988
  • Hometown: McHenry, Illinois
  • Alma Mater: University of Tulsa (BA, 2011)
  • Grew up in the Chicago area and was a star player at Marian Central Catholic HS (IL); initially attended Marquette before transferring to Tulsa in 2008, where he played three seasons for head coach Doug Wojcik
  • Early coaching roles were at the prep level, including a three-year stint as the head coach at La Lumiere School in LaPorte, IN
    • Went 82-7 overall with two national championship game appearances, winning it in 2017; ran a powerhouse program at La Lumiere, coaching three McDonald’s All-Americans and a total of 25 players who would go onto play Division I basketball
    • Won several national COY awards and was named a game coach at the Jordan Brand All-American Game
  • Hired by Dave Leitao in 2017 to be an assistant at DePaul; worked with the Blue Demons for four seasons, including CBI Runner-up in 2019
  • Joined Tony Barbee‘s staff at Central Michigan in 2021, spending the next two seasons as his associate head coach
  • Heirman was hired in May 2023 to be the new head coach at Incarnate Word in the Southland

Shane Heirman Coaching Tree

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