Nathaniel Shaw (born May 20, 1945) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive back for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the USC Trojans. After his playing career, Shaw was a college assistant coach.
Shaw was born in San Diego, California and graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School. He went on to play college football at USC, where he was a defensive back and was named to the All-Pac-10 team in 1965 and was a consensus All-American in 1966.[1][2] He was selected in the fifth round of the 1967 NFL/AFL draft by the Los Angeles Rams and played two seasons with the Rams.[3][4]
After retiring from playing football, Shaw coached defensive backs at Oregon State from 1976 to 1979, and then at his alma mater USC for 7 years from 1980 to 1986.[2][5]
Following his coaching career, Shaw worked in hotel sales and ran a plumbing business.[2] He is the brother of former NFL and college assistant coach Willie Shaw and the uncle of former Stanford head coach David Shaw.
