He is the only head coach to have won a national championship in both men and women's NCAA Division I Tennis.

The younger Shelton has also become an ATP Tour titlist, major semifinalist at the 2023 US Open, and world No.

[7] He played for the Randolph Raiders boys' tennis team, and won the Alabama high school singles championship in 1982–1984.

[11] Shelton officially retired from the professional tour in 1997,[1] and was named a United States Tennis Association (USTA) National Coach, a position he held from January 1998 until June 1999.

[1] Shelton became head coach of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's tennis team in July 1999.

[1] In his first season as coach at Georgia Tech, his team went to the second round of the NCAA tournament, upsetting the No.

[4][5][6] Prior to his coaching tenure, the Georgia tech women's tennis team had never qualified for the NCAA tournament.