Tyler Shoults joined the Penn men’s lacrosse coaching staff as an assistant coach in September 2025.
Shoults comes to the Quakers after serving as an assistant coach for the Binghamton men's lacrosse program in 2025. Prior to that, he was an assistant coach at Queens University of Charlotte. Additionally, Shoults served as both the Offensive Coordinator and Recruiting Coordinator for Team Carolina Lacrosse Club during the summer of 2024. He helped coach the 2026 team while assisting in recruiting efforts for that roster as well as the one for the 2025 team.
Shoults played collegiately at the University of Richmond, where he established himself as one of the top performers in program history. During his career with the Spiders from 2017-21, the midfielder recorded 47 goals and 54 assists. As a senior in 2021, Shoults was named first-team All-Southern Conference after scoring 11 goals and adding 18 assists. Shoults also made the SoCon All-Rookie Team in 2017 after putting up eight goals and six assists in his rookie season. Shoults finished his collegiate career ranked third in program history in assists (54) and eighth in points (101). He also helped the Spiders win three SoCon regular-season championships and two SoCon Tournament titles as well as make two trips to the NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship. In 2021, Shoults was invited to participate in the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association's (USILA) Senior All-Star Game.
Shoults hails from Warners, N.Y., which is outside of Syracuse. He was a two-year starter at West Genesee High School for Head Coach and USA Lacrosse Hall of Famer Mike Messere. Shoults was a two-time first-team All-League Class A honoree for the Wildcats while being named first-team All-Central New York and an All-Central New York Exceptional Senior. In 2015, Shoults helped West Genesee reach the New York State Class A final.
Shoults earned his bachelor's degree in business administration with a concentration in marketing from Richmond in 2020. During his final year with the Spiders, he also received a graduate certificate in human resource management in 2021.
