Dale Layer

Dale Layer
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Liberty
Record 39-39
Biographical details
Place of birth Gainesville, Florida
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1980–1982
1982–1983
1983–1988
1988–1998
1998–2000
2000–2007
2007–2008
2008–2009
2009–present
Eckerd (asst.)
Eastern Kentucky (asst.)
Eckerd (asst.)
Queens
Colorado State (asst.)
Colorado State
Liberty (asst.)
Marquette (asst.)
Liberty
Head coaching record
Overall 310-233
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Mountain West Tournament Championship (2003)

Dale Layer (born 1958) is the current head men's basketball coach at Liberty University.[1] It marks his second stint as a coach at Liberty; he spent the 07-08 campaign as an assistant to Ritchie McKay.

Biography

Layer started his coaching career in 1980 after graduating from his alma mater Eckerd College. He spent seven of the next eight years at Eckerd (he was an assistant at Eastern Kentucky University during the 1982-1983 season. He then made the jump to the head coaching ranks, accepting a job at Queens University of Charlotte. He amassed 167 wins against 87 losses in nine years as the head coach, and also served as the school's athletic director.

In 1998, Layer accepted a job at Colorado State as an assistant after Ritchie McKay accepted the head coaching position. Layer helped lead the Rams to an NIT appearance in 1999, defeating Mississippi State and Colorado before losing to the eventual champion, California.[2]

When McKay left CSU in 2000, Layer was promoted to the head job. Layer guided the team to its first NCAA Tournament bid in 13 years, in 2003. He was twice voted the region's coach of the year by the National Basketball Coaches Association. But after seven years and a 103-106 record (and 31-71 in conference play), Layer was fired.

He rejoined McKay's staff shortly after McKay accepted the job at Liberty University. Layer stayed for a year before heading off to be an assistant to head coach Buzz Williams at Marquette. After the 2008-2009 season, McKay left Liberty and accepted a job as associate head coach at the University of Virginia. Liberty contacted Layer about filling the head coaching vacancy, and Layer accepted.

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Queens University of Charlotte (Conference Carolinas) (1989–1998)
1989–1990 Queens 11-17
1990–1991 Queens 20-8
1991–1992 Queens 14-13
1992–1993 Queens 20-8
1993–1994 Queens 14-12
1994–1995 Queens 17-10
1995–1996 Queens 25-6 NCAA Div II Sweet 16
1996–1997 Queens 22-7
1997–1998 Queens 24-6 NCAA Div II Tournament
Queens: 167-87
Colorado State (Mountain West Conference) (2000–2007)
2000–2001 Colorado State 15-13 6-8 T-4th
2001–2002 Colorado State 12-18 3-11 T-7th
2002–2003 Colorado State 19-14 5-7 6th NCAA 1st Round
2003–2004 Colorado State 13-15 4-10 T-7th
2004–2005 Colorado State 11-17 3-11 T-7th
2005–2006 Colorado State 16-15 4-10 8th
2006–2007 Colorado State 17-13 6-10 T-6th
Colorado State: 103-106
Liberty (Big South Conference) (2009–present)
2009–2010 Liberty 15-16 10-8 6th
2010–2011 Liberty 19-13 13-5 2nd
2011–2012 Liberty 5-10 0-3
Liberty: 39-39 23-16
Total: 310-233

      National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion
      Conference regular season & conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

External links

  1. ^ http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/9432246/Sources:-Marquette-assistant-to-coach-Liberty
  2. ^ http://marquette.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=804315