Dwayne Stephens
Dwayne Stephens (born July 19, 1971)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Western Michigan Broncos
Current conference: Mid-American Conference (MAC)
Western Michigan record: 20-43 (.317)
Overall record: 20-43 (.317)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- MAC Regular Season Champion: 0
- MAC Tournament Champion: 0
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2022-present | Western Michigan |
| 2012-2022 | Michigan State (assoc. HC) |
| 2003-2012 | Michigan State (asst) |
| 1999-2003 | Marquette (asst) |
| 1997-1999 | Oakland (asst) |
Dwayne Stephens Facts
- Dwayne Jerome Stephens
- Born July 19, 1971
- Hometown: Ferndale, Michigan
- Alma Mater: Michigan State University (BA, 1993)
- Played four seasons at Michigan State for Hall of Fame Spartans’ head coach Jud Heathcote
- Reached the NCAA Tournament three times; was All-Big Ten Honorable Mention as a junior in 1992
- Started his collegiate coaching career as an assistant under Greg Kampe for two seasons at Oakland
- Hired by Tom Crean as an assistant at Marquette in 1999; Crean had been a grad assistant at MSU when Stephens was a freshman
- Went to two NCAA Tournaments in four years, including the Eagles’ 2003 Final Four run with Dwyane Wade
- Returned to his alma mater in 2003 and spent the next nineteen seasons working under Tom Izzo, the last ten as his associate head coach
- Played a key role in the maintained success at MSU, which included 18 NCAA Tournaments (with five Final Fours) and six Big Ten titles during his tenure
- Hired in April 2022 to be the new head coach at Western Michigan in the MAC
Dwayne Stephens Coaching Tree
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