Shawn Walsh

William Shawn Walsh (June 21, 1955 – September 24, 2001) was the head ice hockey coach for the University of Maine Black Bears.

As a sophomore, he decided to concentrate on coaching as a volunteer assistant for the BGSU hockey team.

After completing his undergraduate studies, Walsh was hired as a full-time assistant coach at BGSU by Ron Mason.

Walsh followed Mason to Michigan State in 1979 where they inherited a program that had only won 36 games in its previous three seasons.

Walsh was diagnosed with a common form of kidney cancer known as renal cell carcinoma in June 2000.