Dennis Shaver

Who is Dennis Shaver?

Dennis Shaver is the current track & field coach at Louisiana State University. Shaver came to LSU in 1995 as an Assistant Coach. Since his arrival, he has coached 22 Olympians, 6 Olympic medalists, 411 All-Americans, 39 individual National Champions, 49 NCAA event titles, and 19 national championship relay teams.

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 Community College. He left Hutchinson in 1985 to become the Head Track Coach at Barton 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, Shaver became an assistant 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.

He graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1979 with a bachelor's degree in physical education.