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Dale Layer 
Sport(s) Basketball Current position Title Head coach Team Liberty Record 36-30 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–presentEckerd (asst.)
Eastern Kentucky (asst.)
Eckerd (asst.)
Queens
Colorado State (asst.)
Colorado State
Liberty (asst.)
Marquette (asst.)
LibertyHead coaching record Overall 307-224 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 2-1 Liberty: 36-30 23-13 Total: 307-224 National Champion Conference Regular Season Champion Conference Tournament Champion
Conference Regular Season & Conference Tournament Champion Conference Division ChampionExternal links
- ^ http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/9432246/Sources:-Marquette-assistant-to-coach-Liberty
- ^ http://marquette.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=804315
Colorado State Rams men's basketball head coaches No coach (1901–1905) • Claude Rothgeb (1905–1910) • George Cassidy (1910–1911) • Harry W. Hughes (1911–1925) • P. E. Lavik (1925–1928) • Joe Ryan (1928–1934) • Saaly Salwachter (1934–1935) • Sam Campbell (1935–1937) • John Davis (1937–1945) • E. D. Taylor (1945–1949) • H. B. Lee (1949–1950) • Bill Strannigan (1950–1954) • Jim Williams (1954–1980) • Tony McAndrews (1980–1987) • Boyd Grant (1987–1991) • Stew Morrill (1991–1998) • Ritchie McKay (1998–2000) • Dale Layer (2000–2007) • Tim Miles (2007– )
Liberty Flames basketball head coaches Dan Manley (1972–1977) • Skeeter Swift (1977–1978) • Dale Gibson (1978–1981) • Jeff Meyer (1981–1997) • Randy Dunton (1997–1998) • Mel Hankinson (1998–2002) • Randy Dunton (2002–2007) • Ritchie McKay (2007–2009) • Dale Layer (2009– )
Current men's basketball head coaches of the Big South Conference Robbie Laing (Campbell) • Barclay Radebaugh (Charleston Southern Buccaneers) • Cliff Ellis (Coastal Carolina) • Chris Holtmann (Gardner–Webb) • Scott Cherry (High Point) • Dale Layer (Liberty) • Gregg Nibert (Presbyterian) • Mike Jones (Radford) • Ed Biedenbach (UNC Asheville) • Duggar Baucom (VMI) • Randy Peele (Winthrop)
Categories:- 1958 births
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- Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball coaches
- College men's basketball head coaches in the United States
- College men's basketball players in the United States
- Eckerd College people
- Queens University of Charlotte
- American basketball biography, 1950s birth stubs
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