Rick Stansbury
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Western Kentucky |
| Conference | Conference USA |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
December 23, 1959 Battletown, Kentucky |
| Playing career | |
| 1977–1981 | Campbellsville |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1981–1982 | Campbellsville (asst.) |
| 1983–1984 | Cumberland (KY) (asst.) |
| 1984–1990 | Austin Peay (asst.) |
| 1990–1998 | Mississippi State (asst.) |
| 1998–2012 | Mississippi State |
| 2014–2016 | Texas A&M (asst.) |
| 2016–present | Western Kentucky |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 303-176 (.634) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
|
SEC regular season championship (2004) 2× SEC Tournament championship (2002, 2009) 5× SEC Western Division championship (2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010) |
|
| Awards | |
| SEC Coach of the Year (2004) | |
Richard Lee Stansbury (born December 23, 1959), is the head men's basketball coach at Western Kentucky University.
In 2014, despite his retirement from Mississippi State, he eventually became the men's basketball Associate Head 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, but was never able to match Williams's run in the NCAA tourney as he failed to get past the 2nd Round despite recruiting a huge talent pool. Stansbury retired with 293 wins, ranking 9th in the history of the SEC.
He was hired as Western Kentucky's head men's basketball coach in March 2016.
Born in Battletown, Kentucky, Stansbury played high school basketball for Meade County High School in Brandenburg, Kentucky from which he graduated in 1977. From 1977 to 1981, he played college ball at Campbellsville College (now Campbellsville University) 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 (1982–1983). Following his stint at Campbellsville, he served as a graduate assistant at Cumberland College (now University of the Cumberlands) in Williamsburg, Kentucky (1983–84). There, he helped to lead the team to a 31-5 mark and a second-round appearance in the NAIA Tournament.
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