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 Pat Henry as head track and field coach.[2]
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
24(t)
LSU
2006
4
2
4
2
7
7
4
7(t)
LSU
2007
4
10
2
2
3
2
1
2
LSU
2008
2
4
2
2(t)
1
2
1
1†
LSU
2009
6
4
3
5
2
6
2
6
LSU
2010
3
4
2
6
3
3
1
6
LSU
2011
3
4
4
4
1
3
1
3
LSU
2012
4
5
2
2
2
3
1
1†X
LSU
2013
5
15
4
7
2
3
2
4
LSU
2014
10
8(t)
6
4(t)
6
12(t)
8
6
LSU
2015
5
7
4
4
5
9
4
11
LSU
2016
5(t)
4
4
5
2
14(t)
5
6
LSU
2017
8
18(t)
7
7(t)
2
6
2
7(t)
LSU
2018
11
26
8
8
4
6
2
6
LSU
2019
3
3
1
7
5
15(t)
5
3
† - National Coach of the Year honors X - Vacated National Championship