Gordon C. Stauffer

Gordon C. Stauffer
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Indiana State
Biographical details
Born	May 21, 1930 (1930-05-21) (age 81)
Place of birth	Fort Wayne, Indiana
Playing career
1948–1952	Michigan State
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1959–1962 1962–1966 1966–1967 1967–1975 1975–1979 1979–1981 1981–1990	South Carolina (asst.) Oklahoma (asst.) Washburn Indiana State IPFW Geneva Nicholls State
Head coaching record
Overall	299-331 (.475)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1967: Central Intercollegiate Conf. Championship 1968: Indiana Collegiate Conf. Championship 1968: NCAA Regional Championship

Gordon C. Stauffer (born May 21, 1930 in Fort Wayne, Indiana) is a retired American basketball coach. He was the head men's basketball coach at Indiana State University; leading their transition from NCAA College Division (now Division II) to Division I and membership in the Midwestern Conference and ultimately the Missouri Valley Conference. He also coached at Washburn University, Indiana University_Purdue University - Fort Wayne (IPFW), at Geneva College; his last college position was at Nicholls State (Louisiana) where he coached the Colonels from 1981–1990, again leading the school through a transition period from Div II to Div I.

A Fort Wayne, Indiana South High star, led the Archers to Sectional and Regional titles in his Junior season (1947); he was tabbed 'Honorable Mention All-State' and attended Michigan State on a basketball scholarship; while at Michigan State, he was a member of their first Big Ten conference team; the second-leading scorer in 1952 and lettered three seasons for the Spartans.^[1] He was coached by two coaches, most notably Hall-of-Famer Pete Newell.

Stauffer was drafted in the 1952 NBA Draft by the Indianapolis Olympians.^[2] While he was the first of Michigan State's 55 NBA draft picks,^[3] he never played for the Olympians and moved into the high coaching ranks in his home state of Indiana where he coached the Royerton Redbirds from 1955-1959. He left Royerton to move into the college coaching ranks at the Univ. of South Carolina where he assisted Walt Hambrick and Bob Stevens; he then moved to the Univ. of Oklahoma with Bob Stevens as the top assistant.

He got his first head coaching job with Washburn University 4 seasons later.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Indiana State ((Indiana Collegiate Conference), (Midwestern Conference)) (1967, 1970–1969, 1972)
1967-1968	Indiana State	23-8	9-3	1st	NCAA Div II National Finalist
1968-1969	Indiana State	13-13	independent	n / a	None
1969–1970	Indiana State	16-10	unknown	unknown	None
1970-1971	Indiana State	17-9	5-3	unknown	None
1971-1972	Indiana State	12-14	3-4	unknown	None
1972-1973	Indiana State	16-10	unknown	unknown	None
1973-1974	Indiana State	12-14	independent	n / a	None
1974-1975	Indiana State	12-14	independent	n / a	None
Indiana State:		121-90 (.573)	unknown
Washburn:		15-6 (.714)	unknown
IPFW:		37-67 (.356)	unknown
Geneva:		25-280 (.472)	unknown
Nicholls State:		101-140 (.419)	unknown
Total:		299-331 (.475)
National Champion         Conference Regular Season Champion         Conference Tournament Champion       Conference Regular Season & Conference Tournament Champion       Conference Division Champion

References

1. ^ http://spartanstars.home.comcast.net/~spartanstars/msubasketball.htm
2. ^ http://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1952.html
3. ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/msu/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/0910MBBHistorytradition.pdf

External links

• [1] @ hoopshall.com

Persondata
Name	Stauffer, Gordon C.
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	May 21, 1930
Place of birth	Fort Wayne, Indiana
Date of death
Place of death