Daniel Johnson
July 23, 2020
Eddie Shannon
- Nationality: USA
- Date of Birth: 29/01/77
- Place of Birth: West Palm Beach, Florida (USA)
- Position: PG
- Height (CM): 180
- Weight (KG): 79
- Junior Assoc:
- College: Florida (1995–1999)
NBL CAREER OVERVIEW
NBL DEBUT
10/12/10
Age 33
LAST NBL GAME
30/03/11
Age 34
TEAM HISTORY
1 seasons | 1 team- 2011A3
Adelaide 36ers1 season
CHAMPIONSHIPS
NoneBIO: Eddie Shannon, a native of West Palm Beach in Florida, has played his entire career essentially with only one eye. At the age of 10 while playing with some of his seventh-grade friends, Eddie was unintentionally hit in the right eye with a rock, forever altering his vision. Following the accident, he underwent surgery to remove blood clots from his eye, and a year later, had a cataract removed. As a eighth-grader, his vision began to blur, and he could only see shadows. Even with limited vision, Eddie went on to star for Cardinal Newman High School in West Palm Beach which led him to be recruited by the University of Florida (UF) where he became the Florida Gators starting Point Guard.
NBL EXPERIENCE
Eddie Shannon made his NBL debut with the Adelaide 36ers at 33 years of age. He scored 12 points in his first game.
Eddie Shannon and Ron Howard both signed with Adelaide midway through the 2010/11 NBL season to replace outgoing imports Troy De Vries and Craig Winder.
Shannon started in 18 games for the 36ers and averaged 9.6 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 4.4 assists per game.
Eddie Shannon played one season in the NBL. He averaged 9.6 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 4.4 assists in 19 NBL games.
NBL TOTAL STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-11 | 34 | Adelaide | 9-19 (8) | 19 | 564 | 183 | 47 | 84 | 7 | 40 | 26 | 2 | 40 | 57 | 66 | 170 | 39% | 22 | 75 | 29% | 29 | 35 | 83% | 49% | 45% | 23 | Totals | 19 | 564 | 183 | 47 | 84 | 7 | 40 | 26 | 2 | 40 | 57 | 66 | 170 | 38.8% | 22 | 75 | 29.3% | 29 | 35 | 82.9% | 49% | 45% | 23 |
NBL PER GAME STATISTICS
| SEASON | AGE | TEAM | TEAM RECORD | GP | MINS | PTS | REB | AST | OR | DR | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | EFG% | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-11 | 34 | Adelaide | 9-19 (8) | 19 | 29.7 | 9.6 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 8.9 | 39% | 1.2 | 3.9 | 29% | 1.5 | 1.8 | 83% | 49% | 45% | 23 | Total | 19 | 29.7 | 9.6 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 8.9 | 38.8% | 1.2 | 3.9 | 29.3% | 1.5 | 1.8 | 82.9% | 49% | 45% | 23 |
CAREER HIGHS
| POINTS | REBOUNDS | ASSISTS | STEALS | BLOCKS | TURNOVERS | TRIPLE DOUBLES | 23 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
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INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Sweden
- Plannja Basket2001–2002
Russia
- PBC Ural Great2002–2003
Italy
- Snaidero Cucine Udine2003–2005
- Dinamo Sassari2005–2006
- Fileni BPA Jesi2010
Latvia
- Ventspils2006–2007
France
- Strasbourg IG2007–2008
Croatia
- Split2008–2009
Cyprus
- Apollon Limassol2009–2010
Greece
- AEK Athens2010
Shannon joined Plannja Basket for the 2001–02 Swedish Basketligan season, playing his first season in Sweden and helping the club win the 2001–02 Swedish national championship while earning All-Swedish League First Team recognition.
Shannon moved to Russia with PBC Ural Great for the 2002–03 season, where he played alongside Australian Boomers legend Chris Anstey and also appeared in the 2002–03 EuroCup, posting 56 points across six games for tournament averages of 9.3 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 1.2 steals in 22.0 minutes per game.
Shannon joined Snaidero Cucine Udine for the 2003–04 Italian Lega Basket Serie A season. In 34 domestic regular-season appearances he averaged 12.9 points, 2.7 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.9 steals in 30.6 minutes. He scored 437 points, grabbed 92 rebounds, delivered 96 assists and made 64 steals, shooting 150 of 311 from the field (48.2 percent), including 44 of 129 threes (34.1 percent), and 93 of 112 free throws (83.0 percent). Udine finished the regular season 15–19 and did not qualify for the league playoffs.
Shannon returned to Udine for 2004–05, playing 34 additional Italian Serie A regular-season games. The historical competition ledger records 449 points, 81 rebounds, 60 assists and 61 steals in 1,085 minutes, averaging 13.2 points, 2.4 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.8 steals in 31.9 minutes. He shot 166 of 339 from the field (49.0 percent), including 36 of 125 threes (28.8 percent), and 81 of 104 free throws (77.9 percent). The previous biographys 10.0-point average for these 34 games was incorrect: 449 divided by 34 equals 13.2 to one decimal. Across his two top-flight Udine regular seasons he made 68 appearances and recorded 886 points, 173 rebounds, 156 assists and 125 steals.
Shannon signed with Dinamo Sassari for the 2005–06 season in Italy’s Legadue, before moving to Latvia with Ventspils for the 2006–07 season, where he played in EuroCup competition and finished among the tournament’s assist leaders at 5.0 assists per game while also being named to Eurobasket’s Latvian League All-Imports Team alongside Ventspils teammate Justin Love.
Shannon moved to France to play for SIG Strasbourg in the 2007–08 LNB Pro A season. In all 30 French league regular-season games he averaged 13.0 points, 2.6 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.0 steal in 31.7 minutes while shooting 42.4 percent from the field, 35.0 percent from three and 80.6 percent at the free-throw line. He scored 389 points, delivered 137 assists and grabbed 77 rebounds, converting 57 of 163 three-point attempts. The official French federation Strasbourg team table identifies him as the clubs scoring and assists leader. These totals are domestic league games and are not combined with European fixtures.
Shannon joined Split for the 2008–09 season and produced several notable Adriatic League performances, including 28 points in a 94–90 win over Vojvodina and 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists in a 76–54 win over Zagreb.
He continued his European run with Apollon Limassol in Cyprus in 2009–10, then returned to Italy with Fileni BPA Jesi in 2010 before finishing that year in Greece with AEK Athens, where he appeared in two games in the Greek top division and totaled 2 points in 29 minutes of action.
COLLEGE
Shannon played college basketball at the University of Florida from 1995–96 through 1998–99, becoming a four-year starter and graduating from UF in 1999 while finishing as one of the program’s all-time leaders in assists and steals.
As a freshman in 1995–96, Shannon started all 28 games and averaged 8.6 points, 2.1 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and 1.7 steals in 31.1 minutes per game while shooting 37.2% from the field, 28.4% on three-pointers, and 71.4% at the line, totaling 241 points, 104 assists, and 47 steals as Florida went 12–16 overall (6–10 SEC) under head coach Lon Kruger and scored 66.8 points per game while allowing 70.5.
In 1996–97, Shannon played for Billy Donovan’s first Florida team and appeared in 30 games with 26 starts, producing 13.2 points, 3.4 rebounds, 4.2 assists, and 1.7 steals per game in 32.8 minutes while shooting 42.8% from the field, 30.8% from three, and 77.9% from the foul line, with season totals of 397 points, 127 assists, and 52 steals as the Gators finished 13–17 overall (5–11 SEC) and averaged 74.0 points while allowing 72.7.
As a junior in 1997–98, Shannon started all 29 games and averaged 11.6 points, 3.4 rebounds, 4.2 assists, and 1.8 steals in 34.8 minutes per game, shooting 41.3% from the field, 32.3% from three, and 67.6% at the stripe, and he finished the season with 335 points, 123 assists, and 53 steals on a Florida team that went 14–15 overall (6–10 SEC) in Donovan’s second season in Gainesville.
In his senior season of 1998–99, Shannon played 29 games with 24 starts and shifted into a lower-usage role, averaging 6.7 points, 2.6 rebounds, 4.8 assists, and 1.8 steals in 28.1 minutes per game while shooting 50.0% from the field, 34.5% on three-pointers, and 75.0% at the line, totaling 195 points, 139 assists, and 52 steals as Florida went 22–9 overall (10–6 SEC), won the Orange Bowl Classic, and reached the NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen under Donovan.
Across 116 career games at Florida (107 starts), Shannon averaged 10.1 points, 2.9 rebounds, 4.3 assists, and 1.8 steals per game while shooting 41.8% from the field, 31.3% from three, and 73.6% at the free-throw line, finishing with 1,168 points, 333 rebounds, 493 assists, 204 steals, and 3,676 minutes played.
Shannon’s 204 career steals remain the top total in Florida men’s basketball history, and his 493 career assists place him among the program’s career assist leaders (listed as fifth all-time in Florida’s statistical leader records), reflecting the two-way point-guard role he held while serving as Florida’s starting floor general during the Donovan-era build toward national relevance.
In 1999, Shannon received the NCAA Frontier Most Courageous Player Award, and his Florida career was later recognized when he was named a 2015 SEC Basketball Legend, with Florida noting him as a four-year starter who scored 1,168 points and finished his career as the program’s all-time leader in steals and second in assists at the time he completed his eligibility.
COACHING HISTORY
After his professional playing career, Eddie Shannon moved into college basketball coaching.
Shannon served as an assistant coach at Palm Beach Atlantic from 2012 to 2015, joined Chattanooga as Director of Basketball Operations in 2015/16 and became an assistant coach in 2016/17.
He coached at Canisius from 2017 to 2019, returned to Chattanooga as an assistant coach from 2019 to 2022, and then joined South Carolina as an assistant coach from 2022 until March 2026.
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