Daniel Joseph "Danny" Kaspar is an American college basketball coach and the current head coach of Texas State University"s men"s basketball team
Education
Born in Corpus Christi, Texas, Kaspar graduated from Mary Carroll High School in Corpus Christi in 1973. He then attended Texas Agricultural and Industrial University, an National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II school, and played shooting guard on the Texas Agricultural and Industrial Javelinas basketball team for one year.
Career
Before becoming head coach for Texas State in 2013, Kaspar served as head coach of the men"s basketball team at Stephen F. Austin State University. Kaspar has also served as head coach at Incarnate Word, and as an assistant coach at Lamar, Midwestern State and Baylor. He then transferred to McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas and North Texas State University.
On the North Texas State Mean Green basketball team, Kaspar averaged 7 points as a junior in 1976-1977 and 4.2 points as a senior in 1977-1978.
Kaspar graduated from North Texas State in 1978. Kaspar began his career as an assistant coach to Billy Tubbs at Division I Lamar University in the 1979-1980 season, a season when Lamar finished the regular season first in the Southland Conference and advanced to the Sweet 16 round of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament.
In 1980, Kaspar became an assistant coach at Division II Midwestern State. Kaspar then became an assistant on Harry Miller"s staff at Stephen F. Austin in 1983 for three seasons, including two seasons in Stephen F. Austin"s transition from Division II to Division I (1984–1986).
From 1986 to 1991, Kaspar was an assistant to Gene Iba at Baylor.
Incarnate Word (1991–2000)
Kaspar was head coach at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics program Incarnate Word for nine seasons from 1991 to 2000 and had a 219–52 record there. Stephen F. Austin (2000–2013)
In 2000, Kaspar returned to Stephen F. Austin to be head coach, having previously been an assistant coach from 1983 to 1986. Kaspar had a 246–141 record at Stephen F. Austin.
Stephen F. Austin had six seasons with 20 or more wins under Kaspar"s tenure, four regular season Southland Conference championships, and made the 2009 National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament after winning the Southland Tournament that year.
Additionally, Stephen F. Austin appeared in the National Invitation Tournament in 2008 and 2013. Texas State (2013–present)
Kaspar became head coach at Texas State in 2013.
Texas State finished 8–23 in Kaspar"s first season.