Shaun Garin Vandiver (born June 15, 1968) is a retired American

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player and currently an assistant basketball coach for the

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. Vandiver served as the head basketball coach at

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from 2011 to 2018. Born in

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''wyomingathletics.cstv.com'' was selected 25th overall in the

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, from

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and the

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Shaun Vandiver profile
''thedraftreview.com'' 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

. He was the

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'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

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. 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

by the

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, 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

. Previously in the 2010–11 season, Vandiver was an assistant to head coach Leon Rice at

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. Prior to that he served as an assistant to Steve McClain (under whom he played at Hutchinson CC) at the

, 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

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in 2003–04, and

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in 2004–05. Vandiver returned to Wyoming as an assistant coach in April 2018.

Head coaching record

Personal

Vandiver has five children with his wife Danielle.

References

External links

Biography
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