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Shaun Vandiver
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Wyoming Cowboys
Assistant coach
Personal information
Born (1968-06-15) June 15, 1968 (age 56)
Bolingbrook, Illinois, U.S.
High school Romeoville (Romeoville, Illinois)
Listed height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight 240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
College
  • Hutchinson CC (1987–1988)
  • Colorado (1988–1991)
NBA Draft 1991 / Round: 1 / Pick: 25th overall
Selected by the Golden State Warriors
Pro career 1991–2001
Coaching career 2002–present
League Mountain West Conference
Career history
As player:
1991–1992 Fortitudo Bologna
1992–1993 Cajabilbao
1993–1994 Pau-Orthez
1994 Valvi Girona
1994–1995 Viola Reggio Calabria
1995–1997 Gran Canaria
1997–2001 CB Estudiantes
As coach:
2002–2003 Wyoming (GA)
2003–2004 Northern Colorado (assistant)
2004–2005 Bowling Green (assistant)
2005–2010 Wyoming (assistant)
2010–2011 Boise State (assistant)
2011–2018 Emporia State
2018–present Wyoming (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× First-team All-Big Eight (1990, 1991)

Shaun Garin Vandiver (born June 15, 1968) is a retired American college and professional basketball player and currently an assistant basketball coach for the University of Wyoming. Vandiver served as the head basketball coach at Emporia State University from 2011 to 2018. Born in Chicago, the Bolingbrook, Illinois native was selected 25th overall in the 1991 NBA draft, from Hutchinson Community College and the University of Colorado Boulder. A 6'10" (2.08 m) and 240 lb (109 kg) power forward was also an outstanding basketball player in the European leagues in Italy (for Mangiaebevi Bologna in 1991–92 and Pfizer Reggio Calabria in 1994–95) and Spain (Caja Bilbao in 1995–96).

College career

Vandiver played one season for the Hutchinson Community College Blue Dragons, before transferring to the University of Colorado Boulder. He was the Big Eight Conference's rookie of the year in 1988, and was a two time First Team All Big 8 selection in 1990 and 1991. In his final season in 1990–91, he led Colorado to a third-place finish in the National Invitation Tournament. Prior to that, Colorado had not been to the National Invitation Tournament semifinals in 22 years. Vandiver was third on the Buffaloes' all-time scoring list until being surpassed in early 2008 by Richard Roby.

Professional career

Vandiver was selected 25th overall in the 1991 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors, but did not play for them. He wound up playing the next nine years for various teams in Europe.

Coaching career

In April 2011, Vandiver was named the head men's basketball coach at Emporia State University. Previously in the 2010–11 season, Vandiver was an assistant to head coach Leon Rice at Boise State. Prior to that he served as an assistant to Steve McClain (under whom he played at Hutchinson CC) at the University of Wyoming, a position he held since 2005. Vandiver was a graduate assistant coach with Wyoming in 2002–03, and as a full-time assistant coach at Bowling Green in 2003–04, and Northern Colorado in 2004–05. Vandiver returned to Wyoming as an assistant coach in April 2018.

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Emporia State Hornets (MIAA) (2011–2018)
2011–12 Emporia State 9–18 5–17
2012–13 Emporia State 13–14 8–11
2013–14 Emporia State 18–13 10–10
2014–15 Emporia State 12–16 5–14
2015–16 Emporia State 13–16 10–12
2016–17 Emporia State 13–16 9–12
2017–18 Emporia State 9–19 4–15
Emporia State: 87–112 51–91
Total: 87–112

      National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion
      Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

Personal

Vandiver has five children with his wife Danielle.

See also

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