Alex Shinsky was announced as Assistant Women's Soccer Coach on Feb. 26, 2024 after previous stops in coaching and a professional career in the USL. Shinsky, a Maryland alum, was a member of three conference championship teams as a midfielder for the Maryland men's soccer program.

Shinsky most recently was a member of the coaching staff for the Temple men's soccer program, serving as assistant coach from 2019-22. While at Temple, Shinsky worked primarily with the midfielders, helping midfielder Jalen Campbell earn second-team All-AAC honors and freshman Nigel Griffith earn All-Rookie honors in 2020-21. Shinsky helped lead the Temple program to the second best offense in the conference with a scoring average of 1.55 as well as a third place finish in the American Conference in the 2020-21 season. Temple also had the second-most assist average in the conference during the season, finishing with 1.36 assist per game.

Before joining the staff at Temple, Shinsky spent two seasons on the staff for the Army Black Knights. Shinsky first served as volunteer assistant coach in 2017, before being promoted to assistant coach in 2018. Shinsky worked directly with an offense that ranked third in the Patriot League in shots (274) and first in shots on goal per game (6.12) in 2017. 

During his playing career at Maryland, Shinsky was a part of a Terrapins team that won the 2014 Big Ten Championship and the 2013 and 2012 ACC Championships. Maryland also ended the 2013 season as the NCAA Division I national finalists, while participating in the NCAA College Cup during the 2014 and 2012 seasons as well. A midfielder, Shinsky captained the 2014 Big Ten Championship team and also earned First Team All-Big Ten honors during the season. Shinsky finished his Maryland career having played in 64 matches and 18 games started, two goals and nine assists. Following his playing career at Maryland, Shinsky was selected in the fourth round of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft by the Chicago Fire and spent most of his professional career playing with Arizona United of the USL.

Before coming to Maryland, Shinsky was named TopDrawerSoccer.com's No. 1-rated recruit in 2011 and the No. 2-ranked recruit in the nation by College Soccer News. He also spent time with the U17 U.S. National Team, where he competed and scored a goal against Malawi in the FIFA U17 World Cup in Nigeria. In high school at West York Area, he was a Pennsylvania all-state selection all four years and a Senior Parade All-American from 2009-2011.

A four-year letter winner, Shinsky graduated from Maryland in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications.