Career
Shelton played quarterback for the Phillips University football team The Cunningham, Kansas native coached 46 years at the high school, college and Amateur Athletic Union levels and compiled an 850–437 record. He is mostly known for coaching the University of Wyoming Cowboys basketball team from 1939 to 1959.
While at Wyoming, Shelton had a record of 328 wins and 201 losses for a.620 winning percentage.
He guided the Cowboys to eight conference championships and eight National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament appearances. During his career, he was President of the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
Ev nearly repeated the feat of winning a national championship at Sacramento State College, where his Hornets lost in overtime to Mount Saint Mary"s in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II championship in the early 1960s. Eight Conference Championships with the University of Wyoming: 1941, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1958
Elected to the National Basketball Hall of Fame in 1980.