Doug Shaffer was born on July 8,1963 and is an American college diving coach.
10 Facts About Doug Shaffer
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Doug Shaffer is the current co-head coach of the LSU Tigers and LSU Lady Tigers swimming and diving teams at Louisiana State University with responsibilities for the dive team.
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Under his tutelage, Doug Shaffer has produced 13 NCAA All-Americans, two Southeastern Conference champions and an SEC Diver of the Year.
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Doug Shaffer coached 11 Big Ten champions, 29 All-Americans and two NCAA champions while at Minnesota.
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Doug Shaffer was named NCAA Diving Coach of the Year in 1993.
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Doug Shaffer has coached the United States in numerous international competitions since 1989, including the US National Diving teams in China, Sweden, Spain and the United States.
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Doug Shaffer served as the assistant competition manager during the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and was the head diving coach at the High Performance Center in Sheffield, England.
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Doug Shaffer graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1986.
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Doug Shaffer was an 11-time US National champion, the 1986 NCAA Diver of the Year and the NCAA one-meter and three-meter champion in 1986 for coach Ron Ballatore's UCLA Bruins swimming and diving team.
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Doug Shaffer was a silver medalist in the three-meter at the 1987 Pan American Games and won a gold medal at the 1987 USA-USSR dual meet in the three-meter competition.