Tramaine Shaw was named the Northeastern Track and Field Director on July 24, 2018 after spending nine seasons as an assistant coach and one season as the interim head coach in 2017-18. Shaw is now in her seventh year at the helm of the Huskies and ran for the program as a student-athlete from 2005 to 2009, earning a spot in the Northeastern Hall of Fame in 2015.
Shaw currently owns the outdoor Northeastern school record in the 100-meter hurdles (13.58), 4x100-meter relay (45.59), 4x200-meter relay (1:37.82) and the 4x400-meter relay (3:39.21) and the indoor school record for the 4x400-meter relay.
In the 2022-23 season, Shaw earned her fifth-straight CAA Men's Outdoor Coach of the Year Award, dating back to her interim tenure in 2018. Shaw led the Huskies to its eighth-straight CAA outdoor title, a conference record, and coached the Huskies to 80 personal-bests, 30 top-ten program marks and three school records. Shaw also coached five NCAA preliminary qualifiers, including NCAA Championships participant Ethan Exilhomme, who finished 17th nationally in the 110m hurdles and earning Honorable Mention All-American Honors.
On the women's side, the Huskies finished sixth at the CAA Outdoor Championships after Dominique Biron was named Most Outstanding Field Performer at the competition. Shaw guided Biron and four other Huskies to the NCAA East Preliminaries.
Shaw also led the men's team to the first-ever CAA Indoor Track and Field Championship and earned the first CAA Men's Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year award. The Huskies finished with 11 medals over the two-day championships with six gold, three silver and two bronze medals. The women's team finished third at the Indoor CAA Championships with Biron taking home Most Outstanding Field Performer then as well.
In the Fall, Alexander Korczynski was named 2022 CAA Runner of the Year for the second time after winning the CAA Cross Country Championship and competing in the NCAA Championships.
In 2022, Shaw was named to the CAA Title IX 50th Anniversary Team, which recognized five women student-athletes from each CAA institution who made a significant impact during their time as an athlete.
The Huskies had a strong 2021-2022 season, with the men's team earning a seventh-straight CAA Outdoor title, led by Co-Most Outstanding Track Performer Donatien Djero. The Huskies had 14 first-place finishes across both teams, with the women's team taking home fifth place overall.
Shaw earned CAA Men's Outdoor Coach of the Year honors, coaching athletes to 12 gold medals at the CAA Outdoor Championships and 22 male athletes who earned All-CAA Honors. She also guided Alexander Korczynski to the CAA Men's Track Athlete of the Year, Nicholas Pisciotta to the CAA Men's Rookie of the Year and Dominique Biron to the CAA Women's Co-Field Athlete of the Year.
Korczynski also earned 2021 CAA Runner of the Year honors after winning the CAA Cross Country Championship and earning All-Northeast Region honors after finishing 17th at the NCAA Northeast Region Championships.
2020-2021 was another impressive year for Shaw and the Huskies, as the men collected a sixth straight CAA Outdoor title and she earned her third straight CAA Men’s Outdoor Coach of the Year Award. Her tutelage led 28 Huskies to All-CAA honors. She coached David Adams and Alexander Korczynski to the USTFCCCA Outdoor Track and Field All-America Team for the first time since 2018.
Shaw oversaw individual success at the CAA Championships, as Adams set a new school record in the 400 hurdles and won four gold medals, taking home 2021 CAA Most Outstanding Track Athlete of the Meet at the CAA Championships. On the women’s side, Dominique Biron won the 2021 CAA Most Outstanding Field Athlete at the CAA Championships.
The Huskies’ cross country teams also saw success that season, with the men finishing first at the CAA Championshipsand the women earning their first-ever second-place finish. The men’s team ended William & Mary’s 20-year championship streak.
In a shortened 2019-2020 season with no outdoor track, the Huskies finished second at the New England Indoor Track & Field Championships with the most impressive meet being the Joe Donahue Meet, as Dametrius O’Connor set a meet record in the men’s 200 meters.
During that cross country season, Shaw oversaw a men’s program that finished second at the CAA Championships and a women’s program that finished sixth. Louisa Wise, Cameron Dickson and Alexander Korczynski all earned All-CAA honors that year.
Shaw’s first season as Director of Track and Field was 2018-2019, and it followed her interim campaign nicely. She was named CAA Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Coach of the Year following the men’s fifth-straight CAA Championship win. The Huskies won eight gold medals at the event, including three from Most Outstanding Track Performer of the Meet Dametrius O'Connor (100m, 200m, 4x100m relay). In all, Shaw coached 19 different male athletes to All-CAA honors for placing top-three in their event, including eight who medaled in multiple events.
Shaw coached Kerri Ruffo to a Women’s Track Athlete of the Year honor that season, winning gold in both the 5,000-meter and the 10,000-meter. Ruffo bested her own program record in the 10,000-meter with a time of 34:32.79 at the Raleigh Relays in March. Six women earned All-CAA honors alongside the men, pushing the total number of honorees to 25.
The cross country season another successful venture, as the Huskies topped their program-best finish at the NCAA Northeast Regionals, with the men finishing 10th. The Huskies’ Bridget Foote was named CAA Women’s Cross Country Rookie of the Year and Louiza Wise and Camila Cortina joined her in All-CAA honors.
In the interim year of 2017-2018, Shaw produced both men’s and women’s squads that won the CAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, the only time in program history to do so, and marked the fourth-straight men’s title and first women’s title since 2007. For her efforts, Shaw was named CAA Coach of the Year on both the men’s and women’s sides, the first time a CAA coach accomplished that feat since 2013.
As an assistant coach and interim head coach, Shaw coached 10 national qualifiers - four of which were in the long jump, including 2018 All-American Kyle Darrow. Shaw has also coached student-athletes who have broken or tied 12 school records, including a pair of 30-year-old school records in the men's 4x100m relay and the men's long jump.
Shaw joined Zara Northover as one of 25 members to be named to the 25th Anniversary CAA women's track and field team in December 2009.
As a student-athlete from 2005-2009, Shaw wrapped up her Northeastern career with Husky records in the 100 hurdles (13.58) and pentathlon (3,685), CAA records in the 100 hurdles (13.71) and 400 hurdles (59.88) and the America East record in the pentathlon (3,607). She was also part of the Huskies' record-setting indoor 4x400 relay and outdoor 4 x 100, 4 x 200 and 4 x 400 relays.
Shaw's forte was not record-setting performances, however. It was championship wins. She was named America East Rookie of the Year during both the indoor and outdoor seasons as a freshman. NU then moved to the CAA, and over three outdoor championships, Shaw went on to win CAA individual titles in the 100 hurdles, 400 hurdles, long jump and relays. She was named CAA Co-Most Outstanding Track Performer in 2007 after helping the team win NU's first CAA title in any sport.
Shaw earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology from Northeastern in May 2009 and earned a master's in Nonprofit Management, with a Specialization in Sport and Social Change, in 2013.
