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Vandiver, Shaun
Shaun Vandiver
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Shaun Vandiver is in his first season as an assistant coach with the Wildcat men’s basketball team. He was hired in June 2025 and comes to Weber State with over 20 years of coaching experience, including seven seasons as a head coach. He is also a former first round pick in the NBA Draft.
Vandiver comes to Weber State after spending the last seven seasons at the University of Wyoming, where he was an assistant coach to Allen Edwards, Jeff Linder, and Sundance Wicks. During his seven seasons in Laramie, he coached the Cowboys to a trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2022. It was his third of three stints on the staff at Wyoming.
He was the head coach at Division II Emporia State in Emporia, Kansas, from 2011-18. He led the Hornets to five Mid-America Athletic Association tournaments and a trip to the Division II NCAA Tournament second round.
He was an assistant from 2005-10 at Wyoming under Steve McClain and Heath Schroyer, and helped lead the Pokes to the Mountain West Championship game in 2006. He also served as a graduate assistant at Wyoming from 2002-03.
He was also an assistant coach at Northern Colorado (2003-04), Bowling Green (2004-05), and Boise State (2010-11).
He began his coaching career in 2001-02 as a volunteer assistant at the University of Colorado while finishing his degree in Sociology.
He played one year of basketball at Hutchinson Community College in Kansas before transferring to Colorado, where he was named the Big Eight Newcomer of the Year in 1989. As a senior in 1991, he led the Buffaloes to the NIT finals. He averaged a double-double in his career at Colorado and finished his career as the third-leading scorer in CU history with 1,876 career points over three seasons. He also earned first-team All-Big Eight honors as a junior and senior.
Following his college career, he was drafted with the 25th pick of the 1991 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors. He went on to have a nine-year playing career in Europe playing in Bologna, Italy, Bilbao, Spain, Girona, Spain, Reggio Calabria, Italy, Las Palmas, Spain, and Madrid, Spain.
Vandiver is a native of Bolingbrook, Illinois. He and his wife Danielle have five children, Aubrey, Amber, Garin, Alessandra, and Gage.
Vandiver comes to Weber State after spending the last seven seasons at the University of Wyoming, where he was an assistant coach to Allen Edwards, Jeff Linder, and Sundance Wicks. During his seven seasons in Laramie, he coached the Cowboys to a trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2022. It was his third of three stints on the staff at Wyoming.
He was the head coach at Division II Emporia State in Emporia, Kansas, from 2011-18. He led the Hornets to five Mid-America Athletic Association tournaments and a trip to the Division II NCAA Tournament second round.
He was an assistant from 2005-10 at Wyoming under Steve McClain and Heath Schroyer, and helped lead the Pokes to the Mountain West Championship game in 2006. He also served as a graduate assistant at Wyoming from 2002-03.
He was also an assistant coach at Northern Colorado (2003-04), Bowling Green (2004-05), and Boise State (2010-11).
He began his coaching career in 2001-02 as a volunteer assistant at the University of Colorado while finishing his degree in Sociology.
He played one year of basketball at Hutchinson Community College in Kansas before transferring to Colorado, where he was named the Big Eight Newcomer of the Year in 1989. As a senior in 1991, he led the Buffaloes to the NIT finals. He averaged a double-double in his career at Colorado and finished his career as the third-leading scorer in CU history with 1,876 career points over three seasons. He also earned first-team All-Big Eight honors as a junior and senior.
Following his college career, he was drafted with the 25th pick of the 1991 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors. He went on to have a nine-year playing career in Europe playing in Bologna, Italy, Bilbao, Spain, Girona, Spain, Reggio Calabria, Italy, Las Palmas, Spain, and Madrid, Spain.
Vandiver is a native of Bolingbrook, Illinois. He and his wife Danielle have five children, Aubrey, Amber, Garin, Alessandra, and Gage.
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