Shane Heirman

Shane Heirman

Heirman with Incarnate Word in 2025
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Incarnate Word
Conference	Southland
Record	25–39 (.391)
Biographical details
Born	(1988-05-24) May 24, 1988 (age 36) Mishawaka, Indiana, U.S.
Playing career
2009–2011	Tulsa
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2014–2017	La Lumiere School
2017–2021	DePaul (assistant)
2021–2023	Central Michigan (associate head coach)
2023–present	Incarnate Word
Head coaching record
Overall	25–39 (.391) (college) 82–7 (.921) (high school)

Shane Heirman (born May 24, 1988) is an American basketball coach who is the head coach for the Incarnate Word Cardinals.

Playing career

Heirman played two years of college basketball at Tulsa, playing in 39 games and starting in two. He averaged 0.8 points, 0.7 rebounds, and 0.6 assists per game. ^[1]

Coaching career

La Lumiere

Heirman started his coaching career at La Lumiere School where he coached for three years guiding them to an 82–7 record. ^[2]

DePaul University

In 2017, Heirman was hired by Dave Laitao at DePaul University. ^[3]

Central Michigan University

In 2021, Heirman was hired by Toney Barbee to be the Associate Head Coach at Central Michigan University. ^[4]

University of the Incarnate Word

On May 5, 2023, Heirman was hired by Incarnate Word to be the Cardinals next men's basketball head coach. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Incarnate Word Cardinals (Southland Conference)(2023–present)
2023–24	Incarnate Word	8–23	3–15	10th
2024–25	Incarnate Word	17–16	9–11	T-7th
Incarnate Word:		25–39 (.391)	12–26 (.316)
Total:		25–39 (.391)
National champion        Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

1. "Shane Heirman". Sports Reference. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
2. Regan, Brett. "Shane Heirman Leaves La Lumiere School, Takes Assistant Job At DePaul". Flohoops. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
3. "Shane Heirman Named Assistant Basketball Coach at DePaul". Hoop Dirt. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
4. Booher, Christian. "Tony Barbee assembles three assistants for first coaching staff". Central Michigan Life. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
5. Luca, Greg. "UIW to name Shane Heirman next men's basketball coach". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
6. Borzello and Thamel, Jeff and Pete. "Sources: Incarnate Word to hire Shane Heirman as basketball coach". ESPN. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
7. Nelson, Adam. "Report: UIW to hire CMU's Heirman". HoopDirt. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
8. "Sources: Heirman to coach Incarnate Word hoops". BVM Sports. Retrieved 5 May 2023.