Shannon DeVoe completed her 11th season as assistant coach of the Colorado School of Mines women's soccer program in 2023. 

The Mines program has seen tremendous success during her time on the bench, winning six RMAC regular-season and seven RMAC Tournament titles along with 10 NCAA Tournament appearances since 2013.

DeVoe played four seasons as a midfielder with Illinois (2004-07), teaming with her sister, Mary Therese, to lead the Illini to a 56-28-7 overall record and four NCAA Tournament appearances, including a berth in the 2004 Elite Eight and 2006 Sweet Sixteen. She also competed for the Windy City Bluez of the W-League and the Chicago Gaels before joining the Chicago Red Stars in 2011.

A three-time Jeremy Daly Award recipient (2005-07) and the Fighting Illini Spirit Award winner in 2008 while at Illinois, McDonnell accumulated 12 caps during a five-year tenure on the Republic of Ireland National Team (2009-13).

Following her career in the Orange-and-Blue, DeVoe made several coaching stints at the club, high school and collegiate levels, including most recently serving as assistant coach at the University of Chicago in 2011 and volunteer assistant coach at her alma mater in 2012.

Previous positions include camp director/coach with the Chicago Red Stars (2010-2013); assistant coach/trainer with Synergy FC Girl's U18 (2010-11) and Girl's U18 head coach (2012), academy coach (2012) and Girl's U12 and U17/18 head coach (2009-10) for Illinois FC, a not-for-profit youth soccer club that is dedicated to serving the greater Champaign-Urbana community. She also spent time as the varsity girl's assistant coach in 2008 and head coach in 2009 at Judah Christian High School in Champaign. DeVoe also holds her United States Soccer Federation "A" Coaching License, which she earned in 2023.

A native of Orland Park, Illinois, and 2003 graduate of Carl Sandburg High School, DeVoe earned a Bachelor of Science in speech and hearing science from Illinois in 2007 and a Master of Art in speech language pathology in 2009. Her husband, Austin, is the head wrestling coach at Mines, and they have two daughters and one son.