Ken Shields

Kenneth William Daniel Shields (born December 7, 1945) is a former Canadian basketball coach. He is a four-time CIAU coach of the year recipient. When he retired from university coaching, he held the most wins in Canadian university men's basketball history, during which time he won a record 7-straight national championships with the University of Victoria. He is also the former head coach of the Canada men's national team.

University Shields began his coaching career in the 1969–1970 season with the UBC women's basketball team while completing his master's degree. This team won the Canadian Senior A women's championship that year. While there, Shields was awarded his first CIAU coach of the year award (1976). While with UVic, Shields won a record 7 consecutive CIAU national championships (1980-1986). He was inducted into the Canada Sports Hall of Fame (2009), the 1979–80 UVic team was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame (2020); the 1982-83 UVic team was inducted into the UVic Sports Hall of Fame (2023); and the 1969–70 UBC women's team was inducted into the UBC Sports Hall of Fame (1993), with Shields being recognized as coach in all of these team inductions. Together, Ken and Kathy Shields have won a combined 15 national championships with their respective UVic teams. They met while Ken was coaching the women's team at UBC in 1969–70.

In university, Shields realized he wanted to coach; however, given the lack of a coaching program, he studied Physical Education and used that training in his coaching career.