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Shaffer. Entering his 15th overall season with LSU, Shaffer was promoted to co-head coach of the mens and womens swimming and diving programs along with Dave Geyer in April 2010 and enters his seventh season as head diving coach. After six seasons, Shaffer and Geyer have LSU on the path to becoming one of the nations elite programs. The 2016 season capped off one of the most successful career in the schools diving history. In total, Cassie Weil set school records on three-meter and platform, was a two-time NCAA First Team All-American, a four-time NCAA All-American and SEC Champion on platform. During her senior season, Weil earned first team honors on platform after a fifth-place finish on platform. The Oregon natives six All-America honors rank eight-most in school history and fourth-most by a diver. In addition, Shaffer helped lead freshman and Olympian Lizzie Cui to NCAA Honorable Mention All-America honors on three-meter. After NCAAs, Cui went on to represent New Zealand in the Rio Games. The men finished another successful season under Shaffer. Andrew Suchla along with newcomers Matthew Phillip and Matt McClellan scored at SEC Championships and all three finished with top-15 finishes at NCAA Zone Diving Regionals. During the 2014-15 season, the men and women earned five SEC medals, set an SEC record, broke three school records and earned two NCAA Honorable Mention All-America honors. Alex Bettridge led the Lady Tigers with one of the best postseason performances in school history. Bettridge was named the Female Diver of the Meet for efforts at SEC Championships. The Austin, Texas native was the SEC champion on one-meter after breaking the SEC and school record with a score of 350.30. Also during the meet, Bettridge finished second on three-meter and third on platform. She became the highest point earner in school history at the meet. During her junior campaign, Weil was crowned SEC Champion on platform with a school-record score of 331.70. The Oregon native also finished fourth on three-meter at SECs. Weil concluded her season as an NCAA All-American, the fifth honor of her career. Daniel Helm provided a strong point scorer for the men at SECs. Helm earned silver on both one-meter and platform at the meet. Helms score of 411.30 on one-meter was a school record and Helm went on to qualify for NCAA Championships at Zone Diving Regionals. Madison Sthamann made an immediate impact and became the 12th All-American on platform for LSU. Sthamann finished fifth on platform at SEC Championships. Early on in her freshman campaign, Sthamann set the third-highest platform score in school history at the Texas A&M Invite. During the 2013-14 season, the men and women smashed three school records. Weil qualified for NCAA Championships where she earned an NCAA First-Team All-American honor on platform behind a program record score of 311.55. Weil also earned her third Honorable Mention All-American honor, this time on three-meter. At SEC Championships, Weil secured bronze medals on both platform and three-meter and brought home a second team All-SEC honor. Bettridge provided another solid year on the womens side, setting the program record on one-meter. Sean McKinney and Kevin Leong finished their careers out strong. McKinney posted career-high scores during all three events, which included a program record 425.70 on the three-meter. McKinney notched the second-best platform score on platform during prelims of the SEC Championships During the 2012-13 season, both programs enjoyed postseason success with one female diver and one male diver qualifying for the NCAA Championships. In addition, all seven divers scored points at the SEC Championships in every event they competed in. Weil showed that her time as a Tiger was going to be a success after setting LSUs three-meter record (372.68) in her first collegiate dual. Weil excelled in her first collegiate season, picking up a pair of NCAA Honorable Mention All-American honors and scoring 11 team points at the NCAA Championships. At NCAAs, the Hillsboro, Oregon native dove to 11th on the three-meter with a total of 337.50 and to 12th on the platform with a score of 287.15. Weil was named Shaffers seventh SEC Freshman Diver of the Year after finishing in the top-eight in two events (fifth on the three-meter and sixth on the platform) at the conference championships and named to the SEC All-Freshman Team. McKinney showed the potential in his third season that Shaffer had been praising since the moment McKinney stepped on campus. The Springfield, Virginia native set the LSU all-time three-meter record with a score of 415.50 and qualified for his first career NCAA Championships Helm put together a fine SEC Championships and captured the bronze medal on the one-meter with a season best score of 372.10. Helm took fifth on the platform with a score of 352.90 after totaling 360.45 in prelims. During the season, Helm totaled his career best on the platform with LSUs all-time second best score of 369.90 at the Phil Hansel Invite. Bettridge competed to fourth on the one-meter at the SEC Championships with a total of 301.85. The Austin, Texas native narrowly missed qualifying for the championship final on the three-meter and ended her run in ninth place with a score of 313.15 at SECs. Senior Elle Schmidt put together her best year with career best finishes at the SEC Championships. Schmidt finished 10th on the one-meter (282.75) and 11th on the platform (243.10) at the conference championships. Freshman Allie Alter added depth by scoring on all three boards at SECs. In 2012, Bettridge and Helm added their names to the prominent divers that have come through LSU. Both divers became NCAA Honorable-Mention All-Americans after scoring points at the NCAA Championships. Helm became LSU's 13th NCAA All-American on the platform after diving to a 12th place finish with a total of 324.50 at NCAAs. Helm showed his diversity in different events after capturing a silver medal at the SEC Championships on the one-meter springboard with the program's second highest all-time score of 376.55. His performance earned him All-SEC second team honors. Bettridge became Shaffers sixth SEC Freshman Diver of the Year and was named to the SEC All-Freshman team. She set the program's three-meter dive record (366.85) with a bronze medal performance at the SEC Championships. Bettridge placed 15th on the three-meter with a score of 306.30 at the NCAA Championships, earning NCAA Honorable Mention All American honors. During the 2011-12 campaign, any LSU diver had a chance at earning victory in every event. All six divers qualified for the NCAA Zone D Diving Regional. Senior Matt Vieke finished up his illustrious career with his best collegiate season. Following his senior season, Vieke possessed the program's third best three-meter (388.20), fifth best one-meter (352.60) and fourth best platform (314.75) scores. He secured his first championship final at SEC Championships and posted a fifth place performance on the one-meter (352.60). Vieke was named the Tiger Athletic Foundation Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year and a recipient of the Wally Pontiff Jr., Academic Excellence Award during his junior season. The Indianapolis, Indiana native was named a finalist for the prestigious SEC H. Boyd McWorter Post-Graduate Scholarship his senior year and graduated with a perfect 4.0 cumulative grade point average in management. The LSU diving corps embarked upon another successful season in 2010-11, helping both the mens and womens teams register top-five finishes at the SEC Championships for the first time since 2000. Furthermore, all six divers -- including four underclassmen -- qualified and competed at the NCAA Zone Diving Regional, while Helm developed into one of the conferences top newcomers. After a fine first-year campaign in which she garnered SEC Freshman Diver of the Year honors, Rebecca St. Germain took her craft to another level, capturing a silver medal and breaking the program record in the one-meter springboard with a phenomenal performance at SECs. Helm emerged as yet another impact freshman performer for the LSU diving program, claiming fifth-place in the mens three-meter at SECs and receiving SEC All-Freshmen team recognition. In addition to St. Germain and Helm, Vieke barely missed qualifying for the NCAA Championships after his fine effort at the Zone D Regional where he was tabbed the first alternate to NCAAs, while junior Brian Gemberling, Schmidt and McKinney each contributed points at the conference meet with top-16 finishes. Prior to his promotion, Shaffer served eight seasons as LSUs diving coach where he maintained the programs tradition of excellence. In 2009-10, St. Germain became the fifth LSU diver in six seasons to emerge as the SEC Freshman Diver of the Year and was named to the SEC All-Freshmen team, while Gemberling proved to be one of the most improved divers in the SEC in his sophomore campaign. In 2008-09, the Tigers diving coach helped one of his athletes earn an invitation to the NCAA Championships for the seventh-consecutive season as senior Niko Dalman competed at the national meet for the third time in his career. Dalman also added the schools one-meter record to his collection and finished his career as the LSU record-holder in both the one- and three-meter springboard events. The 2007-08 season proved to be Shaffers finest season as the Tigers diving coach. Shaffer coached sophomore Rachel Ware to her third All-America accolade in two years with a 12th-place finish in the one-meter springboard at NCAAs. His athletes also had a superb showing at SECs as a conference-high four LSU divers received medals for placing in the top three of their respective events. Ware and senior Paige Brown enjoyed two of the best competitions of their careers at that meet with both departing Tuscaloosa, Alabama as conference champions. Ware won the one-meter championship and captured the runner-up spot in the three-meter en route to SEC Female Diver of the Year honors. Brown beat out 20 other competitors to take the platform title with a school-record score of 300.30. Both were also named to the All-SEC first team, the first Lady Tigers to receive all-conference recognition since 2003. Shaffer earned the SEC Womens Diving Coach of the Year award for his efforts in guiding the duo to conference excellence. Under Shaffers tutelage, the mens side finished second in the points standings among diving teams at the conference meet, and a pair of Tiger divers reached the awards podium with record-shattering performances. Dalman took home a medal in the three-meter springboard, breaking a then-LSU record in the event with a score of 391.55 to place third. Freshman Michael Neubacher followed two days later with a runner-up finish in the platform competition, crushing the school record with a robust six-dive total of 431.55. Neubacher, the SECs highest scoring freshman, joined Ware, Dalman and Nathan Schreiber as the fourth-straight athlete in the Shaffer era to earn the distinction as the conferences top freshman diver. Outside the pool, Brown truly exemplified the meaning of a student-athlete, joining a long list of former LSU divers who have excelled at the highest levels academically. The Zionsville, Indiana native, who graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in biological engineering, became the third LSU diver in two seasons to be named a finalist for the esteemed SEC H. Boyd McWorter Post-graduate Scholarship. Former standouts Hali Saucier and Andrew Keane were nominated in 2007. She was also the first athlete in school history to earn a spot in the exclusive Tiger Twelve, which recognizes 12 graduating seniors who have shown great academic success and contributed significantly to the Baton Rouge community, and received the Wally Pontiff Jr. Academic Excellence Award, which goes to the schools top scholar-athletes. In addition, Brown registered the teams highest grade point average and was selected to give the commencement speech at the engineering schools graduation in 2008. Shaffers list of Tiger All-Americans began in 2002-03 upon his arrival. His guidance enabled three divers to earn five NCAA All-American performances, including junior Jessica Wantz and seniors Barb Gorst and Kyle VanArsdall. The following season Shaffer guided Wantz to a third-place finish overall in the three-meter at NCAAs, which gave her first-team All-America honors. A third career All-America finish followed in the one-meter. In 2004-05, Dalman entered his freshman season with little experience. Seven months later, he embarked on a 12th-place finish as an All-American in the one-meter. He also became the first diver in school history to be named SEC Freshman Diver of the Year. Dalman added to his accolades with a top-12 finish in the platform at the 2006 NCAA Championships. Shaffer was no stranger to leading a successful collegiate diving program before taking the job in Baton Rouge. He was the head coach at UCLA in 1988-89 and then at the University of Minnesota from 1989-96. Shaffer experienced a great deal of success at Minnesota as he was honored as Big Ten Diving Coach of the Year three times twice on the womens side and once for the mens team. Shaffer coached 11 Big Ten champions, 29 All-Americans and two NCAA champions while at Minnesota. He was named NCAA Diving Coach of the Year in 1993. Shaffer also coached three Pac-10 champions and four All-Americans during his tenure at UCLA. He has coached the United States in numerous international competitions since 1989, including the U.S. National Diving teams in China, Sweden, Spain and the United States. Shaffer served as the assistant competition manager during the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and was recruited to be the head diving coach at the Sheffield, England, High Performance Center. There, he coached five Olympians on the Lottery Funded World Class Performance Program but declined a four-year contract extension for the opportunity to coach at LSU. Shaffer graduated from UCLA in 1986 with a B.A. degree in history. He was an 11-time U.S. National champion, the 1986 NCAA Diver of the Year and the NCAA one-meter and three-meter champion in 1986 for the Bruins. One of the few divers to defeat the legendary Greg Louganis, Shaffer ousted the four-time Olympian five times in 1987, three of which were in U.S. National competition. 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. An Olympic Trials finalist in 1984 and 1988, he retired from competition in 1988 and moved into the nations coaching ranks. Shaffer is a native of Canton, Ohio and is married to Dr. Tracy Stephenson Shaffer, an LSU associate professor in communication studies. The couple has a daughter, Sara Melissa. THE DOUG SHAFFER FILE Born: July 8, 1963 in Baltimore, Md. Wife: Tracy Stephenson Shaffer Child: Sara Melissa High School: Mission Viejo High School, Mission Viejo, Calif. College: UCLA; B.A. in History, 1986 Records and Achievements at LSU 1 Olympian 2008 SEC Womens Diving Coach of the Year 1 SEC Diver of the Year 4 SEC Champions 10 All-SEC selections 18 NCAA All-Americans 7 SEC Freshman Divers of the Year 9 NCAA All-America honors collected by freshmen 5 NCAA All-Americans in his first season (2002-03) 4 SEC H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-graduate Scholarship finalists 4 LSU Scholar-Athlete of the Year recipients 3 Program records broken in one year 2 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipient 1 ESPN Academic All-American 1 Tiger Twelve Honoree   The LSU diving program is one of storied tradition, and no one has had a more profound impact in the Tigers recent success than Doug Shaffer. Entering his 15th overall season with LSU, Shaffer was promoted to co-head coach of the mens and womens swimming and diving programs along with Dave Geyer in April 2010 and enters his seventh season as head diving coach. After six seasons, Shaffer and Geyer have LSU on the path to becoming one of the nations elite programs. The 2016 season capped off one of the most successful career in the schools diving history. In total, Cassie Weil set school records on three-meter and platform, was a two-time NCAA First Team All-American, a four-time NCAA All-American and SEC Champion on platform. During her senior season, Weil earned first team honors on platform after a fifth-place finish on platform. The Oregon natives six All-America honors rank eight-most in school history and fourth-most by a diver. In addition, Shaffer helped lead freshman and Olympian Lizzie Cui to NCAA Honorable Mention All-America honors on three-meter. After NCAAs, Cui went on to represent New Zealand in the Rio Games. The men finished another successful season under Shaffer. Andrew Suchla along with newcomers Matthew Phillip and Matt McClellan scored at SEC Championships and all three finished with top-15 finishes at NCAA Zone Diving Regionals. During the 2014-15 season, the men and women earned five SEC medals, set an SEC record, broke three school records and earned two NCAA Honorable Mention All-America honors. Alex Bettridge led the Lady Tigers with one of the best postseason performances in school history. Bettridge was named the Female Diver of the Meet for efforts at SEC Championships. The Austin, Texas native was the SEC champion on one-meter after breaking the SEC and school record with a score of 350.30. Also during the meet, Bettridge finished second on three-meter and third on platform. She became the highest point earner in school history at the meet. During her junior campaign, Weil was crowned SEC Champion on platform with a school-record score of 331.70. The Oregon native also finished fourth on three-meter at SECs. Weil concluded her season as an NCAA All-American, the fifth honor of her career. Daniel Helm provided a strong point scorer for the men at SECs. Helm earned silver on both one-meter and platform at the meet. Helms score of 411.30 on one-meter was a school record and Helm went on to qualify for NCAA Championships at Zone Diving Regionals. Madison Sthamann made an immediate impact and became the 12th All-American on platform for LSU. Sthamann finished fifth on platform at SEC Championships. Early on in her freshman campaign, Sthamann set the third-highest platform score in school history at the Texas A&M Invite. During the 2013-14 season, the men and women smashed three school records. Weil qualified for NCAA Championships where she earned an NCAA First-Team All-American honor on platform behind a program record score of 311.55. Weil also earned her third Honorable Mention All-American honor, this time on three-meter. At SEC Championships, Weil secured bronze medals on both platform and three-meter and brought home a second team All-SEC honor. Bettridge provided another solid year on the womens side, setting the program record on one-meter. Sean McKinney and Kevin Leong finished their careers out strong. McKinney posted career-high scores during all three events, which included a program record 425.70 on the three-meter. McKinney notched the second-best platform score on platform during prelims of the SEC Championships During the 2012-13 season, both programs enjoyed postseason success with one female diver and one male diver qualifying for the NCAA Championships. In addition, all seven divers scored points at the SEC Championships in every event they competed in. Weil showed that her time as a Tiger was going to be a success after setting LSUs three-meter record (372.68) in her first collegiate dual. Weil excelled in her first collegiate season, picking up a pair of NCAA Honorable Mention All-American honors and scoring 11 team points at the NCAA Championships. At NCAAs, the Hillsboro, Oregon native dove to 11th on the three-meter with a total of 337.50 and to 12th on the platform with a score of 287.15. Weil was named Shaffers seventh SEC Freshman Diver of the Year after finishing in the top-eight in two events (fifth on the three-meter and sixth on the platform) at the conference championships and named to the SEC All-Freshman Team. McKinney showed the potential in his third season that Shaffer had been praising since the moment McKinney stepped on campus. The Springfield, Virginia native set the LSU all-time three-meter record with a score of 415.50 and qualified for his first career NCAA Championships Helm put together a fine SEC Championships and captured the bronze medal on the one-meter with a season best score of 372.10. Helm took fifth on the platform with a score of 352.90 after totaling 360.45 in prelims. During the season, Helm totaled his career best on the platform with LSUs all-time second best score of 369.90 at the Phil Hansel Invite. Bettridge competed to fourth on the one-meter at the SEC Championships with a total of 301.85. The Austin, Texas native narrowly missed qualifying for the championship final on the three-meter and ended her run in ninth place with a score of 313.15 at SECs. Senior Elle Schmidt put together her best year with career best finishes at the SEC Championships. Schmidt finished 10th on the one-meter (282.75) and 11th on the platform (243.10) at the conference championships. Freshman Allie Alter added depth by scoring on all three boards at SECs. In 2012, Bettridge and Helm added their names to the prominent divers that have come through LSU. Both divers became NCAA Honorable-Mention All-Americans after scoring points at the NCAA Championships. Helm became LSU's 13th NCAA All-American on the platform after diving to a 12th place finish with a total of 324.50 at NCAAs. Helm showed his diversity in different events after capturing a silver medal at the SEC Championships on the one-meter springboard with the program's second highest all-time score of 376.55. His performance earned him All-SEC second team honors. Bettridge became Shaffers sixth SEC Freshman Diver of the Year and was named to the SEC All-Freshman team. She set the program's three-meter dive record (366.85) with a bronze medal performance at the SEC Championships. Bettridge placed 15th on the three-meter with a score of 306.30 at the NCAA Championships, earning NCAA Honorable Mention All American honors. During the 2011-12 campaign, any LSU diver had a chance at earning victory in every event. All six divers qualified for the NCAA Zone D Diving Regional. Senior Matt Vieke finished up his illustrious career with his best collegiate season. Following his senior season, Vieke possessed the program's third best three-meter (388.20), fifth best one-meter (352.60) and fourth best platform (314.75) scores. He secured his first championship final at SEC Championships and posted a fifth place performance on the one-meter (352.60). Vieke was named the Tiger Athletic Foundation Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year and a recipient of the Wally Pontiff Jr., Academic Excellence Award during his junior season. The Indianapolis, Indiana native was named a finalist for the prestigious SEC H. Boyd McWorter Post-Graduate Scholarship his senior year and graduated with a perfect 4.0 cumulative grade point average in management. The LSU diving corps embarked upon another successful season in 2010-11, helping both the mens and womens teams register top-five finishes at the SEC Championships for the first time since 2000. Furthermore, all six divers -- including four underclassmen -- qualified and competed at the NCAA Zone Diving Regional, while Helm developed into one of the conferences top newcomers. After a fine first-year campaign in which she garnered SEC Freshman Diver of the Year honors, Rebecca St. Germain took her craft to another level, capturing a silver medal and breaking the program record in the one-meter springboard with a phenomenal performance at SECs. Helm emerged as yet another impact freshman performer for the LSU diving program, claiming fifth-place in the mens three-meter at SECs and receiving SEC All-Freshmen team recognition. In addition to St. Germain and Helm, Vieke barely missed qualifying for the NCAA Championships after his fine effort at the Zone D Regional where he was tabbed the first alternate to NCAAs, while junior Brian Gemberling, Schmidt and McKinney each contributed points at the conference meet with top-16 finishes. Prior to his promotion, Shaffer served eight seasons as LSUs diving coach where he maintained the programs tradition of excellence. In 2009-10, St. Germain became the fifth LSU diver in six seasons to emerge as the SEC Freshman Diver of the Year and was named to the SEC All-Freshmen team, while Gemberling proved to be one of the most improved divers in the SEC in his sophomore campaign. In 2008-09, the Tigers diving coach helped one of his athletes earn an invitation to the NCAA Championships for the seventh-consecutive season as senior Niko Dalman competed at the national meet for the third time in his career. Dalman also added the schools one-meter record to his collection and finished his career as the LSU record-holder in both the one- and three-meter springboard events. The 2007-08 season proved to be Shaffers finest season as the Tigers diving coach. Shaffer coached sophomore Rachel Ware to her third All-America accolade in two years with a 12th-place finish in the one-meter springboard at NCAAs. His athletes also had a superb showing at SECs as a conference-high four LSU divers received medals for placing in the top three of their respective events. Ware and senior Paige Brown enjoyed two of the best competitions of their careers at that meet with both departing Tuscaloosa, Alabama as conference champions. Ware won the one-meter championship and captured the runner-up spot in the three-meter en route to SEC Female Diver of the Year honors. Brown beat out 20 other competitors to take the platform title with a school-record score of 300.30. Both were also named to the All-SEC first team, the first Lady Tigers to receive all-conference recognition since 2003. Shaffer earned the SEC Womens Diving Coach of the Year award for his efforts in guiding the duo to conference excellence. Under Shaffers tutelage, the mens side finished second in the points standings among diving teams at the conference meet, and a pair of Tiger divers reached the awards podium with record-shattering performances. Dalman took home a medal in the three-meter springboard, breaking a then-LSU record in the event with a score of 391.55 to place third. Freshman Michael Neubacher followed two days later with a runner-up finish in the platform competition, crushing the school record with a robust six-dive total of 431.55. Neubacher, the SECs highest scoring freshman, joined Ware, Dalman and Nathan Schreiber as the fourth-straight athlete in the Shaffer era to earn the distinction as the conferences top freshman diver. Outside the pool, Brown truly exemplified the meaning of a student-athlete, joining a long list of former LSU divers who have excelled at the highest levels academically. The Zionsville, Indiana native, who graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in biological engineering, became the third LSU diver in two seasons to be named a finalist for the esteemed SEC H. Boyd McWorter Post-graduate Scholarship. Former standouts Hali Saucier and Andrew Keane were nominated in 2007. She was also the first athlete in school history to earn a spot in the exclusive Tiger Twelve, which recognizes 12 graduating seniors who have shown great academic success and contributed significantly to the Baton Rouge community, and received the Wally Pontiff Jr. Academic Excellence Award, which goes to the schools top scholar-athletes. In addition, Brown registered the teams highest grade point average and was selected to give the commencement speech at the engineering schools graduation in 2008. Shaffers list of Tiger All-Americans began in 2002-03 upon his arrival. His guidance enabled three divers to earn five NCAA All-American performances, including junior Jessica Wantz and seniors Barb Gorst and Kyle VanArsdall. The following season Shaffer guided Wantz to a third-place finish overall in the three-meter at NCAAs, which gave her first-team All-America honors. A third career All-America finish followed in the one-meter. In 2004-05, Dalman entered his freshman season with little experience. Seven months later, he embarked on a 12th-place finish as an All-American in the one-meter. He also became the first diver in school history to be named SEC Freshman Diver of the Year. Dalman added to his accolades with a top-12 finish in the platform at the 2006 NCAA Championships. Shaffer was no stranger to leading a successful collegiate diving program before taking the job in Baton Rouge. He was the head coach at UCLA in 1988-89 and then at the University of Minnesota from 1989-96. Shaffer experienced a great deal of success at Minnesota as he was honored as Big Ten Diving Coach of the Year three times twice on the womens side and once for the mens team. Shaffer coached 11 Big Ten champions, 29 All-Americans and two NCAA champions while at Minnesota. He was named NCAA Diving Coach of the Year in 1993. Shaffer also coached three Pac-10 champions and four All-Americans during his tenure at UCLA. He has coached the United States in numerous international competitions since 1989, including the U.S. National Diving teams in China, Sweden, Spain and the United States. Shaffer served as the assistant competition manager during the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and was recruited to be the head diving coach at the Sheffield, England, High Performance Center. There, he coached five Olympians on the Lottery Funded World Class Performance Program but declined a four-year contract extension for the opportunity to coach at LSU. Shaffer graduated from UCLA in 1986 with a B.A. degree in history. He was an 11-time U.S. National champion, the 1986 NCAA Diver of the Year and the NCAA one-meter and three-meter champion in 1986 for the Bruins. One of the few divers to defeat the legendary Greg Louganis, Shaffer ousted the four-time Olympian five times in 1987, three of which were in U.S. National competition. 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. An Olympic Trials finalist in 1984 and 1988, he retired from competition in 1988 and moved into the nations coaching ranks. Shaffer is a native of Canton, Ohio and is married to Dr. Tracy Stephenson Shaffer, an LSU associate professor in communication studies. The couple has a daughter, Sara Melissa. THE DOUG SHAFFER FILE Born: July 8, 1963 in Baltimore, Md. Wife: Tracy Stephenson Shaffer Child: Sara Melissa High School: Mission Viejo High School, Mission Viejo, Calif. College: UCLA; B.A. in History, 1986 Records and Achievements at LSU 1 Olympian 2008 SEC Womens Diving Coach of the Year 1 SEC Diver of the Year 4 SEC Champions 10 All-SEC selections 18 NCAA All-Americans 7 SEC Freshman Divers of the Year 9 NCAA All-America honors collected by freshmen 5 NCAA All-Americans in his first season (2002-03) 4 SEC H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-graduate Scholarship finalists 4 LSU Scholar-Athlete of the Year recipients 3 Program records broken in one year 2 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipient 1 ESPN Academic All-American 1 Tiger Twelve Honoree  

Geyer was promoted to co-head coach of the LSU mens and womens swimming and diving programs alongside Doug Shaffer in April 2010, he envisioned a pair of teams that could consistently compete among the top 15 in the nation and top five in the Southeastern Conference. In the last six seasons as head coach of the LSU swimming team, Geyer has led the men and women to 55 school records. Geyer, entering his seventh season as head swimming coach, has put the mens and womens swimming teams on the map, both nationally and in the SEC. In back-to-back seasons now, Geyer has led the program to new heights with the largest group sent to NCAA Championships. In 2016, Geyer led the womens team to a 12-1 record for the most dual meet wins in a single season. In addition to the success in the pool, Geyer and Shaffers program has excelled in the classroom, as witnessed by 112 student-athletes named to the Southeastern Conference Winter Academic Honor Roll and 38 student-athletes on the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll. The 2015-16 season marked one of the best for Geyers swimming team with three NCAA All-American honors and 11 Championship qualifiers. In the pool, the men and women also combined to break 13 school records. Logan Rysemus set school records individually in the 100 fly, 100 back and was a part of the 200 and 400 medley relay teams. Rysemus went on to earn NCAA Honorable Mention All-American honors in the 100 fly and 100 back in his junior season. For the women, Leah Troskot qualified for NCAA Championships and finished 13th in the 100 free for honorable mention honors. The Alberta, Canada native also helped lead the 800 free and 400-medley relay teams to school records as the final leg. The Lady Tigers compiled a 12-1 record for the best mark in school history during the regular season. The squad also impressed in postseason with a seventh place finish in conference and 27th overall finish at NCAA Championships. The finish marked the best for the program since 2011 and the fourth top-30 finish in the last 10 seasons. Frank Greeff capped off his incredible career in 2014-15 as a model inside and outside of the pool. Greeff was an SEC silver medalist, two-time NCAA Honorable Mention All-American and LSUs nominee for the SEC McWhorter Postgraduate Scholarship Award. During his senior season, Greeff also set the school record in the 200 fly, second-fastest 200 IM and third-fastest 100 fly time in school history. Fellow captain Amber Carter also shined in her final season as a Lady Tiger. Carter earned Honorable Mention All-America honors at NCAA Championships in the 100 fly. Carter also tied the school in the event during prelims of NCAAs. In addition to her performance at NCAAs, Carter helped set the school record in the 400-medely relay at SECs. Kara Kopcso dominated in the pool for LSU with three individual records, a relay record and an NCAA Honorable Mention All-America honor. Kopcso finished 12th overall in the 200 fly for her All-America performance and school record. The Mandeville, Louisiana native also set records individually in the 200 IM and 400 IM. During the 2012-13 season, both programs enjoyed postseason success. The mens program broke eight team records and the womens team broke two team records. The LSU mens team sent four individual qualifiers and a pair of NCAA A relay teams to NCAAs. The eight total competitors marked the largest LSU contingent with Geyer and Shaffer at the helm. At the NCAA Championships, all three individual qualifying swimmers scored points at the meet and guided LSU to a 26th place finish with 24 team points overall. The 26th place finish marked the second top-26 finish in the past three seasons. Distance swimmer Craig Hamilton picked up LSUs first NCAA First-Team All-American honor since 2007. Hamilton finished seventh in the 1650 freestyle with a season low swim of 14:49.12 and scored 12 team points. Over the course of his career at LSU, Hamilton swam the 10 fastest mile times in LSU history and left LSU with four program records, including a mile time of 14:45.94. The Edingburgh, Scotland native steadily improved in the event each year, beginning with a last place finish at NCAAs his freshman year and ending with three straight top-16 finishes. Tuomola arrived at LSU with his eyes set on capturing three individual long standing records and left the Tigers as a record holder in three individual events and two relay events. After a quartet of NCAA Honorable Mention All-American honors his freshman season, Tuomola earned a pair of individual All-American awards with top-16 finishes in the 50 free and the 100 breaststroke. In the process, Tuomola shattered LSUs 25 year-old 50 free record with a time of 19.57, broke LSUs 16 year-old 100 breast record with a time of 52.76 and tied LSUs 25 year-old record in the 100 free with a time of 43.22. Greeff earned his first career NCAA Honorable Mention All-American honor and became LSUs third All-American in the 200 fly with a time of 1:44.06, which placed him 12th. On the womens side, junior Torrey Bussey qualified for the NCAA Championships individually. Bussey was joined on the 200 medley relay by junior Rainey White, sophomore Amber Cater and freshman Caley Oquist. After returning from an offseason injury, Bussey qualified for her third consecutive national championships. The Cary, N.C., native placed 21st in the 100 breaststroke (1:00.45) at the NCAA Championships, which marked her highest finish in the event at the national meet. At the first SEC Championships since conference expansion, LSUs mens team finished in sixth place with a team total of 753.5 points. The womens team came in seventh with a composite score of 494. The mens team broke seven records at the meet (two of which were broken again at NCAAs) and the womens team broke one record. At SECs, Tuomola (100 breast) captured a bronze medals for LSU. Tuomola nailed a fifth place swim in the 50 free with a time of 19.76, which was his highest SEC finish in the event. He also took eighth in the 100 free. Hamilton took fourth in the mile with a time of 14:53.10 and finished sixth in the 500 free with a time 4:19.57. Freshman Danielle Stirrat picked up LSU's 200 back record with an NCAA 'B' cut time of 1:55.21 and touched second in the 'C' final. The rookie also picked up LSU's third fastest all-time 200 free time of 1:47.12 in a third place finish in the 'C' final. Bussey achieved LSU's second fastest ever 100 breast time of 1:00.30 and took second in the consolation final. Bussey finished sixth in the consolation final of the 200 IM with a time of 1:59.67. The 2010-11 and 2011-12 LSU men's team finished the SEC Championships in the top-five in consecutive seasons for the first time since the 1998-99 and 1999-00 campaigns. Similarly, the 2010-11 and 2011-12 womens team enjoyed the finest two-year run within the conference since the 1992-93 and 1993-94 seasons. In 2011-12, seven women, including six underclassmen, and two men qualified for the national meet. The team collectively broke six records. Eight LSU swimmers and two newcomers competed at the 2012 US Olympic Trials in Omaha, Neb. In 2010-11 the LSU womens team delivered its highest NCAA finish in 18 seasons, registering 14th at the 2011 NCAA Championships. Eight swimmers earned invitations to the national meet -- LSUs highest qualifying contingent in more than 15 years -- and five athletes combined to claim 14 All-America honors. In 2010-11, Jane Trepp became the first swimmer in program history to capture NCAA first-team All-America status in all three of her individual races in a single season with top-eight finishes in the 50 free, 100 fly and 100 breast. Amanda Kendall joined her teammate Trepp as a first-team All-American in the 100 fly, won the consolation final of the 100 free and also posted a top-16 finish in the 50 free. Prior to the accomplishments of Trepp and Kendall at NCAAs, the LSU womens program had not seen an individual swimming All-American since 1997, and both boasted top times ranked in the top 10 nationally in their three best races by the end of the season. Under Geyers guidance, Kendall exploded on the International scene after her performances at the 2011 ConocoPhillips US Nationals and the 2011 Pan American Games. Kendall achieved three Pan Am Games records in the 4x100-meter free (3:40.66), 4x200-meter free (8:01.18) and 4x100-meter medley (4:01.00) relay. She also earned a gold medal in the 100 free with a lifetime best of 54.75. Her 100 free mark was the seventh fastest time in the 100 free by an American in the 2011 cycle. Kendall qualified for the Pan Am Games after setting four lifetime bests and placing in four finals at the 2011 National Championships. She made the A Final and finished seventh overall with a time of 55.08 in the 100m free and competed in the consolation finals of the 50m free (25.84), 100m butterfly (1:00.00) and 200m free (2:00.14). On the mens side, Hannes Heyl and Hamilton gave the Tigers a 26th-place finish at NCAAs, their highest finish since 2005. Heyl proved to be one of the top 100 butterfly performers in the country, racing to a new program record of 45.77 in the NCAA prelims before collecting his first career first-team All-America accolade with a seventh-place finish in the championship final. Hamilton took 15th and aquired his first career honorable mention All-America honor in the 1650 free. In addition to their success at NCAAs, the mens and womens teams burst onto the scene and turned some heads both nationally and in the conference with their stellar performances at the 2011 SEC Championships. The Lady Tigers and Tigers each placed fifth at SECs, marking the first time both teams posted top-five finishes at the conference championships in a single season since 2000. However, the squads stood out way beyond the team standings with a plethora of individual and relay accolades. At the conclusion of the four-day swimming competition, LSU swimmers combined to win an SEC individual championship, collect 14 medals and shatter an SEC record and 12 program marks, while four athletes earned All-SEC recognition and two made the SEC All-Freshmen team. No swimmer had a bigger impact than Trepp, who became the first Lady Tiger swimmer in 14 seasons to win an SEC title, and she did it in record-setting fashion, breaking the league mark with a blistering time of 58.94. The senior was just the ninth individual in U.S. Open history to reach the wall in under 59 seconds. Kendall raced to a pair of bronze medals in the 100 free and 100 fly and played a major role in helping the 200 medley and 200 free relays to medal finishes. Her 22.87 split on the fly leg of the 200 medley relay coupled with Trepps 26.57 breaststroke split spearheaded the squad of Ruimerman, Trepp, Kendall and Goates to second-place and an NCAA automatic qualifying time of 1:36.91. Haley was the bronze medal winner in the 200 fly with a then program-record 1:56.82 clocking. Haley went from 18th in the event as a freshman to third in the league in just one season under Geyers tutelage. Bussey, an SEC All-Freshmen Team performer and NCAA Qualifier, advanced to a pair of championship finals at the conference meet and broke program records in the 200 breast and 200 IM. Bussey was the Lady Tigers highest NCAA finisher in the 200 IM since 1997 and first swimmer to race in the 200 breast at the national competition since 2003. Heyl swam to a bronze medal in the 100 fly and reached the A final of the 100 back with a personal best of 47.15, while Hamilton claimed his third program record at the conference meet with a 4:22.17 clocking in the 500 free. Furthermore, Trepp was named LSUs most decorated scholar-athlete as she was the schools female nomination for the prestigious SEC H. Boyd McWhorter Postgraduate Scholarship, the highest academic honor bestowed by the conference each year. In addition to her phenomenal athletic accomplishments, the senior also sported a 3.8 cumulative grade point average in psychology. Prior to his promotion to co-head coach, Geyer spent five seasons as an assistant coach at LSU where he worked with all phases of the programs. He was instrumental in helping numerous athletes shatter program records and earn All-America honors while also playing a vital role in the recruitment of top-level international student-athletes. In 2008, Geyer trained former LSU standout and Olympian Miko Malberg prior to the Beijing Olympic Games where the former All-American went on to set an Estonian national record in the 50-meter freestyle (22.37) and place 25th overall. He also traveled to Croatia for the 2008 European Short-Course Championships as a member of the Estonian National coaching staff where he guided Malberg to a pair of national records and helped an Estonian relay qualify for its first championship final at that competition. Geyer graduated from Shippensburg with a bachelors degree in psychology in 1999 before receiving his masters degree in counseling in 2001. He is married to the former Lyndi Croft of State College, Pa. The couple has two daughters, Maddilyn (10) and Kayda (6). Records and Achievements at LSU LSU Womens Highest NCAA Finish Since 1993 LSU Mens Highest NCAA Finish Since 2005 LSU Womens Highest SEC Finish Since 2002 LSU Mens Highest SEC Finish Since 2000 LSUs Record for Women Sent to NCAA Championships in 2015 & 2016 6 NCAA First-Team All-Americans 22 NCAA Honorable Mention All-Americans 28 NCAA Individual Qualifiers 1 SEC Champion 1 SEC Record 8 All-SEC Performers 4 SEC All-Freshmen Performers 3 SEC H. Boyd McWhorter Postgraduate Scholarship Finalists 18 SEC Medalists 1 FINA World Championships Finalist 55 LSU Records Broken LSU Womens Record for Dual-Meet Wins in a Season  

Kempe enters her fifth season as an assistant coach for the LSU swimming and diving team. During her time in Baton Rouge, Kempe has helped propel the womens team to new heights. The womens team has finished fifth at SEC Championships for the best finish since the 2011-12 season. The squad has also sent a program record 11 swimmers and divers to NCAA Championships in back to back years. Kempe also aided to individual success, especially the development of Caley Oquist into the top backstroke specialist in program history. In four seasons, Oquist broke school records in the 100 and 200 backstroke and qualified for NCAA Championships three-straight seasons. In addition to working with Oquist, Kempe has contributed to Massachusetts native Colleen ONeils growth in the breaststroke events. In three seasons under Kempe, ONeil has qualified individually for NCAA's in the 100 breast and 200 breast and set the second-fastest 100 and 200 breast times in school history. At the 2016 NCAA Championships, ONeil was also a part of the school record 400-medely relay team. Kempe has also worked with mens team members Silas Dejean, Garrett House and Harry Ackland during her time in Baton Rouge. Dejean was a part of the 400-medley relay school record team and also qualified for NCAA Championships with two relays in 2015. Dejean, Ackland and House have also swam to times on LSUs top-10 list. Prior to her stint at LSU, Kempe served as an assistant coach for two years at Northern Arizona. Kempe led NAU swimmers to 14 NCAA B cuts and 14 school records. In addition, 28 program all-time top-five swims were registered. NAU posted two top-three finishes at the WAC Championships with Kempe as an assistant coach, including a second place finish in 2012. Four NAU swimmers were named CollegeSwimming.com Mid-Major All-Americans during the 2011-12 season. The swimmers won five individual titles during the 2012 WAC Championships. During her time in Flagstaff, Kempe also worked with developing the training schedule and dry land programs, organizing recruiting logistics and coordinating alumni relations. Kempe was a four-year letter winner at UCLA. She helped lead the Bruins to a pair of second-place finishes in the Pac-12 Conference during her career. She was a three-time top-eight finisher at the Pac-12 Championships and served as team captain her senior season. Following her collegiate swimming career, Kempe worked in the UCLA athletic department. Kempe mentored student-athletes and helped them succeed in the class room. Kempe worked as an academic graduate assistant in the NAU athletic department while pursuing her graduate studies in the college of education. As a graduate assistant, she helped the academic coordinators in eligibility and performance of student-athletes. While in Flagstaff, Kempe gained coaching experience working with the Flagstaff Peaks Aquatic Club. Prior to swimming at UCLA, Kempe was the Illinois High School Swimmer of the Year, a Junior National Champion, Olympic Trials qualifier (2000 and 2004), National Junior Team member and a US National Finalist. Kempe, a native of Lebanon, Illinois was an Athletic Directors Honor Roll selection at UCLA and earned her undergraduate degree in sociology in 2007. She completed her masters degree in educational psychology and human relations at NAU in December 2009. Kempe married Andrew Kempe in Sept. 2013.

Mellor begins his fourth season as an assistant coach after serving on staff for the Tigers during the 2011-12 season. Mellor returned to the LSU staff in January 2015 and works as the sprint coach and with international recruiting. In his first full season back with the Tigers, Mellor led Logan Rysemus, Alex Linge and Leah Troskot to individual appearances at NCAA Championships. Rysemus completed a successful postseason as the junior set school records individually in the 100 back and 100 fly and became the first swimmer in school history to go sub-46 in both events. In his third season, Rysemus earned NCAA Honorable Mention All-America honors in the 100 fly and 100 back and also earned the silver medal in the 100 fly. Troskot qualified individually for two events and also earned NCAA Honorable Mention All-America honors in the 100 free after finishing 13th . Troskot was a part of two school record relay teams and also set the second fastest 100 free, third best 50 free and fourth best 200 free times in school history. To cap off his LSU career, Linge swam in the 100 free, 100 fly and 50 free at NCAA Championships. The Swedish native set the school record in the 100 free and reached the championship final in two events at SEC Championships. Over the summer of 2015, Mellor worked with Troskot as well as former swimmers Marco Gonzalez and Amber Carter. Troskot earned bronze in the 50-meter fly and reached two other A finals at Canadian Swimming Championships. Gonzalez became the Colombian national champion in the 50-meter free and Carter finished seventh in the 100-meter fly at US Winter Championships. In his first stop at LSU, the Stockport Chesire, England native helped lead former Tiger Craig Hamilton distance swimmer to earn NCAA Honorable Mention All-American honors in the mile with a program record time of 14:45.94. Hamilton also won a bronze medal in the mile and garnered a sixth place finish in the 500 free at SEC's. Mellor also coached then freshman Frank Greeff to a bronze medal in the 200 fly and All-SEC Freshman honors. In between his time at LSU, Mellor coached at Creative Aquatics and Nationwide Swim Clinics in England. Mellor developed kids of all ages at Creative Aquatics in South West of England. It was recognized as the nations best swim school in 2013. He also ran Nationwide Swim with the assistance of three-time Olympic Finalist, James Goddard. Prior to his first stint at LSU, Mellor spent two and half seasons as a graduate assistant coach at North Carolina State. Mellor served as head coach of NC State's club team, the Wolfpack Aquatics, in 2010 and 2011 after serving as assistant coach in the summer of 2009. Under Mellor's two and a half year watch, nine women's and three men's school records were broken. He worked closely with 200-breaststroke record holder (2:15.81) Jessica Ward and 200-freestyle record holder (1:47.69) Marifrances Henley. The highlight to Mellor's brief coaching career was swimmer Mason McGee's vast improvements. Shreveport, Louisiana native McGee achieved two top-eight performances in the 200-meter free and the 800m free at US Nationals in 2009. Mellor's illustrious career began on the international stage with his selections to the British Senior Teams in 2005 and 2007, as well the 2005 Mare Nostrum Grand Prix Tour. He competed in the European Championships is 2007. Mellor set two NC State records in the 200 back and the 400 IM. He was elected team captain for three straight seasons from 2005-2008. Mellor received All-ACC honors from 2007-2009 and an eight-point ACC scorer. He was a three-time NCAA qualifier and registered a top-18 finish in the 200-back in 2008. Mellor was world ranked in the top-50 for the 200-meter backstroke in 2005 and 2008. He went on to be a finalist in the 2008 US Open. Mellor is a native of Chester, England and first came over to the US in 2005. His parents are Nigel and Josie Mellor and he has an elder sister, Caroline. He is a huge fan of the Liverpool Football Club.  

Tansel as the programs third assistant coach, co-head coaches Dave Geyer and Doug Shaffer announced on July 29, 2016. Tansel joins the LSU coaching staff after three seasons as an assistant coach at Eastern Michigan University. During his time at EMU, Tansel coached three swimmers to the NCAA Championships, including freshman Delaney Duncan who scored in the B final of the 100 breaststroke. Duncan earned NCAA All-American Honorable Mention status with her 14th place finish. Senior team captain Andrew Henry also competed in the 200 IM, 100 free, and 200 free at NCAAs. Additionally, Tansel coached Cole Bateman to a semifinal appearance in the 200 backstroke at the U.S. Olympic Trials this past month in Omaha. While at EMU, Tansel helped the mens program win the MAC Swimming & Diving Championship in both 2015 and 2016, while improving the womens team from 4th in 2014 to second place finishes in both 2015 and 2016. Bryon helped lead the Eagles to 27 varsity records and 8 Mid-American Conference records. Tansel also led the teams to a combined 12 individual and relay MAC Championships during his time. Prior to joining the Green and White, Tansel coached for the Plymouth-Canton Cruisers in Canton, Michigan, where he was an assistant for the national and senior track groups. Tansel had year-long stints in Dallas, Texas coaching for the Dallas Mustangs Swim Team national group and the Dallas Aquatic Masters. Before that, he worked at Poseidon Swimming Inc. and volunteered for the Spiders at the University of Richmond. His first coaching job was for Silver Medal, top tier USA Swim club, Oakland Live Y'ers in Troy, Michigan. A decorated swimmer himself, Tansel swam for Oakland University, where he received All-Summit League First Team honors from 2003-08 and was named the Summit League Swimmer of the Year in 2005. During his career as a Golden Grizzly, Tansel established one school record and four conference records and was elected team captain by his peers during his final two seasons. Tansel graduated from Oakland in 2008 with a bachelors degree in business management and this summer completed his masters degree in sports management from EMU. He is married to the former Danielle Hulick, who most recently served as an assistant coach of the University of Michigan womens team for four seasons.