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He was previously the head coach of the Liberty Flames men’s basketball team. He was fired by the university on March 5, 2015 after finishing the season with only a 2\u201316 conference record and an 8\u201324 overall record.[2]  It marks his second stint as a coach at Liberty; he spent the 2007-2008 campaign as an assistant to Ritchie McKay.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsBiography[edit]Head coaching record[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Biography[edit]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\u20131983 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.[3]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4When 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\u2013106 record (and 31\u201371 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\u20132009 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.[2] Layer led the 2012\u201313 team to a surprise Big South championship and an NCAA bid with a 15\u201320 record.On September 26, 2016, Layer was appointed an assistant coach of the Greensboro Swarm, a new NBA Development League franchise.[4]  On June 13, 2017 Layer joined  Mercer University as an assistant coach.[5]Head coaching record[edit]Statistics overviewSeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseasonQueens University of Charlotte  (Conference Carolinas) (1989\u20131998)1989\u201390Queens11\u2013171990\u201391Queens20\u201381991\u201392Queens14\u2013131992\u201393Queens20\u201381993\u201394Queens14\u2013121994\u201395Queens17\u2013101995\u201396Queens25\u20136NCAA Div II Sweet 161996\u201397Queens22\u201371997\u201398Queens24\u20136NCAA Div II TournamentQueens:167\u201387Colorado State  (Mountain West Conference) (2000\u20132007)2000\u201301Colorado State15\u2013136\u20138T-4th2001\u201302Colorado State12\u2013183\u201311T-7th2002\u201303Colorado State19\u2013145\u201376thNCAA 1st Round2003\u201304Colorado State13\u2013154\u201310T-7th2004\u201305Colorado State11\u2013173\u201311T-7th2005\u201306Colorado State16\u2013154\u2013108th2006\u201307Colorado State17\u2013136\u201310T-6thColorado State:103\u2013106Liberty  (Big South Conference) (2009\u20132015)2009\u201310Liberty15\u20131610\u201386th2010\u201311Liberty19\u20131313\u201352nd2011\u201312Liberty14\u2013189\u201395th2012\u201313Liberty15\u2013216\u2013105th (North)NCAA First Four2013\u201314Liberty11\u2013215\u2013115th (North)2014\u201315Liberty8\u2013242\u20131611thLiberty:82\u201311345\u201359Total:352\u2013306\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0National champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Postseason invitational champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference regular season champion\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference regular season and conference tournament champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Division regular season champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Division regular season and conference tournament champion\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Conference tournament championReferences[edit]External links[edit]     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki3\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki3\/dale-layer-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Dale Layer – Wikipedia"}}]}]