 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - PaSanta Clara, akaunganidza chinyorwa chinoshamisa; zvikwata zvake zviviri zvokutanga zvakatumira kukunda kwakatevedzana kweSugar Bowl pamusoro peLSU. Pashure pebasa renguva yehondo, chikwata chake bedzi muCalifornia chakaenda 451 muna 1945. Muna 1946, Shaw akava mudzidzisi mukuru wekutanga weSan Francisco 49ers mune yekare All-America Football Conference uye akaramba achipfuura muna 1954; vakapinda muNational Football League muna 1950. Mushure memwaka miviri semurairidzi wekutanga weAir Force Academy varsity head coach 19561957, akadzokera kuNFL muna 1958 nePhiladelphia. Muna 1960, akatungamira chikwata ichi kuhwina mukombe weNFL vachipesana naVince Lombardi, uyo akati nezvaShaw, Iye murume akanaka... murume akatendeseka. Akasiya basa mushure memwaka mitatu, zvichitevera kukunda kwavo mumutambo wemakwikwipamusoro peGreen Bay Packers yaVince Lombardi. 