Larry Shyatt
Shyatt in 2016 at the Event Center Arena at San Jose State University.
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| Dallas Mavericks | |
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| Position | Assistant coach |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
April 8, 1951 Cleveland, Ohio |
| Nationality | American |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Cleveland Heights (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) |
| College | Wooster (1970–1972) |
| Coaching career | 1973–present |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 1973–1975 | Akron (assistant) |
| 1975–1976 | Utah (assistant) |
| 1976–1982 | Cleveland State (assistant) |
| 1982–1988 | New Mexico (assistant) |
| 1988–1994 | Providence (assistant) |
| 1994–1997 | Clemson (assistant) |
| 1997–1998 | Wyoming |
| 1998–2003 | Clemson |
| 2004–2011 | Florida (assistant) |
| 2011–2016 | Wyoming |
| 2016–present | Dallas Mavericks (assistant) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Lawrence Allen "Larry" Shyatt (born April 8, 1951) is an American basketball coach. He is currently an assistant coach of the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Shyatt was previously head coach at the University of Wyoming in the 1997–98 season, the head coach at Clemson University from 1998 to 2003 and again head coach of Wyoming from 2011 to 2016. He also previously served as an assistant coach at the University of Florida. He was the 1998 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) District 13 Coach of the Year as Head Coach at Wyoming, the 1998 Western Athletic Conference Mountain Division Coach of the Year, and was named four times as the Top Assistant Coach in the Nation by the Basketball Times.
Shyatt is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, and is Jewish. His parents were George and Doris (nee Swirsky) Shyatt. He played high school basketball at Cleveland Heights High School, and graduated in 1969.
He played basketball for the College of Wooster from 1970 to 1972. Shyatt graduated from the Wooster in 1973, with a bachelor's degree in physical education. He then graduated from the University of Akron in 1975, with a master's in secondary education.
He and his wife Pam have three sons; Jeremy, Geoffrey, and Philip.
From 1973 to 1997, Shyatt served as an assistant coach for multiple college programs. He was named the top assistant coach in the country four times by Basketball Times.
Shyatt was hired as the 18th head coach of the Wyoming Cowboys in 1997, going 19–9 and making the 1998 National Invitation Tournament (NIT). He was named the Western Athletic Conference Mountain Division Coach of the Year in 1998, and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) District 13 Coach of Year.
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