Dean Shaffer returned to WKU in the spring of 2025 in a Quality Control – Defensive Backs role on the Hilltopper Football coaching staff.
Shaffer makes his way back to The Hill after spending the 2024 season at Hawaii and the 2023 season at Murray State, both in Graduate Assistant positions.
He is a WKU graduate, earning his degree in Sports Management in 2023. While in Bowling Green, Shaffer served as a Student Assistant with the WKU Football program. He helped coach a defense that led the nation in takeaways with 32 and defensive touchdowns with six during the 2022 season. Three members of the WKU secondary earned postseason Conference USA honors that season.
Shaffer is a native of Lilburn, Georgia.
