Shay McClure enters his third season as head football coach at Dixie State University in 2018. He was introduced as as the new head football coach at Dixie State University at a press conference on Dec. 14, 2015. McClure had served as DSU’s Director of Defense during the 2015 season.
The Trailblazers finished the 2017 season with a 5-6 overall record and a 5-5 mark in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) play, marking the second consecutive season of a record of .500 or better in conference play. No other DSU teams in the NCAA Division II era had ever finished .500 or better in conference action. In 2016, McClure led Dixie State to the first winning season of the Division II era in his first year at the helm of the program, finishing with a 6-5 overall record and a 6-4 mark in RMAC play.
Prior to his arrival to Dixie State, McClure spent nine seasons at Humboldt State University from 2006-14, where he served as defensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator. While at HSU, he consistently had the Lumberjacks ranked near the top of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) and NCAA Division II in most defensive categories. In 2011, his defense helped propel Humboldt to a 9-1 overall record and the GNAC title, along with a No. 13-ranking in the final AFCA Division II poll.
Before his tenure at Humboldt, McClure served as defensive and recruiting coordinator at Southern Oregon University from 2002-06, where he was interim head coach during the 2005 season. In his first season in 2002, the Raiders made the quarterfinals of the NAIA national playoff. In addition, McClure coached linebackers and served as special teams coordinator at SOU.
McClure also spent three seasons (1999-02) at Occidental College in California as a defensive and recruiting coordinator, helping lead the team to an 8-1 record and the 2001 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship. He also had stints as a secondary coach and special teams coordinator at the University of San Diego from 1997-99, and as a defensive backs coach at Southern Oregon from 1995-96.
A native of McCloud, Calif., McClure earned a Bachelor’s degree in Health and Physical Education and a Master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from Southern Oregon, where he played defensive back from 1990-94. He and his wife Stacey are the parents of three children, Taryn, Daeton and Aubree.
