[1] At UCF, he set multiple career program records in both passing yards and touchdowns, many that have since been broken.
[3][4] After going undrafted in the 1995 NFL draft, Hinshaw signed with the Cleveland Browns, however he was cut from the team after Mini-camp.
After playcalling for Granite State for a season before retiring from professional football, Hinshaw decided to pursue coaching.
He coached two record breaking running backs Dwone Hicks, ReShard Lee, and Kendall Newson was drafted in the NFL.
[8] Hinshaw was named the wide receivers coach and senior offensive assistant at Memphis in 2007.
Under his guidance he helped mentor Duke Calhoun and Carlos Singleton who both set multiple records at Memphis.
Hinshaw helped direct and improve the Tennessee offense to 5,711 yards in 2012, the second-most in school history.
He helped mentor both Matt Simms and Tyler Bray to combined for 3,309 yards passing and 26 touchdowns in 2010.
[11] Several offensive players he coached and recruited went onto the NFL such as Chris Moore, Mike Boone, Justin Murray, Korey Cunningham, Parker Ehinger, Johnny Holton, Blake Annen, Kahlil Lewis, Mekale McKay, Tion Green, Deyshawn Bond and Josiah Deguara.
[15] In 2018, they switched to a more aggressive-up tempo Hinshaw-influenced spread offense which led Kentucky to the best season in school history (10-3) and the Citrus Bowl victory against Penn State.
Hinshaw helped mentor wide receiver and kick returner Lynn Bowden to learn to play quarterback in 2019.
[16] UAB Interim Head coach Bryant Vincent announced the hiring of Hinshaw on July 29, 2022.
[18] After one-season at UAB, Hinshaw was once again hired by his alma mater UCF as the offensive coordinator on January 3, 2023.
The Knights in 2023 ranked eighth in total offense at 487.0 yards per contest and fourth in rushing at 228.2 yads per game (third-highest figure in UCF history).