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- | First-year Marquette University head men's basketball coach [[Buzz Williams]] has filled a third position on his debut coaching staff with longtime friend and mentor Dale Layer. | ||
- | A veteran of the collegiate coaching business with nearly 30 years of experience as both an assistant and head coach (16 seasons as a program mentor), Layer brings to the Golden Eagles a wealth of experience and success both on and off the court. His career has already included multiple postseason appearances, | ||
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- | "Coach Layer is the exact right fit for what we needed on this staff" Williams said. "He has impeccable character and is one of the best I have been around in terms of taking care of the players. His career path to this point is different from the other coaches on staff, allowing him to bring a unique perspective to the program." | ||
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- | Layer arrives in Milwaukee after most recently serving as an assistant coach at Liberty University under Ritchie McKay. Layer helped guide the Flames to 16 victories in 2007-08, his lone season with the program. | ||
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- | While the head coach at Colorado State, Layer had a 103-106 record (seven years), including a 17-13 mark in 2006-07. In 2003, Layer led the Rams to the Mountain West Conference Championship and its first NCAA Tournament bid in 13 years, falling to Duke in the first round. He was twice voted the region' | ||
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- | Layer has also demonstrated the ability to develop talent, including former Colorado State center Jason Smith. The seven-footer scored over 1,500 points for Layer' | ||
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- | Layer has a career 270-193 record (16 years) as a head coach, including nine seasons at the helm of Queens University (formally Queens College) in Charlotte, N.C. He also served as the athletics director while at the school. | ||
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- | After graduating with a bachelor' | ||
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- | Layer made the jump to Division I in 1998, when McKay took the head coaching job at Colorado State and named him to his staff. During McKay' | ||
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- | Layer and his wife, the former Brenda Peterson, have three children: Valerie (23), Tim (21) and Ethan (16). | ||
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- | **Coaching Experience**\\ | ||
- | 2007-08 | ||
- | 2000-07 | ||
- | 1998-00 | ||
- | 1989-98 | ||
- | 1983-88 | ||
- | 1982-83 | ||
- | 1980-82 | ||
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- | **Head Coaching Record** \\ | ||
- | Colorado State 2000-07, 103-106, 7 years \\ | ||
- | Queens College 1989-98, 167-87, 9 years \\ | ||
- | **Total** 270-193 16 years |