James Shibest

James Shibest
	MacArthur
College:	Arkansas
Undrafted:	1987
Career history
As a player:
	Atlanta Falcons (1987);
As a coach:
	Oklahoma State (GA) (1990–1991); Independence (OC) (1992); Independence (DB) (1993); Garden City (OC/QB/WR) (1994–1995); Butler County (1996–1999); Arkansas (STC/TE/WR) (2000–2007); Ole Miss (STC/TE) (2008–2011); Memphis (STC/TE) (2012–2015); Virginia Tech (STC/TE) (2016–2021); UNLV (STC) (2023–present);
Career highlights and awards
	2 championships NJCAA National (1998,1999); 2 KJCCC (1998,1999); 2× NJCAA Coach of the Year (1998–1999); 2× KJCCC Coach of the Year (1996, 1998); 2× First-team All-SWC (1984, 1986);
	Player stats at PFR

James Shibest (born October 31, 1964) is an

NJCAA National Championships. For most of his career, Shibest has been a special teams coach.^[1]

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 KJCCC 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

Houston, Texas.^[3]

He also played one game in 1987 for the

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 County Grizzlies (Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference ) (1996–1999)
1996	Butler County	7–4	3–3	4th	L NJCAA second round	15
1997	Butler County	4–5	2–4	5th
1998	Butler County	12–0	6–0	1st	W NJCAA National Championship	1
1999	Butler County	11–1	6–0	1st	W NJCAA National Championship	1
Butler County:		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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "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.

External links

Virginia Tech profile

[1] "James Shibest". Saturday Down South. 2014-08-18. Retrieved 2018-03-03.

[olemisssports.com-2] "James Shibest". Retrieved February 27, 2018.

[hokiesports.com-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "James Shibest". Retrieved February 27, 2018.

[4] "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.

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