Former East Central Community College assistant basketball coach Dylan Shields returned to campus in April of 2022 as the ECCC head men's basketball coach.  

Shields served as the assistant men's basketball coach/redshirt program coordinator at Blinn College in Brenham, Texas, for the previous four seasons. 

Under Shields' leadership, the Buccaneers picked up 75 wins in four seasons, had eight NJCAA All-Region IX players, and sent 10 players to NCAA Division I programs. Shields was named the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Assistant Coach of the Year for his efforts during the 2019-2020 season. 

Prior to Blinn, Shields was an assistant at ECCC from 2016 to 2018. During that two-year stretch, the Warriors had 24 wins and advanced to the MACJC and NJCAA Region XXIII Tournament. 

Shields not only served as an assistant coach but led all recruiting efforts for the Warriors and helped guide five players to NCAA Division I scholarships. 

Along with coaching and recruiting experience, Shields is well versed in all areas of collegiate athletics as he served as the video coordinator and graduate assistant at the University of North Texas for the 2014-2015 season, before moving into the assistant director of operations role. Shields served in the position for the 2015-2016 season. His duties included organizing camps, budgeting, scheduling, and organizing travel. 

Shields was raised in El Dorado, Ark., where he was a three-year letterman on the Parkers Chapel High School basketball team. Upon graduation, Shields continued his education at the University of Arkansas where he began his coaching journey under the direction of John Pelphry and Mike Anderson as a student assistant. He earned his bachelor's degree from Arkansas in kinesiology in 2014.

He earned a master's in kinesiology and coaching from Southern Arkansas University in 2021.

Shields is married to the former Taylor Smith of Choudrand, La. They have a daughter, Finley, and a son, Wesson.