Colin Shannon is currently the Director of Basketball Operations and has been since July of 2022.. Duties include team operations and fundraising.
Shannon is no stranger to the Golden Grizzlies, as he has been actively involved with the program since 2016. He spent the 2019-20 season as an assistant video coordinator and the previous three years as a team manager. In 2019, Shannon received the NABC Fast Model Next Generation Scholarship, awarded to the nation’s top collegiate basketball manager. He used to be Oakland's graduate assistant where his duties included assisting with team operations, creating analytic reports, and coordinating player workouts.
In addition to his time at Oakland, Shannon served as the head freshman and junior varsity basketball coach at Royal Oak Shrine High School from 2016 to 2020, where he accumulated 78 career victories. Despite being the youngest coach in the Michigan Catholic League, he posted a 41-19 record against conference play, including a 26-6 mark in his final 32 games.
Shannon earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Oakland in 2019 and has his master’s degree in communications from Oakland.
