Gholar was named one of the program's Assistant Coaches in May 2021. She comes to LMU from the Pac-12, as she spent the last two years at Cal Berkeley as the women's basketball team's director of basketball operations. While at Cal, Gholar helped develop and manage budgets, traveling, recruiting and equipment. She also assisted in all on campus recruiting and planned and executed the department's first ever racial and social justice panel conversation in Cal Athletics.
Prior to her time at Cal, Gholar was an assistant coach at University of Nevada from 2017-19, an assistant at Davidson College from 2015-17 and an assistant at University of Vermont from 2013-15. While at Nevada, she brought in the highest ranked recruiting class in program history 2018 and also played a vital role in bringing in Davidson's highest ranked recruiting class in the A10 Conference.
Gholar graduated with a Bachelor's Degree from Cal State San Bernardino, where she also played, and then got her Master's Degree from Arizona State University.
"I believe Shannon will bring fire and energy on and off the court," said Hughes. "She is passionate and consistent with everything she does. As a coach, she is extremely competitive and understands how to connect with her players. Her career speaks for its self when it comes to recruiting and developing All-Conference guards. I know Los Angeles is happy to have her back home, I sure am."
