Danny Sprinkle (born October 12, 1976)

Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Montana State Bobcats
Current conference: Big Sky Conference
Montana State record: 81-43 (.653)
Overall record: 81-43 (.653)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  2  (2022, 2023)
• NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen:  0
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  0
• Big Sky Regular Season Champion:  1  (2022)
• Big Sky Tournament Champion:  2  (2022, 2023)

Awards:

• Big Sky Coach of the Year:  1  (2022)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

2019-present	Montana State
2013-2019	Cal State Fullerton (asst)
2008-2013	Cal State Northridge (asst)
2006-2008	Montana State (asst)
2001-2006	Cal State Northridge (asst)
2000-2001	Cal State Northridge (grad. asst)

Danny Sprinkle Facts

• Danny Sprinkle
• Born October 12, 1976
• Hometown: Helena, Montana
• Alma Mater: Montana State University (BS, 2000)
• Born in Pullman, WA and attended Helena HS (MT), before playing at Montana State for head coach Mick Durham
  • Helped lead the Bobcats to the 1996 NCAA Tournament and was inducted into the Montana State Hall of Fame in 2006
• Started his coaching career in 2000, spending one year as a grad assistant and five as an assistant at Cal State Northridge under Bobby Braswell
• Returned to his alma mater in 2006, working as an assistant for two years under Brad Huse
• Had a second stint at Northridge, assisting Braswell for another five seasons (eleven in total)
  • In 2009, the Matadors reached the NCAA Tournament for the second time in program history
• Joined head coach Dedrique Taylor‘s staff at Cal State Fullerton in 2013, working with the Titans for the next six seasons
  • During that time, the staff led the program to three postseason appearances, including the 2018 NCAA Tournament
• Hired in April 2019 to become the head coach at his alma mater, Montana State
  • In his third season, Sprinkle led the Bobcats to a Big Sky title, the program’s first in 20 years
  • Followed that up with a Big Sky Tournament crown to get MSU back to the NCAA for the first time since 1996, when he was a player on the team
  • The Bobcats went to the NCAA Tournament again in 2023 after winning a second-straight Big Sky Tournament

Danny Sprinkle Coaching Tree

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