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Richard Lee "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.
Born in Battletown, Kentucky, Stansbury played high school basketball for Meade County High School in Brandenburg, Kentucky from which he graduated in 1977. From 1977-1981, 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.
Following his stint at Campbellsville, he served as a graduate assistant at Cumberland College in Williamsburg, Kentucky. There he helped to lead the team to a 31-5 mark and a second-round appearance in the NAIA Tournament. In 1984, Stansbury moved to Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee, where he served a six-year term as an assistant, helping guide that team to three consecutive winning seasons, beginning with a conference tournament championship and a subsequent NCAA Tournament second-round berth during the 1986-87 season, while the APSU Governors posted a mark of 20-12.
After APSU, Stansbury served as an assistant coach at MSU under Williams from 1990–94. He became Williams' associate head coach and top recruiter in 1994 and remained in that position until 1998. During those eight seasons, the Bulldogs: won the overall Southeastern Conference regular season championship; twice won the SEC West crown; won the SEC tournament championship; advanced to the "Sweet 16" in back to back years and reached the "Final Four" in 1996. Taking over the helm as the Bulldogs head coach in 1998, Stansbury led his team to post-season tournament play eleven times in fourteen seasons, with five consecutive post-season tournament appearances, the first MSU basketball coach in history to accomplish this feat. His 2001-02 MSU team compiled the most wins in a single season in school history. Also achieved the highest National Ranking in school history 2003-04, #2 in the country.
Stansbury also owns MSU's record for consecutive 20-win seasons with four from 2001–05 and again from 2006-10. Stansbury won more SEC Championships in the last 10 years than any other SEC program except Kentucky 12. Mississippi State 8. Western Conference Champion: 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010. SEC Tournament Champion: 2002, 2009. Overall SEC Champion: 2004. Under the leadership of Stansbury, MSU's teams were always a threat in the SEC Tournament, reaching the finals of the tournament four times, winning twice. His SEC Tournament record is 16-12. From his days as an MSU assistant until 2012, Stansbury has been a part of over 15 postseason tournament appearances. Prior to his arrival at Mississippi State, MSU had two post-seasons in 27 years. He is also 21-8 vs conference in-state rival, the Mississippi Rebels. Stansbury announced his retirement on March 15, 2012; he cited a desire to spend more time with his family. But in May 2014, he was back into coaching with a new assignment at Texas A&M. He is a member of the Campbellsville University Athletics Hall of Fame.
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