Dale Layer

Dale Layer

Biographical details
Born	(1958-05-16) May 16, 1958 Gainesville, Florida
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1980–1982	Eckerd (asst.)
1982–1983	Eastern Kentucky (asst.)
1983–1988	Eckerd (asst.)
1988–1998	Queens
1998–2000	Colorado State (asst.)
2000–2007	Colorado State
2007–2008	Liberty (asst.)
2008–2009	Marquette (asst.)
2009–2015	Liberty
Head coaching record
Overall	352–306
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Mountain West Tournament Championship (2003) Big South Tournament Championship (2013)

Dale Layer (born May 16, 1958) is an American basketball coach. His most recent coaching position was as the head coach of the Liberty Flames men's basketball team, a NCAA Division 1 college basketball team that competes in the Big South Conference. He was fired by the university on March 5, 2015 after finishing the season with only a 2–16 conference record and an 8–24 overall record. It marks his second stint as a coach at Liberty; he spent the 2007-2008 campaign as an assistant to Ritchie McKay.

Biography

Layer started his coaching career in 1980 after graduating from his alma mater Eckerd College. He spent seven of the next eight years at Eckerd (he was an assistant at Eastern Kentucky University during the 1982–1983 season. He then made the jump to the head coaching ranks, accepting a job at Queens University of Charlotte. He amassed 167 wins against 87 losses in nine years as the head coach, and also served as the school's athletic director.

In 1998, Layer accepted a job at Colorado State as an assistant after Ritchie McKay accepted the head coaching position. Layer helped lead the Rams to an NIT appearance in 1999, defeating Mississippi State and Colorado before losing to the eventual champion, California.

When McKay left CSU in 2000, Layer was promoted to the head job. Layer guided the team to its first NCAA Tournament bid in 13 years, in 2003. He was twice voted the region's coach of the year by the National Basketball Coaches Association. But after seven years and a 103–106 record (and 31–71 in conference play), Layer was fired.

He rejoined McKay's staff shortly after McKay accepted the job at Liberty University. Layer stayed for a year before heading off to be an assistant to head coach Buzz Williams at Marquette. After the 2008–2009 season, McKay left Liberty and accepted a job as associate head coach at the University of Virginia. Liberty contacted Layer about filling the head coaching vacancy, and Layer accepted. Layer led the 2012–13 team to a surprise Big South championship and an NCAA bid with a 15–20 record.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Queens University of Charlotte (Conference Carolinas) (1989–1998)
1989–90	Queens	11–17
1990–91	Queens	20–8
1991–92	Queens	14–13
1992–93	Queens	20–8
1993–94	Queens	14–12
1994–95	Queens	17–10
1995–96	Queens	25–6			NCAA Div II Sweet 16
1996–97	Queens	22–7
1997–98	Queens	24–6			NCAA Div II Tournament
Queens:		167–87
Colorado State (Mountain West Conference) (2000–2007)
2000–01	Colorado State	15–13	6–8	T-4th
2001–02	Colorado State	12–18	3–11	T-7th
2002–03	Colorado State	19–14	5–7	6th	NCAA 1st Round
2003–04	Colorado State	13–15	4–10	T-7th
2004–05	Colorado State	11–17	3–11	T-7th
2005–06	Colorado State	16–15	4–10	8th
2006–07	Colorado State	17–13	6–10	T-6th
Colorado State:		103–106
Liberty (Big South Conference) (2009–2015)
2009–10	Liberty	15–16	10–8	6th
2010–11	Liberty	19–13	13–5	2nd
2011–12	Liberty	14–18	9–9	5th
2012–13	Liberty	15–21	6–10	5th (North)	NCAA 1st Round
2013–14	Liberty	11–21	5–11	5th (North)
2014–15	Liberty	8–24	2–16	11th
Liberty:		82–113	45–59
Total:		352–306
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

External links

• Colorado State Bio
• Liberty Bio