Shaw attended Marshall High School in Marshall, Texas and was a letterman in football.[2] As a senior, he was a first-team All-District selection, a first-team All-Region selection, and he led his team to a Texas High School Football State Title.
College career
Shaw attended Stephen F. Austin State University and was a Business major and a four-year letterman in football.[2] In football, as a senior, he was a first-team Division I-AA All-American and a first-team All-Southland Conference selection. As a junior, he garnered 67 tackles and was an All-Conference Honorable Mention selection. As a sophomore, he started the first five games, before tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.
Shaw is a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity. He became a member while his time at Stephen F. Austin State University.
He is married to Shawneeque Watkins Shaw, and they have nine children - a daughter Ashley and sons Terrance Jr., Teris, Thomas, Trysten, Tierney, Trinity, Tylend, and daughter Timberlynd.[6]
He coaches his son's youth league select football team, the SGP Rams.[citation needed]