| Dennis Shaver | |
|---|---|
| Sport(s) | Track & Field |
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Louisiana State University |
| Biographical details | |
| Place of birth | Salina, KS |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2004-current 1995-2004 1992-1995 1985-1991 1982-1985 1981-1982 |
Louisiana State (HC) Louisiana State (Asst.) Auburn University (Asst.) Barton County CC (HC) Hutchinson CC (HC) Hutchinson CC (Asst.) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| • NJCAA Women's Indoor (1998, 1990, 1991) • NJCAA Women's Outdoor |
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| Awards | |
| • Kansas Collegiate Coach of the Year 6 Times • National Junior College Coach of the Year, Indoor & Outdoor |
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Dennis Shaver (born in Salina, Kansas) is the current track & field coach at Louisiana State University.[1] Shaver came to LSU in 1995 as an Assistant Coach. Since his arrival, he has coached 182 All Americans, 26 individual National Champions, and 13 national championship relay teams.
He graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1979 with a bachelor's degree in physical education. He later earned a master's degree in education administration from Stephen F. Austin State University in 1981.
He began his college coaching career at Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kansas in 1981 as an Assistant Football and Track coach. In 1982 he became the Head Coach for the Track Team at Hutchinson CC. He left Hutchinson in 1985 to become the Head Track Coach at Barton County Community College where he had tremendous success. During his last year there, he became the first coach to ever win the NJCAA "triple crown" winning the cross-country, indoor, and outdoor titles. After Barton, he took an assistantship at Auburn University for the next three years before arriving in Baton Rouge in 1995 as an assistant coach. In 2004 he replaced the legendary Pat Henry as head track and field coach.
Contents |
| Program | Season | Men's Indoor |
Men's Outdoor |
Women's Indoor |
Women's Outdoor |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conf. | NCAA | Conf. | NCAA | Conf. | NCAA | Conf. | NCAA | ||
| LSU | 2005 | 6 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | t24 |
| LSU | 2006 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | t7 |
| LSU | 2007 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | †2 |
| LSU | 2008 | 2 | 4 | 2 | t2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
† Shaver earned Coach of the Year honors for results.