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)