Since arriving at the U.S. Olympic Education Center (USOEC) in 2004 as the program's first female freestyle wrestling coach, Coach Shannyn, a Bronze-Level certified coach in USA Wrestling's National Coaches Education Program, has guided athletes to an Olympic bronze medal, Jr. World gold medals, Pan American gold medals, & national championship gold medals. He has also coached 5 Outstanding Wrestlers at USA Wrestling national championships.

In 2009, he brought the first USA college/university female freestyle team to the Japan Institute of Sport Sciences and the National Training Center in Tokyo for a training camp; he also brought the first USA college/university female freestyle national team to the Grand Prix of Spain for competition and training camp.

In addition Coach Shannyn has had tremendous success as an international mentor. While winning Team USA's first female freestyle team title at a world championship in nearly a decade, as coach of the 2008 World University Championship team (Greece), he coached 3 world champions, 1 silver medalist, & 2 bronze medalists.

In 2007, he was the first USA female freestyle coach to bring a collegiate team to Japan's famed Chukyo Women's University (home of 4 Olympic champions, 2 Olympic Silver medalists, & over 20 women's world champions) for a training camp and cultural exchange.