Shane Shoemaker

Expertise:
College Football, NFL
Education:
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Location:
Chattanooga, TN

Experience

Shane Shoemaker is an experienced sports journalist based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, whose work over the past several years has appeared across multiple national and local outlets. He currently covers college football and the NFL for Heavy.com, providing in-depth reporting and editorials on some of the sport’s biggest storylines.

Shoemaker has also written for The Sporting News, Athlon Sports, USA TODAY, and ClutchPoints, covering everything from the NFL and college football to Major League Baseball. At the local level, he has worked for the Marion Tribune, where he reported extensively on Tennessee high school sports, including multiple state championship football games.

Education

Shoemaker graduated from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with a bachelor’s degree in Communications/Journalism.

Latest Articles From Shane Shoemaker

Falcons’ James Pearce Jr. Sets Rookie Franchise Record vs. Buccaneers, Now Chasing Micah Parsons

Falcons’ James Pearce Jr. Sets Rookie Franchise Record vs. Buccaneers, Now Chasing Micah Parsons

Packers Assistant With Michigan Ties Suddenly Linked to Wolverines Job After Sherrone Moore Firing

Packers Assistant With Michigan Ties Suddenly Linked to Wolverines Job After Sherrone Moore Firing

Chip Kelly’s Potential Move Could Create a Must-See Clash of Former Ohio State Coordinators

Chip Kelly’s Potential Move Could Create a Must-See Clash of Former Ohio State Coordinators

Dodgers’ Dave Roberts Jumped In on UCLA Coaching Search While Balancing a Massive Moment for L.A.

Dodgers’ Dave Roberts Jumped In on UCLA Coaching Search While Balancing a Massive Moment for L.A.

Falcons OC Zac Robinson Raises Doubts About Future With Troubling Offensive Admission

Falcons OC Zac Robinson Raises Doubts About Future With Troubling Offensive Admission

Steelers’ DK Metcalf Injury Situation Takes Turn as Mike Tomlin Addresses Status

Steelers’ DK Metcalf Injury Situation Takes Turn as Mike Tomlin Addresses Status

Lane Kiffin Drops Four-Word Reaction as LSU Assistants Return to Coach Ole Miss in Playoff

Lane Kiffin Drops Four-Word Reaction as LSU Assistants Return to Coach Ole Miss in Playoff

Steelers Predicted to Land DK Metcalf Help With 19-TD Big Ten WR

Steelers Predicted to Land DK Metcalf Help With 19-TD Big Ten WR

Urban Meyer Sends Strong Warning to Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman About NFL

Urban Meyer Sends Strong Warning to Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman About NFL

Notre Dame’s Newly Revealed CFP Advantage Could Turn 2026 Playoff Into Total Chaos

Notre Dame’s Newly Revealed CFP Advantage Could Turn 2026 Playoff Into Total Chaos

Notre Dame AD Suggests ACC Fallout After League Put Irish on Blast to Elevate Miami

Notre Dame AD Suggests ACC Fallout After League Put Irish on Blast to Elevate Miami

Packers’ Micah Parsons Sends Warning on Penn State Hire While Matt Campbell Finalizes Deal

Packers’ Micah Parsons Sends Warning on Penn State Hire While Matt Campbell Finalizes Deal

Penn State Predicted to Salvage Coaching Search With 177-Win Candidate

Penn State Predicted to Salvage Coaching Search With 177-Win Candidate

Alabama’s Kalen DeBoer Breaks Silence on Penn State Rumors

Alabama’s Kalen DeBoer Breaks Silence on Penn State Rumors

Falcons Predicted To Select Alabama 12-TD WR With First 2026 Pick After Rams Trade

Falcons Predicted To Select Alabama 12-TD WR With First 2026 Pick After Rams Trade

Surprising Idea Floated for Mike Tomlin, Steelers as Season Slips Away

Surprising Idea Floated for Mike Tomlin, Steelers as Season Slips Away

Falcons Fans Won’t Love New NFL Insider Prediction About Raheem Morris’ Future

Falcons Fans Won’t Love New NFL Insider Prediction About Raheem Morris’ Future

Miami Became a Casualty of Florida State’s Collapse After ACC Tiebreaker Shift Favored Duke

Miami Became a Casualty of Florida State’s Collapse After ACC Tiebreaker Shift Favored Duke

Ben Roethlisberger Points Mike Tomlin Toward Major College Football Role as Steelers Future Uncertain

Ben Roethlisberger Points Mike Tomlin Toward Major College Football Role as Steelers Future Uncertain

Alabama Loss Could Trigger Nightmare CFP Scenario for Miami in Notre Dame Debate

Alabama Loss Could Trigger Nightmare CFP Scenario for Miami in Notre Dame Debate

Vikings’ Justin Jefferson Comp Could Send Ohio State WR’s NFL Draft Stock Surging

Vikings’ Justin Jefferson Comp Could Send Ohio State WR’s NFL Draft Stock Surging

Penn State’s Firing of James Franklin Continues to Backfire With BYU Making Strong Kalani Sitake Countermove

Penn State’s Firing of James Franklin Continues to Backfire With BYU Making Strong Kalani Sitake Countermove

Ashton Jeanty’s Raiders Debut Projected to Influence Notre Dame RB Jeremiyah Love’s Draft Stock

Ashton Jeanty’s Raiders Debut Projected to Influence Notre Dame RB Jeremiyah Love’s Draft Stock

Lane Kiffin Chose LSU Over Florida Due to Scott Stricklin Concerns: Report

Lane Kiffin Chose LSU Over Florida Due to Scott Stricklin Concerns: Report

Falcons Urged to Fire Raheem Morris, Trade Key Players for Full Rebuild

Falcons Urged to Fire Raheem Morris, Trade Key Players for Full Rebuild

Kentucky Eyeing 81-Win Former Raiders Coach to Replace Mark Stoops: Report

Kentucky Eyeing 81-Win Former Raiders Coach to Replace Mark Stoops: Report

Florida Gators Top Coaching Candidate With 34 Wins ‘Largely Uninterested’: Report

Florida Gators Top Coaching Candidate With 34 Wins ‘Largely Uninterested’: Report

Chiefs Trade Proposal Sends Projected $47.5 Million Falcons Star to Kansas City

Chiefs Trade Proposal Sends Projected $47.5 Million Falcons Star to Kansas City

Falcons Linked to 24-TD Dolphins WR Ahead of Trade Deadline to Help Michael Penix Jr.

Falcons Linked to 24-TD Dolphins WR Ahead of Trade Deadline to Help Michael Penix Jr.

Falcons 14.5-Sack Edge Listed as Trade Target for Cowboys, Bears Ahead of Deadline

Falcons 14.5-Sack Edge Listed as Trade Target for Cowboys, Bears Ahead of Deadline