Pete Stanton

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Pete Stanton
Current position
Title Athletic director, head coach (football)
Team Dickinson State
Conference Frontier
Record98–36
Biographical details
Alma mater Dickinson State University (BA)
Montana State University (MA)
Playing career
Football
?–1987 Dickinson State
Position Safety
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
?Terry HS (MT)
? Belgrade HS (MT)
2000–2013 Dickinson State (assistant)
2014–presentDickinson State
Track and field
2003–2013 Dickinson State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2017–2019 Dickinson State (interim AD)
2019–presentDickinson State
Head coaching record
Overall98–36 (college football)
TournamentsFootball
3–10 (NAIA playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
10 NSAA (2015–2024)

Track and field
3 NAIA men's outdoor (2004–2006)
Awards
Football
NAIA All-American (1987)
NAIA Academic All-American (1987)
2× All-NDCAC
9× NSAA Coach of the Year (2015–2017, 2019–2024)

Track and field
4× NAIA Men's Outdoor Coach of the Year (2003–2006)

Pete Stanton is an American college football coach and athletic director. He is currently the head football coach and athletic director at Dickinson State University, holding the position of head coach since December 2013 and athletic director since May 2017. [1] [2] [3]

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Playing career

A native of Baker, Montana, Stanton played college football as a safety at Dickinson State University in the mid-1980s. [3] [4] While there he helped the Blue Hawks win two North Dakota College Athletic Conference (NDCAC) championships and make two appearances in the NAIA Division II football national championship playoffs. [1] [3] Stanton was named to the All-NDCAC team twice. He named a first-team NAIA All-American and a NAIA Academic All-American in 1987. [3] [4]

Coaching career

Early coaching career

Following his graduation from Dickinson State in 1987, Stanton spent nine seasons as the head football coach at Terry High School in Terry, Montana. [5] While there he accumulated a 70–20 overall record and appeared in three state title games. [3] He then served two seasons as the head football coach at Belgrade High School in Belgrade, Montana. [5]

Dickinson State

Football

In 2000, Stanton was hired as an assistant coach for the Dickinson State football team. As an assistant, he helped lead the Blue Hawks to seven conference championships and seven appearances in the NAIA football national championship playoffs. [1] In December 2013, Stanton named Dickinson State's head football coach, replacing NAIA Hall of Famer Hank Biesiot. [1] In his time as the head coach of the Blue Hawks, Stanton has accumulated an overall record of 97–33, and has led the team to ten NSAA championships and ten NAIA playoff appearances. [3] Stanton has also been named as the NSAA Coach of the Year nine times. [3]

Track and field

From 2003 until 2013, Stanton was the head coach of both the men's and women's track and field teams at Dickinson State. [3] [6] His men's outdoor track and field team won three straight NAIA national championships from 2004 to 2006, as well as finishing runner-up five times in 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010. [7] [3] Stanton was named as the NAIA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Coach of the Year four consecutive times, from 2003 to 2006. [3] From 2003 until 2012, the men's team also won ten straight conference championships, and Stanton was named as the conference's coach of the year ten times. [3]

Administration

Stanton was named as the interim athletic director for Dickinson State in 2017, then was named officially as the athletic director in 2019. [2] [5] He was named as the NSAA athletic director of the year in 2023, 2024, and 2025. [8]

Personal life

Stanton has a wife named Candance and two children. [3] He received a master's degree in education from Montana State University. [4]

Head coaching record

College football

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs NAIA Coaches'#
Dickinson State Blue Hawks (North Star Athletic Association)(2014–2024)
2014 Dickinson State7–45–12nd
2015 Dickinson State8–35–11stL NAIA First Round 18
2016 Dickinson State9–36–01stL NAIA First Round 14
2017 Dickinson State9–28–01stL NAIA First Round 13
2018 Dickinson State9–36–11stL NAIA Quarterfinal 8
2019 Dickinson State8–36–11stL NAIA First Round 17
2020–21 Dickinson State9–19–01stL NAIA First Round 11
2021 Dickinson State8–38–01stL NAIA First Round 15
2022 Dickinson State8–36–01stL NAIA First Round 17
2023 Dickinson State10–28–01stL NAIA Second Round 16
2024 Dickinson State10–28–01stL NAIA Second Round 14
Dickinson State Blue Hawks (Frontier Conference)(2025–present)
2025 Dickinson State3–71–56th (East)
Dickinson State:98–3676–9
Total:98–36
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Blue Hawks Tab First New Football Coach in 38 Years". News Dakota. Dickinson, ND. December 4, 2013. Retrieved October 13, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Evers, Samuel (May 12, 2017). "The work starts now for Stanton in new-look department". The Dickinson Press. Retrieved October 13, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Pete Stanton". dsubluehawks.com. Retrieved October 13, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "Pete Stanton". dickinsonstate.edu. Retrieved October 13, 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 Bofinger, Alec (September 15, 2019). "Sunday Conversation: Dickinson State football coach, AD Pete Stanton talks coaching track, football". MontanaSports.com. Dickinson, ND . Retrieved October 13, 2025.
  6. ↑ MacDonald, Meaghan (December 4, 2013). "DSU tabs Stanton to replace Biesiot". Jamestown Sun. Retrieved October 13, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Dickinson State Wins Third Straight Championship". naia.org. Fresno, CA. May 27, 2006. Retrieved October 13, 2025.
  8. ↑ Huntimer, Nick (May 29, 2025). "North Star announces final annual athletics awards". playnorthstar.com. Bismarck, ND . Retrieved October 15, 2025.
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