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Coach Shane Clipfell, 
In this episode, you’ll hear from Coach Shane Clipfell. Coach Shane is currently the Head Women’s Basketball Coach at Western Michigan University, serving as Head Coach since 2012. Coach Shane has won 17 or more games five times and is currently third on the program’s all-time coaching wins list. And, he is closing in on becoming the Broncos all-time win leader. As you will soon hear, this past season Coach Shane had 10 Academic All-MAC selections. And his team posted a term GPA of 3.6. Before becoming the Head Coach at Western Michigan, Coach Shane assisted Coach Suzy Merchant for fourteen seasons. First, he coached alongside Coach Merchant at Eastern Michigan for nine seasons. At EMU, together the Eagles won 160 games, including three 20-win seasons. Coach Shane then spent the final five  seasons with Coach Merchant at Michigan State University. With the Spartans, Coach Shane was the Associate Head Coach for his final three years in East Lansing. While at MSU, the Spartans captured their first outright Big Ten title in school history in 2010-11 and advanced to four consecutive NCAA Tournaments.The amount of respect that Coach Shane has for Coach Merchant is this podcast is simply WONDERFUL. Before Coach Shane’s tenure with Coach Suzy Merchant, Coach Shane was a Head Coach at Colon High School and Glen Oaks Community College. As many of you know, I had the chance to assist Coach Fred Castro this past season at Eastern Michigan. And, I became a huge fan of Coach Shane. And, there are a couple reasons, which we cover in this conversation, why I respect Coach Shane so much. I was so determined to highlight this great coach, husband, father, grandfather and man. I am truly honored that Coach Shane would allow me to share a small part of his coaching story. 

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