Curtis Shaw

Curtis Shaw is the coordinator of Men's Basketball Officials for the Ohio Valley Conference.

Shaw was annually been recognized as one of the top officials in the nation, having worked six NCAA Final Fours, including the 2009 NCAA Championship game. He was selected to officiate NCAA Tournament games for 18 consecutive years, including regional games from 2004 through 2010.

After working the 2010 Final Four, Shaw retired from active officiating duty to work full-time as an officials coordinator. It was announced in May 2010 that Shaw would head a consortium for men's officiating with the OVC, Big 12, Conference USA and the Southland Conferences.

Shaw served as the OVC's Coordinator of Women's Basketball Officials from 2001-02 through the 2010-11 season before relinquishing those duties to concentrate on the men's officiating program.

A fixture at numerous postseason conference tournaments and league championship games, Shaw worked the NIT Season Tipoff and postseason NIT. During the course of his career, he has officiated games in the Big 12, Atlantic Coast, Big East, Big Ten, Southeastern, Missouri Valley, Ohio Valley, Sun Belt, Atlantic Sun, Southland, Southern and Western Athletic conferences. He also saw action in Conference USA, the Horizon League and Colonial Athletic Association.

He earned his Bachelor's of Science degree in Exercise Health and Leisure Science (Sport Administration concentration) from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 2008. Born in Paducah, Ky. on May 31, 1960, he currently resides in Chattanooga and has two children.