| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Towson |
| Conference | CAA Football |
| Record | 5–6 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | May 15, 1965 |
| Playing career | |
| 1983–1986 | Colorado |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1988 | Richmond (OL) |
| 1989 | Arkansas (GA/DL) |
| 1990–1991 | Clemson (GA/TE) |
| 1992–1993 | Oregon State (RC) |
| 1994 | Northern Michigan (OL) |
| 1995–1997 | St. Cloud State (OC) |
| 1998 | Humboldt State (OL) |
| 1999–2005 | Azusa Pacific |
| 2005–2013 | UNC Pembroke |
| 2014–2022 | West Florida |
| 2023–present | Towson |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 164–73 |
| Tournaments | 12–6 (NAIA playoffs) 9–4 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 NCAA Division II (2019) 2 GSC (2021–2022) | |
| Awards | |
| AFCA Division II Coach of the Year (2017) AFCA Regional Coach of the Year (2017) 2× Don Hansen National Division II Co-Coach of the Year (2017, 2019) | |
Pete Shinnick (born May 15, 1965) is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at the Towson University in Towson, Maryland. As the head coach of West Florida, Shinnick won the school's first football national championship in 2019. The football team began play in 2016. 2017 was a big year for Shinnick, as he led the University of West Florida Argonauts to the NCAA Division II playoffs, making them the fastest team to do so (two years).[1] He broke the record he held at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, that being three years. Shinnick also won the 2017 AFCA Region 2 Coach of the Year.[2] He later won the 2017 AFCA Division II Coach of the Year.[3] On December 21, 2019, Shinnick won the NCAA D-II National Championship with the UWF Argos in just the program's 4th year of existence.[4]
Shinnick previously served as the head football at Azusa Pacific University from 1999 and 2005 and at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke from the program's inception until 2014. After leading Azusa Pacific to an overall record of 53–22, Shinnick was hired as UNC Pembroke's first head coach on December 13, 2005.[5] Over seven seasons at Pembroke, Shinnick compiled an overall record of 50–24.