Gordon C. Stauffer

Gordon C. Stauffer
Biographical details
Born	May 21, 1930 (age 94); Fort Wayne, Indiana
Playing career
1948–1952	Michigan State
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1959–1962	South Carolina (asst.)
1962–1966	Oklahoma (asst.)
1966–1967	Washburn
1967–1975	Indiana State
1975–1979	IPFW
1979–1981	Geneva
1981–1990	Nicholls State
Head coaching record
Overall	299-331
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Central Intercollegiate Conf. championship (1967); Indiana Collegiate Conf. championship (1968); NCAA Regional championship (1968)
Awards
	Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame (2004)

Gordon C. Stauffer (born May 21, 1930) 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; after winning a conference championship, he moved up the ranks to Indiana State. After 8 seasons in Terre Haute, he took the job in Ft Wayne. He spent two seasons at Geneva College, leading them to the NCCAA playoffs in each season. He spent 9 seasons at Nicholls State before retiring to Florida.^[4]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Indiana State (Indiana Collegiate Conference), (Midwestern Conference) (1967, 1970–1969, 1972)
1967–68	Indiana State	23-8	9-3	1st	NCAA Div II National Finalist
1968–69	Indiana State	13-13	independent
1969–70	Indiana State	16-10	independent
1970–71	Indiana State	17-9	5-3	2nd
1971–72	Indiana State	12-14	4-4	3rd
1972–73	Indiana State	16-10	independent
1973–74	Indiana State	12-14	independent
1974–75	Indiana State	12-14	independent
Indiana State:		121-90 (.573)
Washburn:		15-6 (.714)
IPFW:		37-67 (.356)
Geneva:		25-28 (.472)
Nicholls State:		101-140 (.419)
Total:		299-331 (.475)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

^ "Michigan State Basketball Alumni". Spartanstars.home.comcast.net. Archived from the original on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2015-07-27. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "1952 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference.com. 1952-04-26. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/msu/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/0910MBBHistorytradition.pdf
^ "Gordon Stauffer Coaching Record | College Basketball at". Sports-reference.com. 1930-05-21. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2015-07-27. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[1] "Michigan State Basketball Alumni". Spartanstars.home.comcast.net. Archived from the original on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2015-07-27. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] "1952 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference.com. 1952-04-26. Retrieved 2015-07-27.

[3] ttp://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/msu/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/0910MBBHistorytradition.pdf

[4] "Gordon Stauffer Coaching Record | College Basketball at". Sports-reference.com. 1930-05-21. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2015-07-27. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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