Stan Heath
Stan Heath (born December 17, 1964)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Eastern Michigan Eagles
Current conference: Mid-American Conference (MAC)
Kent State record: 30-6 (.833)
Arkansas record: 82-71 (.536)
South Florida record: 97-130 (.427)
Eastern Michigan record: 31-62 (.333)
Overall record^: 240-269 (.472)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 4 (2002, 2006, 2007, 2012)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 1 (2002)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2010)
- MAC Regular Season Champion: 1 (2002)
- MAC Tournament Champion: 1 (2002)
Awards:
- NBA G-League Coach of the Year: 1 (2021)
- Big East Coach of the Year: 1 (2003)
- MAC Coach of the Year: 1 (2002)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2021-present | Eastern Michigan |
| 2017-2021 | Lakeland Magic |
| 2015-2017 | Boston College (asst) |
| 2007-2014 | South Florida |
| 2002-2007 | Arkansas |
| 2001-2002 | Kent State |
| 1996-2001 | Michigan State (asst) |
| 1994-1996 | Bowling Green (asst) |
| 1991-1994 | Wayne State (asst) |
| 1989-1991 | Albion (asst) |
| 1988-1989 | Hillsdale (asst) |
Stan Heath Facts
- Stanley Heath III
- Born December 17, 1964
- Hometown: Detroit, Michigan
- Alma Mater: Eastern Michigan University (BS, 1988) / Wayne State University (MA, 1993)
- Was a three-year letterwinner at EMU under head coaches Jim Boyce and Ben Braun
- Entered the coaching ranks after graduation with stints as an assistant at Hillsdale (under Rod Halstad), Albion (under Mike Turner) and Wayne State (under Ron Hammye)
- Spent two seasons on the Bowling Green staff under Jim Larrañaga before taking a job on Tom Izzo‘s staff at Michigan State
- In his sole season as Kent State head coach, Heath’s team finished 30-6, won both the MAC regular season and MAC Tournament titles and made a run to the NCAA Elite Eight; the team was the first in MAC history to win 30 games in one season
- Spent five seasons as the head coach at Arkansas, going 82-71 overall
- Heath’s Razorbacks won just 9 games in his first season but would go on to win 21+ games in each of his last two seasons at the helm, both of which ended in the NCAA Tournament opening round
- Next stop was South Florida, where Heath went 97-129 in seven seasons and went to one NIT and one NCAA Tournament
- After a year off, Heath was hired by Jim Christian to be an assistant coach at Boston College; Christian had been an assistant under Heath at Kent State and took over the team when he left for Arkansas
- Hired in August 2017 as the head coach of the Lakeland Magic, the NBA G-League affiliate for the Orlando Magic
- Went 94-63 in four seasons; reached the Conference Finals in 2019 and was in first place again in 2020 before the season was cut short
- During the COVID-shortened 2020-21 season, the Magic won the G-League title and Heath was named 2021 G-League COY
- In April 2021, Heath returned to college basketball as the new head coach at his alma mater, Eastern Michigan
Stan Heath Coaching Tree
- Solomon Bozeman (Arkansas-Pine Bluff)
- Jim Christian (Canisius, Boston College, Ohio, TCU, Kent State)
- Glynn Cyprien (Memphis Hustle, Iowa Wolves)
- Nick Giard (Kalamazoo College)
- Dan Hipsher (UTPA/UTRGV)
- Donnie Marsh (Alabama A&M)
- Byron Samuels (Florida A&M)
- Eric Skeeters (Delaware State)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only