Shane Conlon is in his third season on the baseball coaching staff.

He helped lead the Eagles to 24 wins and an OVC Tournament spot in 2021. He also helped mentor Jackson Feltner, the program's first-ever OVC Freshman of the Year, in 2021.

Conlon, a four-year player and two-time graduate of Kansas State, helped lead the Wildcats to the program's first-ever NCAA Super Regional berth in 2013. He has served as KSU's volunteer assistant from 2015-19.

In 2019,  Kansas State hit 54 home runs, their highest single-season output since 2009. 

Conlon helped K-State to a 29-26 overall record in 2017, its first winning season since the 2013 season. Conlon helped guide the Wildcats to victories over No. 4 South Carolina and No. 6 Texas Tech. He also saw six Wildcats taken in the MLB Draft in his time there.

Conlon posted a .300 career collegiate batting average and became the 18th Wildcat in program history to record at least 200 hits while also being just one of two Wildcats since 1997 to be named First-Team All-Big 12 twice. He was a unanimous selection in 2015.

Conlon began K-State's successful 2013 season with a 15-game hitting streak on his way to posting career highs in every major statistical category that season, while finishing second in the Big 12 with 56 runs scored and third with 125 total bases. His seven home runs tied for the team lead while posting 25 multi-hit games and leading the Wildcats to a game away from the College World Series.

A native of Naperville, Ill., Conlon was selected in the 21st round of the MLB first-year player draft by the Kansas City Royals in the 2013 but elected to return to K-State. After his collegiate career finished, he was selected by the Oakland A's in the 34th round of the 2015 MLB draft and spent a season with the A's rookie league affiliate in Arizona. In the minor leagues, Conlon recorded a .327 average.

He earned a Bachelor's Degree in social sciences in 2014 and a Master's Degree in student development in 2018. He is married to his wife Kim.