Staff Directory
Shane Watkins
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
EDUCATION:
- San Francisco - 1993-1997
- 2024 - Present
- Helped guide San Francisco to a 10-6-1 record in 2025, including a 5-4 record in WCC play...Marked USF's first season with double digit wins since 2017...Went 6-1 at home, tying USF's most wins at home under Brown...Knocked off No. 17 California (2-1) on the road in Berkeley on Aug 28...Following a 4-1 start to the season, the Dons were ranked in a national poll for the first time since 2018, when San Francisco checked in at No. 20 in the United Soccer Coaches Poll on Sept. 9...Tied for second in the conference as a team in shots per game (14.1)...Finished third in the conference in shutouts (8), three of which came in WCC matches...Ben Norris was named WCC Freshman of the Year...Three Dons earned All-WCC honors: Norris (Freshman Team), Brayden Beason (First Team), David Raphael (First Team)...Norris and Matthew Duggan were also selected as WCC Honorable Mentions...Three Dons were named to the WCC Men's Soccer All-Academic Team: Duggan, Kaleb Afsari, and Kian Jones
- Assisted USF to a 7-6-4 record in 2024, including a 5-1-2 mark and second place finish in the final WCC standings...Went 4-1-3 at home...Shutout No. 2 Stanford at home, 2-0, on Oct. 17 for USF's second straight win over the Cardinal...San Francisco's offense led the WCC in shots per game (15.88), shots on goal (113), and shots on goal per game (6.65)...Tied for third in the WCC with five shutouts, two of which came in conference play (Pacific, Santa Clara)...Reid Roberts was named WCC Defensive Player of the Year, the first Don to achieve this feat since Rob Valentino in 2005...Seven Dons earned All-WCC honors: Roberts (First Team), Gabriel Bracken Serra (First Team), Isaiah Easley (Second Team), David Raphael (Second Team + Freshman Team), Brayden Beason (Freshman Team), and Junhwan Park (Freshman Team)...Rylan Smith and Eric Waltz also selected as WCC Honorable Mentions...Four Dons were named to the WCC Men's Soccer All-Academic Team: Roberts, Mason Dougherty, Kian Jones, and Olivier Sylvain...After the season, Roberts was drafted fifth overall by the San Jose Earthquakes in the 2025 MLS SuperDraft, becoming the highest-drafted student-athlete ever selected out of San Francisco and the first Don drafted in the first round since 2015
- Currently the Director of Coaching for the San Francisco Seals
- Served as an assistant coach for San Antonio FC (USL Championship) from 2023-24
- Served as the head coach of boys' varsity soccer team at Temple City High School in Temple City, Calif. from 2015-2022
- Served as the head coach of the boys' soccer team César E. Chavez Learning Academis in San Fernando, Calif. from 2012-2015
- Served as the head coach of the girls' varsity soccer team at North Hollywood High School in North Hollywood, Calif. from 2003-2009
- Operated as the Director of Coaching/Owner of the San Gabroel Valley Seals in Arcadia, Calif. from 2012-2022
- Starred as a forward for the USF men's soccer team from 1993-1997...Helped lead the Dons to ties atop the conference standings during his first two seasons...Graduated from USF with his bachelor's degree in Exercise and Sport Science
- Played professionally for the Richmond Kickers (1999), Lehigh Valley Steam (1999), Raleigh Capitol Express (1999-2000), and the Long Island Rough Riders (2000-2001) in the United Soccer League, A League Division
USF | USF vs. San Diego w/ Rob DiToma, Adrian Valdez, and Brendan Burke (Game 3)
Monday, April 13
BSB | USF vs. San Diego Highlights (Game 3)
Monday, April 13
BSB | USF vs. San Diego Highlights (Game 2)
Saturday, April 11
USF | USF vs. San Diego w/ Rob DiToma, Jackson Nystrom, Quentin Pohorski (Game 2)
Saturday, April 11
