Stu Starner
Stu Starner (born April 8, 1943)
Teams coached: Montana State Bobcats, UTSA Roadrunners
Montana State record: 110-95 (.537)
UTSA record: 84-58 (.592)
Overall record: 194-153 (.559)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (1986)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (1987)
- Southland Regular Season Champion: 1 (1992)
- TAAC Regular Season Champion: 1 (1991)
- Big Sky Regular Season Champion: 1 (1987)
- Big Sky Tournament Champion: 1 (1986)
Awards:
- Big Sky Coach of the Year: 1 (1986)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 1990-1995 | UTSA |
| 1983-1990 | Montana State |
| 1981-1983 | Minnesota (asst) |
| 1979-1981 | Montana State (asst) |
| 1978-1979 | Minnesota (asst) |
Stu Starner Facts
- Stuart Starner
- Born April 8, 1943
- Hometown: Minnesota
- Alma Mater: University of Minnesota Morris (BA, 1965)
- Started his career in the HS ranks in his home state of Minnesota, coaching at various schools through the 1960s and 1970s
- Joined Jim Dutcher‘s coaching staff at Minnesota in 1979, working there for a total of three seasons
- His two stints were separated by a two-year spell at Montana State assisting Bruce Haroldson
- Was part of the Gophers’ Big Ten title and NCAA Sweet Sixteen run in 1983
- Returned to Montana State in 1983 to be the Bobcats’ head coach
- Went 110-95 over seven years, highlighted by the 1986 (NCAA Tournament) and 1987 (Big Sky title) seasons
- Left MSU in 1990 to take over at Texas-San Antonio (UTSA)
- Won the 1991 TAAC (now Atlantic Sun) title in his first season and then the Southland title a year later after the program changed leagues
- Was 84-58 in five seasons at the helm, resigning in 1995 after a third-straight lackluster campaign
- Moved into administration after coaching, working in foundations and fundraising departments at various schools
- Was Assoc. Director for Development at UTSA (1995-98), Director of Major Gifts at Montana State (1998-2000), Chief Executive Officer at Houston (2000-02), VP for Advancement and Exec. Director of the EMU Foundation at Eastern Michigan (2002-2005), Senior VP of Major Gifts – and later Interim President of the 12th Man Foundation – at Texas A&M (2005-13) and Senior Assoc. AD for Development at New Mexico (2015-16)
- Still has a home in Bozeman, MT and spends most of the year there with his wife, Barb
Stu Starner Coaching Tree
- Mick Durham (Montana State Billings, Alaska, Montana State)
