Tony Shaver

College coach infobox


Name = Tony Shaver
Sport = Basketball
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DateOfBirth = birth date and age|1954|1|28
Birthplace = flagicon|United States High Point, North Carolina
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College = William & Mary
Title = Head coach
Awards =
Championships =
CurrentRecord = 55-93 (.372)
OverallRecord = 413-214 (.659)
Player = *
Years = 1972–1976
Team = North Carolina
Position = Guard
Coach = *
CoachYears = 1976–1986
1986–2003
2003–present
CoachTeams = Episcopal HS
Hampden-Sydney
William & Mary
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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. [ [http://www.tribeathletics.com/story.php/6949/ Tribe Athletics - Shaver Named COY] . Accessed April 20, 2008.]

Head coaching record

CBB Yearly Record Start
conference=*
postseason=*CBB Yearly Record Subhead
name=Hampden-Sydney
startyear=1986
conference=Old Dominion Athletic Conference
endyear=2003CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1986–1987
name = Hampden-Sydney
overall = 12-13
conference = 6-8
confstanding = T-5th
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1987–1988
name = Hampden-Sydney
overall = 12-13
conference = 5-9
confstanding = T-6th
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
season = 1988–1989
name = Hampden-Sydney
overall = 21-8
conference = 7-5
confstanding = T-3rd
postseason = NCAA D-III Sweet 16CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1989–1990
name = Hampden-Sydney
overall = 15-11
conference = 9-7
confstanding = 4th
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1990–1991
name = Hampden-Sydney
overall = 21-6
conference = 12-4
confstanding = 3rd
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
season = 1991–1992
name = Hampden-Sydney
overall = 24-6
conference = 14-4
confstanding = 1st
postseason = NCAA D-III Sweet 16CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1992–1993
name = Hampden-Sydney
overall = 12-13
conference = 8-10
confstanding = 6th
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1993–1994
name = Hampden-Sydney
overall = 22-6
conference = 15-3
confstanding = 2nd
postseason = NCAA D-III Sweet 16CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
season = 1994–1995
name = Hampden-Sydney
overall = 28-3
conference = 17-1
confstanding = 1st
postseason = NCAA D-III Elite EightCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1995–1996
name = Hampden-Sydney
overall = 17-9
conference = 11-7
confstanding = T-4th
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
season = 1996–1997
name = Hampden-Sydney
overall = 21-7
conference = 12-6
confstanding = T-2nd
postseason = NCAA D-III 1st RoundCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
season = 1997–1998
name = Hampden-Sydney
overall = 23-6
conference = 13-5
confstanding = T-1st
postseason = NCAA D-III Sweet 16CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
season = 1998–1999
name = Hampden-Sydney
overall = 29-3
conference = 16-2
confstanding = 1st
postseason = NCAA D-III Runner-UpCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1999–2000
name = Hampden-Sydney
overall = 26-2
conference = 18-0
confstanding = 1st
postseason = NCAA D-III 2nd RoundCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
season = 2000–2001
name = Hampden-Sydney
overall = 24-5
conference = 14-4
confstanding = T-1st
postseason = NCAA D-III 2nd RoundCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
season = 2001–2002
name = Hampden-Sydney
overall = 23-6
conference = 13-5
confstanding = 3rd
postseason = NCAA D-III 2nd RoundCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2002–2003
name = Hampden-Sydney
overall = 28-4
conference = 17-1
confstanding = T-1st
postseason = NCAA D-III Final FourCBB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = Hampden-Sydney
overall = 358-121
confrecord = 207-81CBB Yearly Record Subhead
name=William & Mary
startyear=2003
conference=Colonial Athletic Association
endyear=|CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2003–2004
name = William & Mary
overall = 7-21
conference = 4-14
confstanding = T-8th
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2004–2005
name = William & Mary
overall = 8-21
conference = 3-15
confstanding = T-8th
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2005–2006
name = William & Mary
overall = 8-20
conference = 3-15
confstanding = T-10th
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2006–2007
name = William & Mary
overall = 15-15
conference = 8-10
confstanding = T-7th
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2007–2008
name = William & Mary
overall = 17-16
conference = 10-8
confstanding = 5th (CAA Tournament Runner-up)
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = William & Mary
overall = 55-93
confrecord = 28-62CBB Yearly Record End
overall=413-214

ee also

*William & Mary Tribe men's basketball

References

External links

* [http://www.tribeathletics.com/story.php/263 Bio at William & Mary's athletics page]