Shane Jurgensen was a talented fast bowler who rose to prominence on the Queensland club scene in the early 1990s. Unable to secure a place in his home state's side due to the strength of their bowling attack, he moved to Western Australia, where he made his first-class debut. After a couple of seasons with Western Australia, he moved to Tasmania, where he played some of his best cricket, including a hat-trick against New South Wales, and a record 11 wickets in the 2002-03 Pura Cup final against the Queensland Bulls. Following his enormous success with Tasmania he returned to Queensland, fulfilling his dream of representing his home state.
Jurgensen was New Zealand's bowling coach between 2008 and 2010 and was also a coach of New Zealand Cricket's high performance programme. In February 2016, he was appointed as bowling coach of New Zealand cricket team.
He was appointed as the Bowling Coach for the Bangladesh National Side in October 2011. Before joining Bangladesh team he worked as a bowling coach for New Zealand between 2008 and 2010. After the main coach of Bangladesh Stuart Law left the team in October 2012, he was appointed as interim head coach of Bangladesh. During his first assignment, Bangladesh beat the West Indies by 3-2 in ODI. They however suffered loss in test series by 2-0. In February 2013 Bangladesh Cricket Board confirmed him as the head coach of the Bangladesh. Under his guidance, Bangladesh white washed New Zealand 3-0 in the ODI series when New Zealand came to visit Bangladesh in October 2013. The test series was drawn 0-0. New Zealand won the one off T-20 match. Despite being the most successful coach of Bangladesh, in April 2014, he resigned from his position less than a month after the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 where Bangladesh suffered a shock loss to Hong Kong. During his tenure, Bangladesh won a Test match after four years against Zimbabwe cricket team and drew Tests against Sri Lanka cricket team in Galle and against New Zealand at home.
He was appointed by Rangpur Riders as their head coach for the BPL's third season. His team came third in the tournament with seven wins in 10 matches.
