One of the great minds in college basketball, Larry Shyatt enters his seventh season with the University of Florida basketball program after being added to the staff by Billy Donovan on May 10, 2004. Over his first six years, he has continued to cement his reputation among the great coaches in college basketball and prior to the 2007-08 season was promoted to the role of Associate Head Coach, after serving as Assistant Coach his first three years at Florida.
Shyatt's impact was an immediate one, as he helped take the Gators from 11th in the SEC in points per game allowed in 2003-04 to third in 2004-05, claiming the school's first SEC Tournament title along the way. The trend continued in 2005-06, as the Gators finished second in the league in fewest points surrendered and claimed the school's first national title while taking the SEC Tournament for the second straight year. In 2006-07, the Gators surrendered just 62.6 points per game, the fewest by a Gator squad in over half a century.
During Shyatt’s five years in Gainesville, the Gators have amassed an overwhelming 152-55 record, the best in the Southeastern Conference in that time.
Each of the past four years Shyatt has been honored by the Basketball Times as the top-rated assistant coach in the nation.