Dan Monson (born October 6, 1961)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Long Beach State Beach
Current conference: Big West Conference
Gonzaga record: 52-17 (.754)
Minnesota record: 118-106 (.527)
Long Beach State record: 254-258 (.496)
Overall record: 424-381 (.527)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 3 (1999, 2005, 2012)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 1 (1999)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 9 (1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2022)
- Big West Regular Season Champion: 4 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2022)
- WCC Regular Season Champion: 2 (1998, 1999)
- Big West Tournament Champion: 1 (2012)
- WCC Tournament Champion: 1 (1999)
Awards:
- Big West Coach of the Year: 4 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2022)
- WCC Coach of the Year: 1 (1998)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2007-present | Long Beach State |
| 1999-2007 | Minnesota |
| 1997-1999 | Gonzaga |
| 1988-1997 | Gonzaga (asst) |
| 1986-1988 | UAB (grad. asst) |
Dan Monson Facts
- Daniel Lloyd Monson
- Born October 9, 1961
- Hometown: Spokane, Washington
- Alma Mater: University of Idaho (BS, 1985) / University of Alabama at Birmingham (M.Ed., 1988)
- Father, Don Monson, was head coach at both Idaho and Oregon
- Started coaching with two seasons as a graduate assistant at UAB under head coach Gene Bartow
- Spent nine seasons at Gonzaga as an assistant under Dan Fitzgerald before taking over as Zags head coach in 1997
- Won the WCC regular season in each of his two seasons as Gonzaga head coach and went to the 1999 NCAA Elite Eight
- Was head coach at Minnesota for eight seasons, going to one NCAA Tournament and four NITs during his tenure
- Accepted an offer to be the head coach at Washington in 2002 before being convinced to stay at Minnesota
- Resigned from UM after a 2-5 start to the 2006-07; following that season, was hired at Long Beach State
- Has won four Big West titles and made five postseason appearances (1 NCAA, 4 NIT) with the Beach
- Along with his wife, Darci, has two sons and two daughters
Dan Monson Coaching Tree
- J. B. Bickerstaff (Cleveland Cavaliers, Memphis Grizzlies, Houston Rockets)
- Kevin Burleson (Rio Grande Valley Vipers)
- Mark Few (Gonzaga)
- Bill Grier (San Diego)
- Ben Johnson (Minnesota)
- Jim Molinari (Western Illinois, Minnesota, Bradley, Northern Illinois)
- Leon Rice (Boise State)
- Ryan Saunders (Minnesota Timberwolves)
- Derek Thomas (Western Illinois)
- Bill Walker (Missouri S&T, Illinois-Springfield)
