Pete Shaw played defensive back for three years at State University New York College at Cortland and brings over two decades of coaching knowledge to Football University. After his playing career, he started coaching collegiate football at Western Kentucky University, Iona College and at the high school level at American Heritage High School.

Shaw has also coached semi-pro football with the Atlanta Dragons and Arena Football with the New Jersey Red Dogs and Roanoake Steam. Aside from coaching, Shaw has also hosted Virginia Tech football pre-game radio and Stagg Bowl on ESPN radio for a total of 9 years.