Shane Copeland

Shane grew up with a very mechanically minded father who let him tinker. At the age of 14, he restored a 1971 C10 Truck which was finished on his 16th birthday. From that truck on, his mind revolved around vehicles.

Shane went on to receive his associate's degree in Automotive Collision/Refinishing and Applied Service Management from Wyoming Technical Institute in 1998. Shane’s career started in a full-line GM dealership as an autobody collision/refinishing technician. He quickly moved up the ladder from Bodyshop Manager to Fixed Operations Director in the dealership world and then on to the independent world as a parts and service director for a dealer with three locations.

In 2010, Shane made a giant leap along with his current business partner, Chad Kaemingk, when they purchased 12th Street Auto Care Center — an 8-bay facility on a very busy street in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Eleven years later, their second location was purchased, another eight-bay facility in Sioux Falls. They’ve grown from just over $600K in their first year in business to now, in 2023, serving thousands of vehicles and clients each year with $5M in revenue.

They joined Shop Fix in the spring of 2019, and Shane became a coach in 2022. He’s forever thankful for his amazing wife, Jessi, and their three kids. A big Chicago Bears and Minnesota Twins fan, Shane enjoys gardening, lifting weights, vacationing with his wife, and hanging out with his kids.