Ken Shields finished his 16-year career on the Northern Kentucky sideline with a 306-170 (.643) record. He led the NKU men’s basketball squad to NCAA Regional Championships and the NCAA Division II National Championship games in both 1996 and 1997. Shields guided NKU to GLVC titles during the 1994-95 and 2002-03 seasons as conference co-champions and earned a tri-championship during the 1996-97 campaign. His 1996-97 team won a school-record 30 games en route to national runner-up honors. During that same season, NKU’s Paul Cluxton became the first player in NCAA history to lead the nation in free-throw percentage without missing from the line (94-for-94). In addition, Shields’ seven 20-win seasons are the most in Norse men’s basketball history.