Dennis Shaver

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 (1986, 1990, 1991) • NJCAA Women's Cross Country (1986, 1990) • SEC Women's Outdoor (2007, 2008) • SEC Women's Indoor (2008) • NCAA Women's Outdoor (2008)
Awards
• Kansas Collegiate Coach of the Year 6 Times • National Junior College Coach of the Year, Indoor & Outdoor 7 Times

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.

Yearly results

Program	Season	Men's Indoor		Men's Outdoor		Women's Indoor		Women's Outdoor
		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.

See also

• LSU Tigers track and field
• LSU Lady Tigers track and field

References

1. ^ "Jones poised for gold in 100 hurdles". The Advocate: p. C7. 19 August 2008. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/theadvocate/access/1534981901.html?dids=1534981901:1534981901&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+19,+2008&author=Advocate+staff+report&pub=Advocate&desc=Jones+poised+for+gold+in+100+hurdles&pqatl=google. Retrieved 25 January 2011. 

External links

• LSU Bio

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