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):

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)