Shane Fogarty, who served as offensive coordinator at Colby College in 2014, returned for his second stint at Fordham as an assistant with the football program in 2015. Fogarty previously served under former Fordham head coach Joe Moorhead as tight ends coach and special teams coordinator in 2012. After leading the special teams and running backs for five years, Fogarty begins his third season with the safeties in 2022.

In 2021, the Fordham safeties helped the Rams rank third in the Patriot League in interceptions, led by Jesse Bramble who was named Second Team All-League.
 
In 2020-21, Fogarty’s safeties helped the Rams led the Patriot League and ranked 17th in the NCAA FCS with eight interceptions with sophomore Stephen Williams II earning Second Team All-Patriot League honors.

In 2019, Fogarty saw two running backs earn All-Patriot League honors with junior Zach David leading the Patriot League in rushing to earn First Team All-Patriot League honors, while junior running back Trey Sneed earned second team accolades. Additionally, junior placekicker Andrew Mevis, who led the Patriot League and was 19th in the NCAA FCS in field goals/game, earned First Team All-League honors.

Under Fogarty's tutelage, running back Chase Edmonds compiled 5,862 career rushing yards along with 74 career touchdowns and 67 career rushing touchdown, all school and Patriot League records. His 5,862 career rushing yards is fifth best in NCAA FCS history while his 67 career rushing touchdowns is fourth best and his career rushing yards/game average of 133.2 is 14th best. He also amassed 7,374 career all-purpose yards, a school and Patriot League career record, tenth best in NCAA FCS history.

The Fordham special teams was also among the nation's best in 2017, leading the NCAA FCS in punt return defense (2.75) and ranking 27th in punt return average (10.11).

Fogarty tutored Edmonds to consensus All-American honors in 2016. The junior finished fourth in voting for the 2016 Walter Payton Award, presented to the NCAA FCS offensive player of the year. Edmonds led the NCAA FCS in rushing yards per game (163.5) and was second in total rushing yards as well as ranking second in all-purpose yards per game (194.6) and third in rushing touchdowns. The 1,799 yards was just 39 yards shy of Edmonds’ school single-season record set in 2014.

In 2015, Fogarty helped Edmonds earn consensus All-America honors as the sophomore, who was also named the 2015 Patriot League and ECAC Offensive Player of the Year, rushed 251 times for 1,648 yards and 20 touchdowns while also catching 31 passes for 383 yards and five scores. He led the Patriot League and was third in the NCAA FCS in rushing yards and led the league and was fourth in the NCAA FCS in rushing yards/game (137.3) and rushing touchdowns. Edmonds led the league and was fourth in the NCAA FCS in all-purpose yards/game (184.18) and was second in the nation in scoring (12.5 points/game).

Between his first stretch at Fordham and his year at Colby in 2014, Fogarty served as an assistant coach at the University of Connecticut in 2013, working with the safeties and assisting with the special teams.

In 2012 with the Rams, Fogarty coached tight end Dan Light at Fordham, who was named First Team All-Patriot League as he hauled in 45 passes for 388 yards, the most for any Patriot League tight end and the most receptions for a tight end in Fordham history.

On special teams, Fogarty coached placekicker Patrick Murray, who earned All-America honors and led the NCAA FCS with 25 made field goals while ranking second in punting average (46.0).

Light signed a free agent contract with the Kansas City Chiefs following graduation and was on the Denver Broncos practice roster in 2015 while Murray served as the placekicker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2014 and signed a free agent contract with the Cleveland Brown in 2016.

Fogarty was a graduate assistant for the Huskies in 2010 and 2011, coaching the defensive backs and linebackers for the 2010 BIG EAST championship team, who appeared in the 2011 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, and the 2011 squad.

Prior to his stay in Storrs, Fogarty spent the 2009 season as an assistant at Norwich University in Northfield, Vt. He coached the wide receivers that year and helped the Cadets to the 2009 East Coast Football Conference championship.

Fogarty was an assistant coach at Trinity College in Hartford from 2006-08, working with the running backs and special teams in 2008 and leading the Bantams to the 2008 NESCAC championship. In 2006 and 2007, he coached the outside linebackers.

From February through June of 2008, Fogarty served as a head coach and offensive coordinator for the Carinthian Black Lions in the Austrian Football League.

A 2006 graduate of UConn with a degree in history, Fogarty was a member of the Husky football program from 2002-05, earning a letter in his senior season. While at UConn, he earned the Joseph M. Giannelli Unsung Hero Award as well as the Counseling Program for Intercollegiate Athletes Award for Academic Excellence in the football program.

A native of West Virginia, Fogarty led Morgantown High School to the 2001 championship in the state’s biggest division. He had a 25-2 record as a starting quarterback in high school and was a two-time All-State pick.

Fogarty and his wife Samantha are the parents to two young children, Maggie and Colin.