Coach Shannon is a local product of the Paradise Valley School District, having attended Hidden Hills Elementary, Shea Middle School and Shadow Mountain High School. He then went on to ASU to earn his bachelors degree in K-12 Physical Education. He is also a USATF Level 1 Certified Coach. While not coaching cross country and track and field at Pinnacle he can be found coaching Explorer Middle School's Distance Track and Field athletes as well as teaching Physical Education to students at Desert Shadows Elementary.

Coach Shannon is a recreational runner having completed seven marathons (Arizona Rock N' Roll x2, Tucson, Eugene, San Diego, LA and Grandma's Marathon) with a modest PR of 3:49:33, an Ultra Ragnar Relay (200 miles between 6 runners), and countless road races from 5k-10k. Outside of running he enjoys hiking, snowboarding and relaxing.

Coach Shannon just completed his first season as a Pioneer in 2022 after coaching the prior fifteen years at his alma mater of Shadow Mountain High School where he coached twelve athletes to 37 all-state honors in both track and field and cross country. Among those were five state champions in track and field; Meagan Van Pelt in the 3200m (2018), Robby Foster in the 800m (2018), Nate Pestka in the 1600m (2022) and 3200m (2022), and a Boys 4x800m Team in 2022 with a time of 7:54. In addition he has sent numerous athletes to run at all levels of collegiate competition. Though his proudest accomplishment was having a team GPA of 3.8 over the course of his tenure at Shadow Mountain. Pinnacle Cross Country's current average team GPA sits at 4.00, a true testament to putting the student before the athlete.