Tony Shaver

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Tony Shaver

Title Head coach
College William & Mary
Sport Basketball
Team record 55-93 (.372)
Born January 28, 1954 (1954-01-28) (age 54)
Place of birth Flag of the United States High Point, North Carolina
Career highlights
Overall 413-214 (.659)
Playing career
1972–1976 North Carolina
Position Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1976–1986
1986–2003
2003–present		 Episcopal HS
Hampden-Sydney
William & Mary

Tony Shaver (born January 28, 1954 in High Point, North Carolina) is the head men's basketball team at The College of William & Mary. He arrived at William & Mary after a 17-year tenure as the head men's basketball coach at Hampden-Sydney College.

Shaver played college basketball under Dean Smith at North Carolina from 1972 until 1976, making the team as a walk-on and playing with such Tarheel greats as Mitch Kupchak, Tom LaGarde, Phil Ford, and Walter Davis on a team that twice went to the NCAA tournament.

After graduating from UNC, Shaver accepted the head coach's job at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia. Shaver stayed at Episcopal for 10 years, ending his tenure as the Virginia State Private School Coach of the Year in 1986.

Following the 1986 season, Shaver made the jump to the collegiate ranks as the head coach at Hampden-Sydney. Under his guidance, the Tigers grew into a national powerhouse program at the Division III level. In 17 seasons with the Tigers, Shaver won almost 75% of the games he coached. His Tigers won eight Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) championships and went on to great success in the NCAA Division III tournament, making 11 appearances in the tournament, with 7 trips to the Sweet Sixteen and 2 trips to the Final Four. The Tigers finished as the Division III National Runnerup in 1999, after suffering a double-overtime 1-point loss to the University of Wisconsin - Platteville in the national championship game. Shaver was a three-time ODAC Coach of the Year: His tremendous success drew the attention of William & Mary, who hired him to coach the Tribe in 2003.

At William and Mary, Shaver turned the program around from a Colonial Athletic Association cellar-dweller to a team with a .500 overall record (15-15, and 8-10 in C.A.A. play) by 2006-2007, his fourth year. The following year, William and Mary posted its first winning season since 1997-1998 and, in the process, achieved its first back-to-back campaigns of 15-plus victories in 25 years. The 2007-2008 team finished with a 10-8 conference record, entered the C.A.A. tournament as the #5 seed, and proceeded to advance to its first-ever C.A.A. Championship Game. Shaver was selected the Colonial Athletic Association's Coach of the Year in both 2007 and 2008.[1]

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[edit] Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Hampden-Sydney (Old Dominion Athletic Conference) (1986 — 2003)
1986–1987 Hampden-Sydney 12-13 6-8 T-5th
1987–1988 Hampden-Sydney 12-13 5-9 T-6th
1988–1989 Hampden-Sydney 21-8 7-5 T-3rd NCAA D-III Sweet 16
1989–1990 Hampden-Sydney 15-11 9-7 4th
1990–1991 Hampden-Sydney 21-6 12-4 3rd
1991–1992 Hampden-Sydney 24-6 14-4 1st NCAA D-III Sweet 16
1992–1993 Hampden-Sydney 12-13 8-10 6th
1993–1994 Hampden-Sydney 22-6 15-3 2nd NCAA D-III Sweet 16
1994–1995 Hampden-Sydney 28-3 17-1 1st NCAA D-III Elite Eight
1995–1996 Hampden-Sydney 17-9 11-7 T-4th
1996–1997 Hampden-Sydney 21-7 12-6 T-2nd NCAA D-III 1st Round
1997–1998 Hampden-Sydney 23-6 13-5 T-1st NCAA D-III Sweet 16
1998–1999 Hampden-Sydney 29-3 16-2 1st NCAA D-III Runner-Up
1999–2000 Hampden-Sydney 26-2 18-0 1st NCAA D-III 2nd Round
2000–2001 Hampden-Sydney 24-5 14-4 T-1st NCAA D-III 2nd Round
2001–2002 Hampden-Sydney 23-6 13-5 3rd NCAA D-III 2nd Round
2002–2003 Hampden-Sydney 28-4 17-1 T-1st NCAA D-III Final Four
Hampden-Sydney: 358-121 207-81
William & Mary (Colonial Athletic Association) (2003 — present)
2003–2004 William & Mary 7-21 4-14 T-8th
2004–2005 William & Mary 8-21 3-15 T-8th
2005–2006 William & Mary 8-20 3-15 T-10th
2006–2007 William & Mary 15-15 8-10 T-7th
2007–2008 William & Mary 17-16 10-8 5th (CAA Tournament Runner-up)
William & Mary: 55-93 28-62
Total: 413-214

      National Champion         Conference Champion         Conference Tournament Champion


[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Tribe Athletics - Shaver Named COY. Accessed April 20, 2008.

[edit] External links

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William & Mary Tribe Head Basketball Coaches

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Current head men's basketball coaches of the Colonial Athletic Association