Stan Waterman (basketball)

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Stan Waterman
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Waterman at Delaware State in 2024
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Delaware State
Conference MEAC
Record44–97 (.312)
Biographical details
Born (1966-05-20) May 20, 1966 (age 59) [1]
Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
Playing career
1984–1989 Delaware
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1989–1990 Wilmington (assistant)
1990–1991 Sanford School (assistant)
1991–2021Sanford School
2021–present Delaware State
Head coaching record
Overall44–97 (.312)
Tournaments0–1 (CBI)

Stan Waterman (born May 20, 1966) [1] is an American college basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Delaware State Hornets men's basketball program.

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Early life and education

Waterman grew up in Wilmington, Delaware and attended Howard Career Center High School. [2] Playing point guard, he was named Second Team All-State as a senior and earned an invitation to the Delaware High School All-Star Basketball Game. [3] Waterman led the team to the state championship game in 1981 and the state semifinals in 1983. [4] He received a scholarship to Delaware. Waterman sat out the 1985-86 season to focus on his studies.[ citation needed ] He made his first career start in February 1988 and finished with six points, seven assists, and five rebounds. [5] Waterman earned a degree in sociology in 1988. [4]

Coaching career

Sanford School (1991–2021)

Following the close of his college career, Waterman pursued a coaching career serving as an assistant coach at Wilmington University during the 1989-90 season. He then became an assistant coach at the Sanford School in Hockessin, Delaware while maintaining a job with Child Protective Services in Wilmington. [3] Waterman was named head coach at the Sanford School in April 1991, after the resignation of Thom Shumosic. [6]

At the Sanford School, Waterman amassed 571 wins and guided the Warriors to 10 state championship game appearances, winning eight state titles (1992, 2002, 2010-12, 2016, 2019, and 2021). [7] His 2020 team reached the state semifinals before the tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[ citation needed ] In addition to his coaching role, he served as Dean of Students and Assistant Director of Athletics at Sanford.[ citation needed ]

In 2016, Waterman earned the Tubby Raymond Award as Delaware Coach of the Year by the Delaware Sportswriters and Broadcasters Association after leading Sanford to its sixth state championship. [8]

Waterman was also a part of the USA Basketball coaching staff. He was an assistant coach for the gold-medal-winning 2018 USA Men’s U17 World Cup Team and the 2017 USA Men’s U16 national team. He was also an assistant coach for the 2019 USA Nike Hoop Summit team, which defeated the World Select Team in Portland, Oregon, and was named to the coaching staff for the 2020 Nike Hoop Summit Team (which did not compete due to the COVID-19 pandemic).[ citation needed ]

Delaware State (2021–present)

Waterman was announced as the head coach of men's basketball at Delaware State University on June 4, 2021. [7] At the time of his hiring, Hall of Fame Villanova head coach Jay Wright praised Waterman as “an outstanding leader in our game” with “elite basketball knowledge and experience,” calling him a "great choice" to lead the Delaware State program. [9]

The Hornets' win totals increased in each of Waterman's first four seasons as head coach. [10]

2023-24 season

In the 2023-24 season, Waterman guided Delaware State to a 15-win campaign, marking a significant turnaround for the program. The Hornets advanced to the championship game of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) tournament, their deepest postseason run in years. As a result of their success, the team received an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational Tournament, a 16-team national postseason event, where they were seeded 14th. [11]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Delaware State Hornets (MEAC)(2021–present)
2021–22 Delaware State 2–260–148th
2022–23 Delaware State 6–244–10T–6th
2023–24 Delaware State 15–196–86th CBI First Round
2024–25 Delaware State 16–148–63rd
2025–26 Delaware State 5–140–4
Delaware State:44–97 (.312)18–42 (.300)
Total:44–97 (.312)

      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

Personal life

Waterman and his wife Robyn have one daughter, named Paris Waterman-Dupree. [12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Stan Waterman". coachesdatabase.com. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
  2. ↑ Taylor, Jerome (September 9, 2021). "Delaware Lifer Stan Waterman Has Big Plans at DSU". cityofbasketballlove.com. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Zabitka, Matt (July 12, 1990). "Coach courts success in new Sanford venture". The News Journal . p. 60. Retrieved October 18, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  4. 1 2 "DSU Names Stan Waterman to Lead Men's Basketball Program". Delaware State Hornets . June 4, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  5. ↑ Chevalier, Jack (February 25, 1988). "Waterman capitalizes on his chance". The Morning News . p. 28. Retrieved October 18, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Zabitka, Matt (April 18, 1991). "Questions follow in Shumosic's wake". The News Journal . p. 86. Retrieved October 18, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  7. 1 2 Tresolini, Kevin (June 3, 2021). "DSU hires Delaware high school coaching mainstay as men's basketball coach". The News Journal . Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  8. ↑ Myers, Brad (January 25, 2017). "Sanford's Stan Waterman Named DSBA Coach of the Year". delawareonline.com. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  9. ↑ Tresolini, Kevin (June 7, 2021). "Waterman has chance to alter a sorry DelState hoops history". The News Journal . Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  10. ↑ Simmons, Cobi (January 21, 2025). "Stan Waterman: Transforming Delaware State University basketball". HBCU Gameday. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
  11. ↑ Walter, Andy (March 19, 2024). "Delaware State gets to write a different ending to its basketball season". Bay to Bay News. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Stan Waterman - Head Coach". dsuhornets.com. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
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