Danny Kaspar
Danny Kaspar (born November 16, 1954)
Teams coached: Incarnate Word Cardinals, Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks, Texas State Bobcats
Incarnate Word record^: 219-52 (.808)
Stephen F. Austin record: 246-141 (.636)
Texas State record: 119-109 (.522)
Overall record^: 584-302 (.659)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2009)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 2 (2008, 2013)
- CIT Appearances: 2 (2017, 2019)
- Southland Regular Season Champion: 4 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2013)
- Heartland (Div II) Regular Season Championships: 1 (2000)
- Heart of Texas (NAIA) Regular Season Championships: 6 (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999)
- Southland Tournament Champion: 1 (2009)
- Heart of Texas (NAIA) Tournament Championships: 4 (1995, 1997, 1998, 1999)
- NAIA Tournament Appearances: 6 (1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999)
Awards:
- Hugh Durham Award: 1 (2013)
- Southland Coach of the Year: 2 (2008, 2013)
- Heart Of Texas Coach of the Year: 3 (1994, 1998, 1999)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2013-2020 | Texas State |
| 2000-2013 | Stephen F. Austin |
| 1991-2000 | Incarnate Word |
| 1986-1991 | Baylor (asst) |
| 1983-1986 | Stephen F. Austin (asst) |
| 1980-1983 | Midwestern State (asst) |
| 1979-1980 | Lamar (asst) |
Danny Kaspar Facts
- Daniel Joseph Kaspar
- Born November 16, 1954
- Hometown: Corpus Christi, Texas
- Alma Mater: University of North Texas (BA, 1978)
- Started coaching career in 1979, assisting Billy Tubbs at Lamar, Gerald Stockton at D-II Midwestern State, Harry Miller at Stephen F. Austin and Gene Iba at Baylor
- Spent nine seasons as head coach at Incarnate Word, then a NAIA program, where he went 219-52 overall and won three conference COY awards
- Claimed seven conference titles at IWU – six Heart of Texas and one Heartland – and won four Heart of Texas Tournament championships
- Returned to Division I in 2000 as the head coach at Stephen F. Austin
- Won 246 games, went to one NCAA Tournament and two NITs during his thirteen seasons as head coach
- Became the head coach at Texas State in 2013, leading the Bobcats to the CIT in his fourth season and again in his sixth; he went 119-109 overall in seven seasons at the helm
- In June 2020, Kaspar went on leave following allegations from a former player of racist remarks made by the coach
- Three months later, Kaspar officially resigned as the head coach of Texas State
- Every coaching job Kaspar has had has been with a team based in his home state of Texas
- Along with his wife, Deborah, has one daughter (a graduate of Texas State)
Danny Kaspar Coaching Tree
- Chris Beard (Ole Miss, Texas, Texas Tech, Little Rock, Angelo State, McMurry)
- Cinco Boone (Angelo State)
- Talvin Hester (Louisiana Tech)
- Terrence Johnson (Texas State)
- Michael Lewis (Ball State)
- Steve Lutz (Western Kentucky, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi)
- Jim Shaw (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi)
- Brette Tanner (Abilene Christian)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NAIA and NCAA Division I levels