Stan Gouard

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Stan Gouard
Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles
Position Head coach
League Ohio Valley Conference
Personal information
Born (1970-10-14) October 14, 1970 (age 54)
Danville, Illinois, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school Danville (Danville, Illinois)
College
NBA draft 1996: undrafted
Position Small forward / shooting guard
Coaching career2001–present
Career history
As player:
1996–1997 Sundsvall Dragons
1997–1998 Des Moines Dragons
1998Caimanes de Barranquilla
1998Dorados de Chihuahua
1999Des Moines Dragons
As coach:
2001–2002 Southern Indiana (assistant)
2002–2005 Indianapolis (assistant)
2005–2008 Indiana State (assistant)
2008–2020Indianapolis
2020–presentSouthern Indiana
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As coach:

  • GLVC Coach of the Year (2014)

Stanley Gouard (born October 14, 1970) is an American college basketball coach, currently head coach for the University of Southern Indiana (USI). Gouard also played for USI, where he was twice named NCAA Division II National Player of the Year.

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College career

A native of Danville, Illinois, Gouard played for Danville High School, where he graduated in 1988. He tried unsuccessfully to catch on with two separate junior colleges before returning to Danville to work. After a strong showing in an amateur summer festival, he was signed by John A. Logan College and played the 1991–92 season, earning NJCAA All-American honors. While he was pursued by several Division I programs, his age limited his eligibility whereas the looser Division II standards would allow him to compete for three seasons. He opted to sign with coach Bruce Pearl at Southern Indiana and, after sitting out the 1992–93 season due to injury, began his USI career the next year. [1]

Gouard led the Screaming Eagles to consecutive Division II championship games as a sophomore and junior, earning Tournament Most Outstanding Player honors in a close loss to Cal State Bakersfield in 1994. The next season Gouard led the team to its first national title as they defeated UC Riverside 71–63 in the final. Gouard was named NABC Division II Player of the Year in both his junior and senior seasons, as well as a first-team All-American. [2]

Professional career

Following the close of his college career, Gouard played professionally in Sweden (Sundsvall Dragons), Colombia (Caimanes de Barranquilla) and Mexico (Dorados de Chihuahua). He also played in the United States for the Des Moines Dragons of the International Basketball Association. [3] Gouard led the Caimanes to back to back Colombian championship during his time with them. [4]

Coaching career

Gouard entered the coaching ranks in 2001 as he returned to USI as an assistant to head coach Rick Herdes' staff. [3] Following the season, he moved to a similar position with the University of Indianapolis under coach Todd Sturgeon. He then moved to Division I Indiana State under Royce Waltman. He remained on staff for the 2007–08 season under Kevin McKenna after Waltman was fired.

He was named head coach at Indianapolis in 2008 after Waltman, who had served as interim head coach of the Greyhounds the previous year, decided not to pursue the job. [5] Gouard coached the Greyhounds for twelve seasons, compiling a record of 204–111. He qualified for eight NCAA Division II Tournament appearances, reaching the tournament every year from 2010 to 2016 and again in 2020. He was named the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Coach of the Year in 2014. During the 2019–20 season, Indianapolis finished 24–6 and earned the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional before the season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. [4]

On April 7, 2020, Gouard was named head coach of his alma mater, Southern Indiana, replacing the retiring Rodney Watson. [6]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Indianapolis Greyhounds [7] (Great Lakes Valley Conference)(2008–2020)
2008–09Indianapolis 9–184–146th (East)
2009–10Indianapolis 12–166–125th (East)
2010–11Indianapolis 19–912–6T3rd (East) NCAA Division II first round
2011–12Indianapolis 20–912–6T3rd (East) NCAA Division II second round
2012–13Indianapolis 20–911–7T6th (East) NCAA Division II first round
2013–14Indianapolis 24–515–3T1st (East) NCAA Division II second round
2014–15Indianapolis 25–614–43rd (East) NCAA Division II Sweet Sixteen
2015–16Indianapolis 21–814–43rd (East) NCAA Division II second round
2016–17Indianapolis 16–1212–64th (East)
2017–18Indianapolis 19–912–64th (East)
2018–19Indianapolis 19–1012–64th
2019–20Indianapolis 24–615–53rd NCAA Division II Cancelled
Indianapolis:228–117 (.661)139–79 (.638)
Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles (Great Lakes Valley Conference)(2020–2022)
2020–21Southern Indiana 12–511–41st (East) NCAA Division II second round
2021–22Southern Indiana 18–812–6
Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles (Ohio Valley Conference)(2022–present)
2022–23 Southern Indiana 16–179–9T–6th CBI First Round
2023–24 Southern Indiana 8–245–13T–8th
2024–25 Southern Indiana 5–50–0
Southern Indiana:59–59 (.500)37–32 (.536)
Total:287–176 (.620)

      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

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  3. 1 2 "Gouard returns to USI basketball". University of Southern Indiana . June 27, 2001. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  4. 1 2 Dare, Chad (April 7, 2020). "Danville's Stan Gouard leaves UIndy for Southern Indiana". Commercial-News . Retrieved April 11, 2020.
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