Shantay Legans

Shantay Legans (born July 30, 1981) is an American college basketball head coach at Eastern Washington University.[2]

Shantay Legans
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamEastern Washington
ConferenceBig Sky
Record59–41 (.590)
Biographical details
Born (1981-07-30) July 30, 1981
Ventura, California
Playing career
1999–2002California
2003–2004Fresno State
2006–2007Hanzevast Capitals[1]
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2007–2009Laguna Blanca HS (asst.)
2009–2017Eastern Washington (asst.)
2017–presentEastern Washington
Head coaching record
Overall59–41 (.590)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Big Sky regular season (2020)
Awards
Big Sky Coach of the Year (2020)

Legans was a former basketball player at the University of California at Berkeley (1999-2002) and Fresno State University (2003-2004). After his collegiate career he played overseas in the Netherlands before going into coaching.

Eastern Washington

On March 29, 2017, Legans was named the coach at Eastern Washington, replacing Jim Hayford.[3] Previously, he had been an assistant under Hayford for eight seasons.

Legans was named Big Sky Coach of the Year in 2020 after his team finished 23-8, first in the Big Sky Conference.

Personal life

Legans is married to Tatjana, a former Eastern Washington basketball player; they have a daughter and a son.

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Eastern Washington (Big Sky) (2017–present)
2017–18 Eastern Washington 20–1513–5T–3rdCBI First Round
2018–19 Eastern Washington 16–1812–83rd
2019–20 Eastern Washington 23–816–41stPostseason cancelled
2020–21 Eastern Washington 0–00–0
Eastern Washington: 59–41 (.590)41–17 (.707)
Total:59–41 (.590)

      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. Shantay Legans on DonarMuseum.nl
  2. http://goeags.com/coaches.aspx?rc=126&path=mbball
  3. http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/mar/30/shantay-legans-introduced-as-new-eastern-washingto/#/0
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