Shane Williford returns for his fifth season as the men's and women's tennis coach at Hardin-Simmons.

Williford has coached seven ASC freshmen of the year, eight ASC most valuable players and three NCAA All-Americans. His men's doubles team of David Wu and Brad Grace earned All-American honors in 2005 after they advanced to the NCAA Doubles Championships semifinals.
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or the first time in Hardin-Simmons history, both the Cowgirls and the Cowboys made the NCAA Tournament in 2007. The Cowgirls extended their ASC winning streak to 75 matches in a row and the Cowboys extended their ASC winning streak to 68 matches in a row, before both teams ended those streaks in the ASC final in 2008.

A 1993 graduate of Howard Payne, Williford had a distinguished career playing for the Yellow Jackets. He was named first-team All-Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1989, 1990, and 1992. In 1991, Williford was a qualifier for the NAIA National Tournament. He helped lead his team to the 1991 and 1992 TIAA Championship.

Prior to beginning his college coaching career, he served as Club Pro in West Texas for nine years and was the 1998 and 1999 Permian Basin Pro of the Year. Williford is USPTA Professional 1, he's a former USTA Jr. Rec. Committee member, a USTA National Coach, and a USA Tennis National Developmental Coach. In 2000 he was a People to People Sports Ambassador for the USA Jr. Teams to Holland and in 2001 to New Zealand/Australia.

He and wife, Shalom, have two children; a daughter, Tori, age 10, and a son, Davyn, age 7.