Michael Shafer

For other people with similar names, see Michael Schäffer.

Michael Shafer (born January 7, 1972)^[1] is an American college basketball coach, most recently the women's head coach at the University of Richmond.

Michael Shafer

Biographical details
Born	(1972-01-07) January 7, 1972 (age 53)
Playing career
1990–1994	William & Mary
Position	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–2003	Georgia (assistant)
2003–2005	Georgia (Associate HC)
2005–2019	Richmond
Head coaching record
Overall	223–214 (.510)

Career

Shafer played at the College of William & Mary, where he walked on to the team. He was on the coaching staff at the University of Georgia from 1996 to 2005 before becoming head coach of the Spiders.^[2]

He holds the record for the number of wins by a women's basketball coach at the University of Richmond.

It was announced on March 10, 2019, that Shafer's contract would not be renewed.^[3]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Richmond Spiders (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2005–present)
2005–06	Richmond	13–17	7–9	T–8th
2006–07	Richmond	13–17	7–7	T–6th
2007–08	Richmond	14–17	6–8	T–7th
2008–09	Richmond	24–10	9–5	T–4th	WNIT Third Round
2009–10	Richmond	20–13	7–7	8th	WNIT Second Round
2010–11	Richmond	18–12	9–5	T–3rd	WNIT First Round
2011–12	Richmond	23–9	9–5	T–4th	WNIT Second Round
2012–13	Richmond	16–16	6–8	9th	WNIT First Round
2013–14	Richmond	14–16	8–8	9th
2014–15	Richmond	19–14	9–7	5th	WNIT Second Round
2015–16	Richmond	13–18	5–11	T–10th
2016–17	Richmond	13–17	7–9	9th
2017–18	Richmond	14–17	8–8	8th
2018–19	Richmond	9–21	6–10	11th
Richmond:		223–214 (.510)	103–107 (.490)
Total:		223–214 (.510)
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