Doug Shaffer

Doug Shaffer (born July 8, 1963) is an American college diving coach. He 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. Dave Geyer is head coach of the swimming team.

Coaching career Shaffer has been the co-head coach of the LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers swimming and diving teams since 2011 when he was promoted from dive team coach, a position he held from 2002 to 2009, to co-head coach. Under his tutelage, Shaffer has produced 13 NCAA All-Americans, two Southeastern Conference champions and an SEC Diver of the Year.

Prior to LSU, Shaffer was head coach at UCLA from 1988-89 where he coached three Pac-10 champions and four All-Americans during his tenure at UCLA. From 1989-1996, Shaffer was head coach at the University of Minnesota. While at Minnesota, he was named Big Ten Diving Coach of the Year three times - twice on the women's side and once for the men's 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.