McShane added to women’s basketball staff

TCU women’s head basketball coach Jeff Mittie announced on Thursday the hiring of Sean McShane as the director of women’s basketball operations.

“I am excited to be at TCU,” McShane said in a press release. “It is a great opportunity for me to work with a top 25 program. I’m looking forward to a great season ahead and hope to help the team reach its goals.”

The past six years, McShane has put together and served as a head coach of an Australian team that has played exhibiton games in the United States. Before that, he was the general manager/head coach of the Border Basketball Club in New South Wales, Australia.

McShane played collegiate basketball for both Whitman College and St. Martin’s, and graduated from St. Martin’s with a B.A. in psychology in 1992. He also played briefly with the Sandringham Basketball Club in Melbourne.

He also has previous experience in dealing with the Frogs, as he served as the team’s tour guide on its 2001 summer trip to Australia. He was in charge of the team’s itinerary over the trip.

His new duties will include being responsible for team travel, scouting reports and film study. McShane will also assist Horned Frog coaches in the scouting of prospects.

McShane is the first individual to ever hold this position.

— Danny Gillham