Lawrence Alan Shyatt (born April 8, 1951) is an American

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coach. He last served as an assistant coach of the

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of the

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(NBA). Shyatt was previously head coach at the University of Wyoming in the 1997–98 season, the head coach at

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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

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(NABC) District 13 Coach of the Year as head coach at Wyoming, the 1998

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Mountain Division Coach of the Year, and was named four times as the Top Assistant Coach in the Nation by the ''

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Early and personal life, and education

Shyatt is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, and is Jewish."Larry Shyatt Named Clemson Basketball Head Coach" – Clemson Tigers Official Athletics Site
/ref> His parents were George and Doris (née Swirsky) Shyatt. He played high school basketball at

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, and graduated in 1969. He played basketball for the

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from 1970 to 1972.Larry Shyatt Returns as Head Basketball Coach at the University of
/ref> Shyatt graduated from the Wooster in 1973, with a bachelor's degree in physical education. He then graduated from the

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in 1975, with a master's in secondary education. He and his wife Pam have three sons; Jeremy, Geoffrey, and Philip.

College coaching career

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 ''

''. Shyatt was hired as the 18th head coach of the

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in 1997, going 19–9 and making the 1998

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(NIT). He was named the

Mountain Division Coach of the Year in 1998, and the

(NABC) District 13 Coach of Year. The next season, Shyatt took the head coaching job for the

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, and was the coach from 1998 to 2003. His first season as head coach of the Tigers, he led them to a 20-win season (20–15), becoming only the fourth first-year coach in Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) history to lead his team to a 20-win season. He had a record of 70–84, and made the NIT championship once. In 2004, Shyatt took an assistant coaching job at the

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, winning the 2006 and 2007 NCAA National Championships. During his seven seasons at the University of Florida, the team was 191–63 (.752), the best record in the SEC during that time, and averaged 27 wins a season. In 2011, he returned to Wyoming, signing for a base salary of $190,000 and a total compensation package that could reach $645,000 a year. Shyatt reached his first NCAA Tournament as a head coach in the 2014–15 season. On March 21, 2016, Shyatt resigned as head coach of the Cowboys after six seasons.

NBA

On July 1, 2016, the Dallas Mavericks announced Shyatt would join their coaching staff as an assistant, with a primary focus of working with the big men on the roster. On June 18, 2018, the Mavericks announced Shyatt would be moving from behind the bench to replace Kaleb Canales, who had taken an assistant coaching job with the

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Head coaching record

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