Shantay Legans
Shantay Legans (born July 30, 1981)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Portland Pilots
Current conference: West Coast Conference (WCC)
Eastern Washington record: 75-49 (.605)
Portland record: 45-55 (.450)
Overall record: 120-104 (.536)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2021)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2018)
- CIT/TBC Appearances: 1 (2022)
- WCC Regular Season Champion: 0
- Big Sky Regular Season Champion: 1 (2020)
- WCC Tournament Champion: 0
- Big Sky Tournament Champion: 1 (2021)
Awards:
- Big Sky Coach of the Year: 1 (2020)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2021-present | Portland |
| 2017-2021 | Eastern Washington |
| 2009-2017 | Eastern Washington (asst) |
Shantay Legans Facts
- Shantay Legans
- Born July 30, 1981
- Hometown: Goleta, California
- Alma Mater: California State University, Fresno (BA, 2004)
- Prepped at Dos Pueblos HS (CA) then played three seasons for the California Golden Bears and head coach Ben Braun
- Transferred to Fresno State in 2002 to finish his degree and to play his final collegiate season for head coach Ray Lopes
- Served as the Bulldogs’ team captain and averaged 15.0 points per game
- Started his coaching career in 2007, spending two seasons as an assistant at Laguna Blanca HS in Santa Barbara, CA
- Arrived at Eastern Washington in 2009, spending two seasons as an assistant under Kirk Earlywine and another six seasons under Jim Hayford
- Took over as the Eagles head coach in March 2017 following Hayford’s departure to Seattle
- Led the team to the 2018 CBI in his first season, finishing with a 20-15 record
- In 2020, Legans’ team won the Big Sky title and he earned Big Sky COY honors
- The following year, Legans led the Eagles back to the NCAA Tournament by way of a Big Sky Tournament crown
- In March 2021, Legans was hired to be the head coach at Portland in the WCC
- Went 19-15 in his first season, which included a bid to The Basketball Classic (normally known as the CIT)
Shantay Legans Coaching Tree
- Nick Booker (Cal State San Marcos)
- David Riley (Washington State, Eastern Washington)
