Daniel Shapiro - Men's Basketball Coach - University of Washington Athletics

Daniel Shapiro

Title:
Director of Basketball Athletic Performance
Email:
dshap@uw.edu
Phone:
(206) 543-7396

Daniel Shapiro joined the Washington basketball staff and the Washington strength and conditioning program in June of 2013 after spending eight seasons in the same capacity with the Sacramento Kings. He is responsible for designing and implementing all facets of the team's athletic performance programs including strength, conditioning, recovery, nutrition and individual player performance tracking/monitoring. While working closely with the athletic training staff, sports nutritionists and doctors, he also assists with player rehabilitation programs in efforts to returning players back to peak performance on the basketball court.

In eight seasons with the Kings, Shapiro worked closely with former Huskies Isaiah Thomas, Jon Brockman and Spencer Hawes, plus many other NBA stars.

Prior to working with the Kings, Shapiro spent two seasons at the University of Dayton as the head strength and conditioning coach for the men's and women's basketball teams.

His previous work experience includes a seven-year association with the Seattle Sonics (1996-2003) as the assistant strength and conditioning coach under Dwight Daub. During his stay with the Sonics, Shapiro doubled his duties with the organization and worked as the head strength and conditioning coach for the Seattle Storm of the WNBA (2000-03).

Shapiro is co-founder of the NBSCA (National Basketball Strength and Conditioning Association), established in 2008 and served as its inaugural president from 2009 to 2011. In May 2010, Shapiro was awarded the NBSCA Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year. Along with his NBA team responsibilities, Shapiro also continues to oversee all operations of the athletic performance testing at the annual NBA Pre-Draft Combine since 2010.

A native of Renton, Washington, Shapiro earned a bachelor’s degree in exercise science (2000) and master’s degree in physical education (2005), both from Seattle Pacific University. He has his CSCS (Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist) from the National Strength and Conditioning Association and is a Certified Performance Enhancement Specialist from the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM).

Shapiro enjoys working out and ran and completed his first marathon in the summer of 2009 in Seattle. He and his wife, Sina, reside in Newcastle with their new daughter Eliana (born in September 2016) and love being back in the great northwest.