James Shibest
James Shibest (born October 31, 1964) is an American football coach and former player. He is the current Special Teams Coordinator and Tight End coach at Virginia Tech. From 1996 to 1999, he was head coach at Butler Community College, where he led the Grizzlies to two NJCAA National Championships. For most of his career, Shibest has been a Special Teams coach.[1]
 Shibest in 2018 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Special teams coordinator |
| Team | Virginia Tech |
| Conference | ACC |
| Playing career | |
| 1983–1987 | Arkansas |
| Position(s) | Wide receiver |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1990-1991 | Oklahoma State (GA) |
| 1992 | Independence CC (KS) (OC) |
| 1993 | Independence CC (KS) (DB) |
| 1994-1995 | Garden City CC (KS) (OC/QB/WR) |
| 1996–1999 | Butler CC (KS) |
| 2000–2001 | Arkansas (STC/TE) |
| 2002–2005 | Arkansas (STC/WR) |
| 2006–2007 | Arkansas (STC/TE) |
| 2008–2011 | Ole Miss (STC/TE) |
| 2012–2015 | Memphis (STC/TE) |
| 2016–present | Virginia Tech (STC/TE) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 34–10 |
| Tournaments | 7–1 (NJCAA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 NJCAA National (1998,1999) 2 KJCCC (1998,1999)< | |
| Awards | |
| 2× NJCAA Coach of the Year (1998–1999) 2× KJCCC Coach of the Year (1996, 1998) | |
Coaching career
Shibest began his coaching career as an offensive graduate assistant working with the running backs and wide receivers at Oklahoma State for the 1990 and 1991 football seasons.[2]
From Oklahoma State, Shibest moved on to Independence Community College where he was the offensive coordinator in 1992, and the Defensive Back coach in 1993.[3]
In 1994 and 1995, Shibest was the offensive coordinator for Garden City Community College.
In 1996, Shibest landed his first head coaching job at Butler Community College. In four years (1996–1999) Shibest led the Grizzlies to two KJCAA Conference titles and two NJCAA National Titles. He was twice named the KJCAA Coach of the year and also twice named the NJCAA Coach of the year.[3]
In 2000, James Shibest joined Houston Nutt's staff at Arkansas as the Tight End Coach and Special Teams Coordinator. Shibest also coached Wide Receivers during his tenure at Arkansas.[3][4]
In 2008, Shibest followed Houston Nutt to Ole Miss as the Tight End coach and Special Teams Coach.[3]
in 2012, Shibest joined Justin Fuente's staff at Memphis in the same position.
He then followed Fuente to Virginia Tech in 2016.[3]
Playing career
Shibest played Wide Receiver at Arkansas from 1983 to 1987. He earned All-Southwest Conference honors in 1984 and 1986.[3] In high school, Shibest was a Prep All-American Wide Receiver at MacArthur High School in Houston, Texas.[3] He also played one game in 1987 for the Atlanta Falcons as a replacement during that year's NFL player strike.
Personal life
Shibest and his wife, Dianna, have two children, James John III and Jordyn Grace.[3]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | NJCAA# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler CC Grizzlies (Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference) (1996–1999) | |||||||||
| 1996 | Butler CC | 7–4 | 3–3 | 4th | L NJCAA second round | 15 | |||
| 1997 | Butler CC | 4–5 | 2–4 | 5th | |||||
| 1998 | Butler CC | 12–0 | 6–0 | 1st | W NJCAA National Championship | 1 | |||
| 1999 | Butler CC | 11–1 | 6–0 | 1st | W NJCAA National Championship | 1 | |||
| Butler CC: | 34–10 | 17–7 | |||||||
| Total: | 34–10 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
- "James Shibest". Saturday Down South. 2014-08-18. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
- "James Shibest". Retrieved February 27, 2018.
- "James Shibest". Retrieved February 27, 2018.
- "James Shibest: "I can remember how chunky ol' Austin was when he was young" - Best of Arkansas Sports". Best of Arkansas Sports. 2016-12-29. Retrieved 2018-03-03.