Luke Shively joined the Duke coaching staff in January 2022, and serves as a graduate assistant coach working primarily with the offensive line.
During his first season, Shively helped mentor offensive tackle Graham Barton and center Jacob Monk to All-ACC honors. The pair anchored an offensive line unit that ranked first in the ACC in sacks allowed (17) and tackles for loss allowed (51). They also helped create paths for four Blue Devils to rush for 400-plus yards, a first in program history.
Prior to coming to Durham, Shively spent three seasons (2019-21) on staff at Temple University as a graduate assistant coach working with the offensive line. While with the Owls, Shively mentored three to All-American Athletic Conference honors, including All-American Matt Hennessy, who was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the third round of the 2020 NFL Draft.
Before joining the Temple staff, he was a four-year letterwinner and three-year starter at center for Northern Illinois University from 2015-18. During his time in Dekalb, Ill., Shively helped the Huskies register 29 wins and earn appearances in the 2015 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl, 2017 Quick Lane Bowl, and 2018 Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl.
Northern Illinois appeared in two Mid-American Conference championship games while Shively was a player, including the 2018 title game in which the Huskies defeated Buffalo, 30-29, to claim their fifth conference crown. Shively was team captain of that squad that finished the year with an 8-6 overall mark. He earned Second Team All-MAC honors that season and finished his career as a three-time Academic All-MAC selection. Shively was also tabbed to the 2019 National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society.
A native of Tipton, Ind., Shively graduated from Northern Illinois with a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry in 2018. He added a master’s degree in higher education from Temple in 2021.