Stan Joplin

Teams coached: Toledo Rockets
Toledo record: 202-156 (.564)
Overall record: 202-156 (.564)

Stan Joplin
Born June 17, 1957
Hometown: Milan, Michigan
Alma Mater: University of Toledo (BA, 1979)
Played for coach Bob Nichols at Toledo, earning All-MAC honors as a junior and senior
- Hit a game-winning shot for the Rockets to beat Iowa in the 1979 NCAA Tournament
First coaching role as at Toledo Start HS (OH), where he was head boys’ coach for two years
Began his collegiate coaching career at Kent State, assisting Jim McDonald for two seasons
Returned to his alma mater in 1984, joining Nichols’ staff as an assistant
- Stayed with the program for six seasons, the final three under new head coach Jay Eck
Headed to his home state in 1990 to join Jud Heathcote‘s Michigan State staff as an assistant
- Worked under Heathcote for five seasons, then spent one under his replacement, Tom Izzo
Left MSU in 1996 to become the head coach back at Toledo, leading the Rockets for 12 seasons
- Went 202-156 overall, reaching the NIT four times but never the NCAA Tournament
- Was named MAC COY in 2007 after winning his fourth MAC regular season title
- Joplin was let go in 2008 – with one year remaining on his contract – after finishing 11-19
After a few years away, Joplin became the head coach at Springfield HS in Holland, OH in 2011
- Appeared in two district semifinals before retiring from coaching in 2015
Became assistant principal at Southview HS (Sylvania, OH) and filled in as the interim boys’ basketball coach for the 2017-18 season; the Cougars went 23-2