Tony Shaver

Tony Shaver (born January 28, 1954) is an American college basketball coach. From the 2003–04 through 2018–19 seasons, he was the head men's basketball coach at the College of William & Mary.^[1] He arrived at William & Mary after a 17-year tenure as the head coach at Hampden-Sydney College. He leaves as the winningest coach in William & Mary history and finished with an overall record of 226 wins and 268 losses.

Tony Shaver

Biographical details
Born	(1954-01-28) January 28, 1954 (age 70) High Point, North Carolina, U.S.
Playing career
1972–1976	North Carolina
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1976–1986	Episcopal HS
1986–2003	Hampden–Sydney
2003–2019	William & Mary
Head coaching record
Overall	584–388
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
8 ODAC regular season (1989, 1992, 1995, 1997–1999, 2001, 2002) CAA regular season (2015)
Awards
2× CAA Coach of the Year (2008, 2010)

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 Tar Heel 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 Runner-up 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 & Mary, Shaver turned the program around from a Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) cellar-dweller to a team with a .500 overall record (15–15, and 8–10 in CAA play) by 2006–07, his fourth year. The following year, William & Mary posted its first winning season since 1997–98 and, in the process, achieved its first back-to-back campaigns of 15-plus victories in 25 years. The 2007–08 team finished with a 10–8 conference record, entered the CAA tournament as the #5 seed, and proceeded to advance to its first-ever CAA Championship Game. Shaver was selected the Colonial Athletic Association's Coach of the Year in both 2007 and 2008.^[2] He broke the school record for wins by a men's basketball coach in February 2013, despite an overall losing record at W&M up to that point.^[3] In the 2014–15 season, W&M senior Marcus Thornton was named CAA Player of the Year while junior Terry Tarpey was named CAA Defensive Player of the Year, which Tarpey would repeat the next year as a senior. It marked the first time a Tribe player had earned either CAA honor.^[4]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Hampden–Sydney Tigers (Old Dominion Athletic Conference) (1986–2003)
1986–87	Hampden–Sydney	12–13	6–8	T–5th
1987–88	Hampden–Sydney	12–13	5–9	T–6th
1988–89	Hampden–Sydney	21–8	7–5	T–3rd	NCAA D-III Sweet 16
1989–90	Hampden–Sydney	15–11	9–7	4th
1990–91	Hampden–Sydney	21–6	12–4	3rd
1991–92	Hampden–Sydney	24–6	14–4	1st	NCAA D-III Sweet 16
1992–93	Hampden–Sydney	12–13	8–10	6th
1993–94	Hampden–Sydney	22–6	15–3	2nd	NCAA D-III Sweet 16
1994–95	Hampden–Sydney	28–3	17–1	1st	NCAA D-III Elite Eight
1995–96	Hampden–Sydney	17–9	11–7	T–4th
1996–97	Hampden–Sydney	21–7	12–6	T–2nd	NCAA D-III First Round
1997–98	Hampden–Sydney	23–6	13–5	T–1st	NCAA D-III Sweet 16
1998–99	Hampden–Sydney	29–3	16–2	1st	NCAA D-III Runner-up
1999–00	Hampden–Sydney	26–2	18–0	1st	NCAA D-III Second Round
2000–01	Hampden–Sydney	24–5	14–4	T–1st	NCAA D-III Second Round
2001–02	Hampden–Sydney	23–6	13–5	3rd	NCAA D-III Second Round
2002–03	Hampden–Sydney	28–4	17–1	T–1st	NCAA D-III Final Four
Hampden–Sydney:		358–121 (.747)	207–81 (.719)
William & Mary Tribe (Colonial Athletic Association) (2003–2019)
2003–04	William & Mary	7–21	4–14	T–8th
2004–05	William & Mary	8–21	3–15	T–8th
2005–06	William & Mary	8–20	3–15	T–10th
2006–07	William & Mary	15–15	8–10	T–7th
2007–08	William & Mary	17–16	10–8	5th
2008–09	William & Mary	10–20	5–13	11th
2009–10	William & Mary	22–11	12–6	3rd	NIT First Round
2010–11	William & Mary	10–22	4–14	11th
2011–12	William & Mary	6–26	4–14	10th
2012–13	William & Mary	13–17	7–11	8th
2013–14	William & Mary	20–12	10–6	3rd
2014–15	William & Mary	20–13	12–6	T–1st	NIT First Round
2015–16	William & Mary	20–11	11–7	T–3rd
2016–17	William & Mary	17–14	10–8	T–4th
2017–18	William & Mary	19–12	11–7	4th
2018–19	William & Mary	14–17	10–8	4th
William & Mary:		226–268 (.457)	124–162(.434)
Total:		584–389 (.600)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

1. "William & Mary parts ways with long-time head coach Tony Shaver". Coaches Database. 13 March 2019. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
2. Tribe Athletics - Shaver Named COY Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed April 20, 2008.
3. "Tribe Sweeps Season Series with ODU as Tony Shaver Sets W&M Wins Mark". Comcast SportsNet Washington. Archived from the original on April 8, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
4. "Marcus Thornton Named CAA Player of the Year; Terry Tarpey Selected Defensive Player of the Year - William & Mary - Athletics at William & Mary". Archived from the original on 2015-04-08. Retrieved 2015-08-06.

External links

• William & Mary profile