Meet the Coaches

Shawn Cirton

Varsity & JV Assistant Coach

I am excited to be a first year coach for the Lane Tech Flag Football Team for the 2023-2024 season! I was born and raised in Chicago. I’ve always loved sports, particularly football, which I grew up playing from sunrise to sunset on the Southside of Chicago. I played four years at Gordon Tech High School (where I  played wide receiver, cornerback and safety) and four years at North Central College (where I played both safety positions). I also played intramural flag football during college and continued to play flag football as a player in competitive adult flag football leagues (e.g., USFTL leagues) in the Chicagoland area for over 10 years. 

I started coaching youth flag football in 2006, when my son first started playing football. I’ve coached as a head coach every year since then, except during the pandemic. I’ve coached teams at Portage Park, the Neighborhood Boys & Girls Club, the i9 Sports program, and at Disney II Elementary School while my son and daughter were there. I last coached at Disney II in 2022.

I coach girls basketball, for the last 8 years, at Over the Edge travel basketball program on the Northside of the city. Our program is geared towards teaching kids the proper fundamentals to become successful high school basketball players. Similarly, when I coach flag football, I focus on teaching kids the proper fundamentals to become successful football players. I look forward to coaching these young ladies and teaching them the right way to play the game! 

Outside of sports, I am married and I have a son, who just started his freshman year of college, and a daughter, who is a sophomore at Lane Tech and plays on the basketball team. For my “regular” job, I am  a Fish and Wildlife Biologist and I work for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for nearly 25 years.