DAVE SHELBOURNE

Dave Shelbourne, a 1967 Gary Lew Wallace grad, is a former two-year starting quarterback at Northwestern University and an award-winning high school football coach whose 33-year career record of 211-142 included 14 seasons at Highland (89-59); where his Trojans were twice undefeated and 5A runners-up in 1987; then 8 seasons at Avon (61-31) and 11 seasons at Warren Central (61-52). He was named to the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in 2000.  In all, he had six players make it to the NFL including Ryan Grigson, Tom Homco and Courtney Roby. Shelbourne served as North All-Star Head Coach in 1983 and South All-Star Head Coach in 2005.

He starred collegiately at Northwestern from 1968 to 1969 as a sophomore backup when injury knocked out the starter and earned honorable mention All Big-Ten in 1968 when he set a Wildcats’ record for total offense while leading the league in passing attempts and completions. After graduating in 1971, he was a grad assistant at NU before spending 3 seasons as offensive coordinator at Wabash College. In high school, Shelbourne’s Lew Wallace Hornets were nearly unstoppable, going 18-0 with their starting QB in his junior and senior years, completing 60 percent of his passes for 20 touchdowns, 2,000 yards and only 3 interceptions in that time. He also played basketball and baseball, earning 8 varsity letters.

Dave and wife Nancy have been married for 53 years. They have two sons: Mike and Scott, ages 47 and 45.