Description
Richard Lee Stansbury, known as Rick Stansbury, is the former head men's basketball coach at Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi, a position which he held from March 13, 1998, until March 15, 2012. He is now the men's basketball assistant coach under Coach Billy Kennedy at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.
Stansbury was the MSU Bulldogs' 18th head basketball coach. In 1998, he replaced his mentor, Richard Williams, who was then Mississippi State's all-time most successful basketball coach. During the 2007-2008 season, Stansbury passed Williams as the all-time most successful basketball coach at Mississippi State, with 192 wins. Stansbury retired with 293 wins, ranking 9th in the history of the SEC.
Stansbury played high school basketball for Meade County High School in Brandenburg, Kentucky, from which he graduated in 1977. From 1977-1981, he played college ball at Campbellsville College in Campbellsville, Kentucky. He led the team to the NAIA Tournament in his senior season.
Stansbury began his coaching career at his alma mater as a student assistant.
Born
December 23rd, 1959 in Battletown, Kentucky (Age 64)
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